Gueznaia

اكزناية

Urban commune in the préfecture of Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
88,676
Since 2014
+275.7%from 23,601 in 2014
Density
1,262people per km², 70.3 km²
Households
25,039
Foreign residents
162
Rank
6161st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 12 in its préfecture

Where it is

Its préfecture, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Aquouass BriechHad Al GharbiaAl ManzlaDar ChaouiSebt AzzinateAssilahLaaouamaHjar EnnhalTangerSahel ChamaliSidi Lyamani

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Gueznaia.

Gueznaia +275.7%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
12.9%aged 10 and over23.6% in 201417.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.5%13.3% in 201415.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
55.2%aged 15 and over58.9% in 201429.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.37children per woman3.17 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.6%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.9%of settled households44.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Gueznaia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
0.9%75 and over0.9%
1.0%70–740.9%
1.6%65–691.5%
2.2%60–642.5%
2.5%55–592.4%
4.2%50–543.4%
5.8%45–494.9%
8.4%40–447.3%
10.0%35–399.3%
9.6%30–3410.3%
7.6%25–299.8%
6.6%20–248.5%
6.9%15–197.0%
9.7%10–149.6%
11.8%5–911.2%
11.3%0–410.6%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tachelhit4.0%
  • Tarifit3.5%
  • Tamazight2.3%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French55.9%
  • English21.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Employer’s transport41.4%
  • On foot18.6%
  • Private car12.0%
  • Bus11.1%
  • Taxi7.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.4%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Gueznaia’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
49,079
Standing empty
51.6%27.8% vacant23.9% a second home
Precarious
0.6%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.8%85.2% on the water mains87.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment60.2%
  • Modern house37.1%
  • Villa1.5%
  • Traditional house0.6%
  • Other0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years98.2%
  • 20 to 49 years1.5%
  • 50 years or more0.3%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
2,45727.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,32594.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
84,94236.5 per business
Public services
92
Associations
40in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce39.9%
  • Services28.6%
  • Industry27.7%
  • Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person37.8%
  • 2 to 329.8%
  • 4 to 913.0%
  • 10 to 499.2%
  • 50 and over10.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later56.9%
  • 2011–201931.4%
  • 2001–201010.0%
  • 1991–20001.0%
  • 1981–19900.3%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
01.511.01.09
As digits
015110109
Slug
gueznaia
Record
/api/communes/01.511.01.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/01.511.01.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/01.511.01.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.511.01.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/01.511.01.09/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.511.01.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
5883675
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("gueznaia");

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