Idelsane

ادلسان

Rural commune in the cercle of Ouarzazate, province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
8,680
Since 2014
+3.7%from 8,374 in 2014
Density
23.5people per km², 369.6 km²
Households
1,840
Foreign residents
1
Rank
839839th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 17 in its province

Next door in Tarmigt, 79.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.1%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tissint. Running water: 97.3% here, 97.5% there; can’t read or write: 28.2% here, 29.0% there; aged 65 and over: 11.1% here, 11.4% there.

Compare it with Tissint

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Idelsane +3.7%

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
28.2%aged 10 and over35.5% in 201439.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.9%21.9% in 201448.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
28.3%aged 15 and over32.4% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.35children per woman2.57 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.3%of settled households92.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Idelsane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over3.8%
3.8%70–743.6%
3.5%65–694.0%
3.2%60–644.8%
3.3%55–593.8%
5.5%50–545.7%
6.2%45–496.8%
7.0%40–448.0%
5.7%35–397.6%
4.9%30–346.1%
4.9%25–295.8%
5.9%20–245.6%
9.8%15–198.1%
12.1%10–149.6%
11.1%5–99.6%
9.6%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.9%
  • Tachelhit18.6%
  • Tamazight12.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French39.4%
  • English13.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle34.2%
  • Taxi9.9%
  • Private car6.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
  • Informal transport3.0%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17920.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12167.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1511.2 per business
Public services
46
Associations
12in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.6%
  • Services16.5%
  • Industry14.0%
  • Construction0.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person87.6%
  • 2 to 38.3%
  • 4 to 94.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.9%
  • 2011–201936.4%
  • 2001–201014.0%
  • 1991–200012.4%
  • 1981–19905.0%
  • 1956–19803.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Idelsane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 3 fractions, with 8,675 people. 5 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد يعقوبOulad Yacoub2 douars · 2,030 people
أفراAfraIn parts3821,8802.61.35.5
تينوارTinouarGrouped341501.72.95.2
أولاد معكلOulad Makl10 douars · 3,340 people
أولاد بوستةWlad BousstaIn parts582772.31.26.6
الحدادةEl HdadaIn parts723450.50.45.0
أولاد مرزوكOulad MerzougIn parts1909441.14.511.1
إملولImloulGrouped793935.92.315.0
إحزݣانIhzganeGrouped472190.00.65.0
أݣماضAgmadGrouped642730.42.07.2
سيدي عبد الحقSidi Abd El HaqGrouped602890.40.57.0
الݣدارةGaddaraGrouped503040.00.95.9
تيزݣاسيفTazgassifGrouped502381.81.66.6
الديابDiabeGrouped1158———
إدلسانIdelsane1 douar · 3,305 people
إدلسانIdelsaneGrouped7423,3050.60.61.1

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
08.401.07.03
As digits
084010703
Slug
idelsane
OpenStreetMap
2887627
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("idelsane");

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