Guigou

كيكو

Rural commune in the cercle of Boulemane, province of Boulemane, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 24,677
Since 2014: +14.2%from 21,607 in 2014
Density: 30.2people per km², 818.2 km²
Households: 5,968
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 236236th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 21 in its province

Next door in Boulemane, 92.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.4%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 78.8% to 93.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Issen. Read French: 64.4% here, 68.8% there; unemployment: 12.0% here, 14.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 27.7% here, 26.7% there.

Compare it with Issen

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Guigou +14.2%

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: 37.3%aged 10 and over46.1% in 201446.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.0%6.9% in 201421.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.5%aged 15 and over41.6% in 20149.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.39children per woman2.01 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.3%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 76.4%of settled households78.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Guigou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.3%
2.5%	70–74	2.6%
3.1%	65–69	3.1%
3.7%	60–64	4.1%
3.8%	55–59	4.1%
6.0%	50–54	5.7%
6.4%	45–49	6.5%
6.6%	40–44	7.6%
7.0%	35–39	7.4%
6.9%	30–34	7.3%
5.6%	25–29	6.0%
6.6%	20–24	7.1%
9.6%	15–19	9.1%
10.5%	10–14	10.0%
9.8%	5–9	8.9%
9.0%	0–4	7.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija88.1%
Tamazight76.7%
Tachelhit6.7%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.3%
French64.4%
English21.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot74.7%
Doesn’t travel to work5.9%
Private car5.0%
Employer’s transport4.4%
Informal transport4.3%
Bike or motorcycle3.3%
Taxi1.1%
Animal0.8%
Bus0.3%
Another way0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.1%aged 10 and over37.3% in 202457.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.9%12.0% in 202419.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.6%aged 15 and over36.5% in 202412.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.01children per woman2.39 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people6.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 78.5%of settled households76.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Guigou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	2.6%
1.9%	70–74	1.8%
2.0%	65–69	1.8%
3.3%	60–64	3.1%
3.7%	55–59	3.5%
4.4%	50–54	5.4%
4.6%	45–49	4.8%
6.4%	40–44	6.9%
6.4%	35–39	7.4%
7.4%	30–34	8.3%
7.0%	25–29	8.4%
9.6%	20–24	9.0%
9.7%	15–19	8.6%
10.0%	10–14	9.6%
10.2%	5–9	9.4%
10.2%	0–4	9.2%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight83.3%
Darija81.8%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French42.8%
Arabic only31.4%
Arabic, French and English14.1%
Other combinations11.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot81.2%
Bus3.1%
Private car3.0%
Bike or motorcycle2.9%
Another way2.6%
Taxi2.3%
Not stated2.3%
Works at home2.1%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood69.5%
Another in the commune14.0%
No fixed place7.6%
Another province3.7%
Not stated2.3%
At home2.1%
Another commune0.7%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour46.8%
Farming and fishing19.1%
Labouring and small trades9.7%
Crafts and skilled trades9.0%
Trade and broking4.5%
Clerical work4.2%
Machine operating2.4%
Managers and senior professionals2.2%
Not classified1.1%
Technicians0.9%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma66.1%
Primary19.8%
Lower secondary8.9%
Upper secondary3.4%
DEUG or Licence1.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 3,678
Standing empty: 16.0%11.1% vacant4.9% a second home
Precarious: 7.6%7.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 1.7%95.2% on the water mains94.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 9.4%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house90.9%
Slum or basic house7.1%
Traditional house1.4%
Rural-type0.3%
Other0.2%
Villa0.1%
Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years29.4%
20 to 49 years68.9%
50 years or more1.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 60524.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 51585.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6661.3 per business
Public services: 84
Associations: 6in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.9%
Services27.2%
Industry6.8%
Construction3.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person76.3%
2 to 323.1%
4 to 90.6%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later28.0%
2011–201947.0%
2001–201012.4%
1991–20006.2%
1981–19900.4%
1956–19805.8%
Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Guigou

12,913

Douars

Guigou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 5 fractions, with 11,764 people. Another 12,913 live in Guigou, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ايت كايسAit Kays5 douars · 2,325 people
اختارن كيكوIkhatarne Guigou	In parts	78	359	1.4	2.4	4.1
اغبالو اوكنيAghbalou Ougni	Dispersed	16	70	—	—	—
تاخشاشتTakhchachte	In parts	154	652	2.0	3.6	6.5
ايت اهرىAit Hra	In parts	95	421	0.6	0.7	4.6
ايت سعيد اوحدوAit Said Ou Hadou	In parts	171	823	0.8	1.3	3.9
ايت حمزةAit Hamza6 douars · 3,872 people
ايت حمزة المركزAit Hamza Centre	Grouped	420	1,536	0.0	0.5	0.6
اعوينIaouine	Grouped	140	599	1.6	2.4	3.4
ايت بسريAït Besri	Grouped	40	170	0.2	1.2	1.2
ازوكاغنIzougaghane	Grouped	248	1,065	0.1	1.4	3.5
عين النقرةAin Nokra	Dispersed	55	247	13.7	17.9	18.4
تيط زيلTit Zil	Grouped	55	255	1.3	5.2	5.4
ايت حلي كيكوAit Ali Guigou11 douars · 1,935 people
تاغزوتTaghzoute	In parts	142	571	1.2	2.1	5.3
ايت الناظورAït Nador	Dispersed	28	148	—	—	—
ايت سيدي الحاج لحسنAit Sidi El Haj Lahcen	Grouped	14	52	—	—	—
تافراوتTafraout	Grouped	50	190	1.1	1.1	25.1
ايت بوزيانAit Bou Ziane	Dispersed	32	147	1.0	2.0	23.0
ايت حدوAit Haddou	In parts	13	48	—	—	—
ايت اوفقيرAit Oufkir	Grouped	50	241	1.0	1.6	15.7
تاجموت سهب لعياTajmoute Sahb El Aya	Dispersed	16	65	—	—	—
الناظور ايت بن يوسفNador Ait Ben Youssef	Dispersed	6	15	—	—	—
النزالاتEnnzalat	Dispersed	18	49	—	—	—
تيجمةTijma	Dispersed	79	409	1.9	22.3	26.8
ايت الثلتAit Ettlt4 douars · 2,143 people
ايت يخلفAit Ikhlef	Grouped	90	444	1.9	6.2	8.5
ايت حساينAit Hssayne	Grouped	84	363	1.0	1.0	2.0
ايت بن يزىAit Bnizza	In parts	135	595	1.0	1.0	2.0
الصفEssf	In parts	171	741	2.7	3.1	27.9
ايت خباشAit Khabach5 douars · 1,489 people
ايت عمر او عبيدAït Omar Ou Abid	Grouped	99	419	1.0	1.1	3.7
بني داودBni Daoud	Grouped	47	207	0.9	1.9	5.3
ايت خباشAit Khabach	Grouped	139	579	0.9	0.8	7.5
القلعةEl Kalaa	In parts	33	124	1.7	1.7	11.6
شرشارةCharchara	Grouped	38	160	0.1	1.0	10.1

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 03.131.03.11
As digits: 031310311
Slug: guigou
Record: /api/communes/03.131.03.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.131.03.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.131.03.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.131.03.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/03.131.03.11/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.131.03.11/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.131.03.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2817772

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