Imsouane

امسوان

Rural commune in the cercle of Agadir Atlantique, préfecture of Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
7,246
Since 2014
−18.3%from 8,866 in 2014
Density
57.2people per km², 126.7 km²
Households
1,910
Foreign residents
8
Rank
977977th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 13 in its préfecture

Next door in Sidi Hmad Ou M'barek, 25.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 93.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 6.7% to 93.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ahmed Essayeh. Aged 65 and over: 12.8% here, 12.9% there; read French: 28.8% here, 28.4% there; unemployment: 11.8% here, 14.0% there.

Compare it with Sidi Ahmed Essayeh

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Imsouane.

Imsouane −18.3%

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
39.6%aged 10 and over44.2% in 201453.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
11.8%5.9% in 201413.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over38.4% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.90children per woman2.57 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.1%of people10.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.1%of settled households6.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Imsouane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.0%75 and over6.0%
3.5%70–743.4%
3.5%65–694.1%
3.6%60–644.4%
4.3%55–595.0%
5.7%50–546.3%
5.2%45–496.2%
6.6%40–446.1%
6.9%35–396.5%
7.8%30–346.4%
7.0%25–295.6%
7.9%20–247.8%
7.4%15–197.9%
8.3%10–148.9%
9.3%5–97.6%
7.8%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.9%
  • Darija39.3%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.0%
  • French28.8%
  • English7.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bus43.8%
  • On foot18.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.8%
  • Informal transport8.1%
  • Taxi7.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Private car4.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.5%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
45362.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
29464.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7752.6 per business
Public services
136
Associations
23in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services56.5%
  • Commerce33.3%
  • Industry7.5%
  • Construction2.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person51.4%
  • 2 to 337.8%
  • 4 to 98.5%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.8%
  • 2011–201934.4%
  • 2001–201016.7%
  • 1991–20005.4%
  • 1981–19902.4%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Imsouane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,096 people. 150 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
تيليلت إمسوانTililt Imsouane6 douars · 2,429 people
تيكيكرتTikikerteGrouped481971.01.119.7
إدمولاي عليId Moulay AliIn parts853030.51.422.8
إداونيرId OuanirIn parts2359400.81.718.3
إد بنصاكIdbene SagIn parts1355550.40.821.6
تاسيلا إمليلنTassila ImlilnGrouped1044141.01.024.8
الشحيفةChhayfaGrouped720———
إمسوان المركزImsouane Centre7 douars · 1,700 people
تلضيTildiGrouped1231———
تكايوتTigayoutIn parts622200.01.83.0
أفراAfraIn parts1685420.10.55.1
أيت أوكانAit OukaneIn parts391030.10.14.1
تيبندوتTibbinndoutIn parts461630.00.712.1
أيت عمرAit AamerIn parts1214460.10.98.6
إمزيImziGrouped581950.31.07.3
الميناء إمسوانPort Imsouane8 douars · 2,142 people
تاما إعطارنTama IaattarèneGrouped311242.44.03.9
مركز إمسوانCentre ImsouaneGrouped2453———
تكانت إمسوانTagante ImsouaneIn parts913240.31.82.2
بوعباBouabaGrouped772911.03.43.4
أفراض نشاطرAfrad N'chatrIn parts782960.81.01.4
الظهرانIddahraneIn parts1375361.01.012.3
إد باروضId BaroudIn parts562372.82.87.0
أخسموAkhssmoIn parts772812.62.63.4
إمسوان أسكاImsouane Assaka5 douars · 825 people
الرياضErriadIn parts311180.02.74.2
أسكاAssakaIn parts501790.00.70.9
توريرت افركيونTaourirt IfarkiounIn parts361375.91.15.4
اونارتAounarteIn parts511820.00.13.6
اغيل نباهاIghir N'BahaGrouped512095.10.95.1

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
09.001.07.15
As digits
090010715
Slug
imsouane
OpenStreetMap
2758266
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("imsouane");

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