Jouamaa

جوامعة

Rural commune in the cercle of Anjra, province of Fahs-Anjra, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
10,039
Since 2014
+30.2%from 7,711 in 2014
Density
95.5people per km², 105.1 km²
Households
2,416
Foreign residents
1
Rank
741741st most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 7 in its province

Next door in Al Bahraoyine, 76.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.3% to 51.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lalla Mimouna. Aged 65 and over: 5.9% here, 5.9% there; aged 0 to 14: 32.3% here, 31.9% there; Darija: 99.5% here, 99.4% there.

Compare it with Lalla Mimouna

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 Jouamaa.

Jouamaa +30.2%

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
24.6%aged 10 and over39.2% in 201434.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.8%15.5% in 201411.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
50.0%aged 15 and over46.0% in 201418.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.77children per woman2.74 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.6%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
51.0%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jouamaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.0%
1.6%70–741.9%
2.2%65–691.9%
2.9%60–643.0%
3.1%55–592.9%
4.1%50–544.4%
5.5%45–495.1%
6.8%40–446.2%
7.6%35–397.6%
8.2%30–348.2%
7.7%25–298.3%
8.0%20–247.2%
8.1%15–198.7%
10.4%10–1410.6%
11.2%5–911.1%
10.4%0–410.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tarifit1.5%
  • Tachelhit1.2%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French29.0%
  • English6.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work24.3%
  • Employer’s transport14.2%
  • Taxi8.9%
  • Private car6.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.4%
  • Bus5.1%
  • Informal transport0.4%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
32832.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
21665.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
21,49899.5 per business
Public services
104
Associations
8in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry39.8%
  • Commerce36.1%
  • Services21.8%
  • Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person45.4%
  • 2 to 310.2%
  • 4 to 910.6%
  • 10 to 4913.0%
  • 50 and over20.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.1%
  • 2011–201944.9%
  • 2001–20107.4%
  • 1991–20004.2%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The number of permanent jobs in businesses is 2,141.4 per 1,000 people, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 8 communes it borders, the median is 52.4 per 1,000 people. Bni Harchen is furthest from it, at 14.8 per 1,000 people.

The number of permanent jobs per business is 99.5, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 8 communes it borders, the median is 3.4. Bni Harchen is furthest from it, at 1.3.

The share of businesses with 50 people or more is 20.8%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 8 communes it borders, the median is 0.7%. Sebt Azzinate is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

How these are picked

Douars

Jouamaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 2 fractions, with 10,036 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
بݣارةBgara10 douars · 6,391 people
جوامعةJouamaaGrouped853851.11.31.7
أعزيب أبرارقAzib BrareqGrouped6372,4021.01.71.8
سيوفةSioufaGrouped662551.91.12.0
الطايفيTayfiGrouped2239690.81.01.9
ادهار الوسطيAdhar El OussetaGrouped1255491.01.93.0
الضايةEd DayaGrouped1637281.01.43.0
لغريفةGhrifaGrouped1762———
ݣرݣرKarkarGrouped24120———
ادهار البردعةAdhar El BerdaaDispersed1696890.91.53.6
حكامةHakamaDispersed632321.01.01.1
بݣارة 2Bgarat 212 douars · 3,645 people
مرج اللوةMerj el LououaDispersed673070.61.219.1
الرملRmelDispersed1973———
دار ميمونDar MimounDispersed813900.40.716.3
ݣليدGuellidGrouped25125———
العتنونEl AtnouneGrouped733541.01.418.2
المخالدEl MekhaledGrouped753000.50.813.9
الحوضLhoudDispersed1024301.22.111.3
المجابحةLamjabhaDispersed522301.31.48.4
خندق الكبشKhandak el KebchDispersed29129———
عيدادةAydadaGrouped1014311.11.18.5
غرباوةGharbaouaIn parts2098411.81.84.4
بوݣردوسBougrdousGrouped1135———

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
01.227.03.11
As digits
012270311
Slug
jouamaa
OpenStreetMap
2752879
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jouamaa");

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