Jouala

الجوالة

Rural commune in the cercle of Tamallalt, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
10,283
Since 2014
−7.9%from 11,168 in 2014
Density
73.6people per km², 139.8 km²
Households
2,274
Rank
728728th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 43 in its province

Next door in Tamallalt, 89.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 4.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.7% to 22.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Oukil. Running water: 89.3% here, 91.1% there; can’t read or write: 41.5% here, 40.5% there; Darija: 98.6% here, 99.4% there.

Compare it with Bni Oukil

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 Jouala.

Jouala −7.9%

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
41.5%aged 10 and over47.0% in 201450.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.5%8.7% in 201455.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.9%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20146.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.37children per woman2.65 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
89.3%of settled households88.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jouala: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over3.5%
3.5%70–742.9%
4.0%65–693.8%
5.0%60–644.2%
4.3%55–594.7%
5.4%50–545.8%
6.4%45–497.1%
6.1%40–447.0%
4.8%35–395.9%
6.0%30–346.0%
7.1%25–296.5%
6.1%20–246.4%
8.9%15–198.0%
10.8%10–1410.5%
10.3%5–99.9%
7.9%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tachelhit2.8%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French52.2%
  • English9.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle33.5%
  • Taxi23.0%
  • On foot21.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.1%
  • Bus5.9%
  • Private car3.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.5%
  • Animal0.8%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15915.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8352.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1551.9 per business
Public services
67
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce78.3%
  • Industry19.3%
  • Services2.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.1%
  • 2 to 310.8%
  • 4 to 91.2%
  • 10 to 494.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later9.6%
  • 2011–201950.6%
  • 2001–201013.3%
  • 1991–200015.7%
  • 1981–19906.0%
  • 1956–19804.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Jouala’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,280 people. 3 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
المجنيةEl Majnia1 douar · 905 people
أولاد با رحالOulad Ba RahhalIn parts2009050.80.64.9
أولاد سيدي امحمدOulad Sidi M'hamed3 douars · 2,192 people
أولاد زايدةOulad ZaidaGrouped1325570.20.34.3
لمشاورية لعميراتLamchaouriat LaamiratIn parts2249990.21.06.7
تملالت لقديمةTamellalt LaqdimaIn parts1366360.90.95.8
الكرارمةKrarma5 douars · 2,173 people
التبابعةTbabaeIn parts2821,2940.11.02.5
اخنيفرLekhniferGrouped1085040.00.18.1
لكرارمة لغديرةLakrarma LaghdiraGrouped301520.00.07.0
لكرارمة بلحاجLakrarma Bel HajGrouped24101———
لكرارمة زرويلLakrarma ZriouileGrouped28122———
الجوالةJoualla8 douars · 5,010 people
أولاد با عبد الرحمانOd Ba AbderrahmanGrouped863820.81.33.0
لحدادشةLahdadchaIn parts2048740.31.04.3
الطواهرةTouahraGrouped1506280.31.23.8
لخلالقةLakhlalquaIn parts974230.10.93.2
الطواهرة لخلالقةTouhra LakhlalquaGrouped572900.01.92.1
مولاي صالحMoulay SalahIn parts3261,5270.32.15.5
التعاونية الطاهريةCoopérative EttahriaDispersed26130———
الجوالةJouallaGrouped1647560.31.22.1

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
07.191.07.13
As digits
071910713
Slug
jouala
OpenStreetMap
2881882
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jouala");

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