Imilchil

إملشيل

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

Population, 2024
9,164
Since 2014
+3.3%from 8,870 in 2014
Density
12.6people per km², 725.7 km²
Households
2,056
Foreign residents
10
Rank
802802nd most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 29 in its province

Next door in Aghbala, 59.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 4.2% to 33.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tilougguite. Darija: 30.8% here, 21.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.9% here, 32.9% there; household size: 4.5 here, 4.7 there.

Compare it with Tilougguite

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 Imilchil.

Imilchil +3.3%

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
51.5%aged 10 and over64.6% in 201463.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.3%4.2% in 201420.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.4%aged 15 and over53.2% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.84children per woman4.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
9.9%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
64.2%of settled households47.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Imilchil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over3.8%
2.0%70–742.4%
2.6%65–692.8%
3.9%60–643.1%
3.9%55–593.2%
4.1%50–544.7%
5.3%45–495.4%
5.5%40–445.7%
5.3%35–395.6%
7.3%30–346.1%
7.6%25–296.3%
8.6%20–247.8%
9.7%15–199.8%
10.5%10–1410.7%
10.6%5–912.1%
9.6%0–410.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight89.7%
  • Darija30.8%
  • Tachelhit8.6%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.6%
  • French40.9%
  • English13.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh10.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot81.6%
  • Employer’s transport3.7%
  • Animal3.2%
  • Bus2.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.0%
  • Private car1.7%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Informal transport1.2%
  • Taxi0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
25427.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
18372.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2361.3 per business
Public services
70
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
3counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.8%
  • Services37.2%
  • Industry4.4%
  • Construction1.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.1%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 4 to 92.7%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.8%
  • 2011–201929.0%
  • 2001–201021.3%
  • 1991–20006.0%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19802.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Imilchil’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 7 fractions, with 9,159 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
إملشيل الغربيةImilchil Gharbia2 douars · 941 people
أمردول أوراغAmerdoul AouraghGrouped833671.01.14.7
إيبوخنانIboukhennaneGrouped1185740.90.22.0
تيلميTilmi4 douars · 2,207 people
تاغيغاشتTaghighachtDispersed1537594.20.716.3
تبناستTabanastDispersed814103.82.017.7
تيلميTilmiDispersed1748060.62.325.0
أقانوانينAkanouanineGrouped4323215.11.621.3
ايت عبديAit Abdi6 douars · 1,260 people
أولغازيAoulghaziGrouped1003550.60.717.7
توصفصديTousefseddiDispersed662628.95.232.9
إمغالImghalDispersed26109———
أورزيAourziDispersed4922215.29.440.8
تيميشاTimichaDispersed401861.96.330.6
أنرغوAnerghouDispersed3612617.15.850.3
إملشيل الشرقيةImilchil Charqia4 douars · 2,516 people
موتزليMoutzelliGrouped1367220.50.32.9
أيت الغازيAit LghaziGrouped782961.01.41.0
بوتغبالوتBouta GhabaloutDispersed1215320.01.61.8
إملشيل المركزImilchil CentreGrouped2389660.50.90.6
علي أوداودAli Aoudaoud2 douars · 1,084 people
أوديديAoudidiGrouped684160.20.36.9
أيت علي وداوودAit Ali OudaououdDispersed1646681.80.96.6
تمزاغرتTamzaghrt2 douars · 700 people
تمزاغرتTamzaghrtDispersed10039833.72.941.4
إغالنIghalnDispersed7430235.10.845.8
تايدرتTaïddert1 douar · 451 people
تايدرتTaïddertDispersed10845117.95.651.2

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
08.363.15.07
As digits
083631507
Slug
imilchil
OpenStreetMap
2827179
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("imilchil");

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