Kariat Ben Aouda

قرية بن عودة

Rural commune in the cercle of Souk Arbaa El Gharb, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
11,238
Since 2014
+1.4%from 11,087 in 2014
Density
79.3people per km², 141.7 km²
Households
2,273
Foreign residents
1
Rank
654654th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 23 in its province

Next door in Lalla Mimouna, 47.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 14.8%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 97.4% to 60.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamrija. Running water: 14.8% here, 16.8% there; household size: 4.9 here, 4.8 there; read French: 32.4% here, 35.0% there.

Compare it with Lamrija

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

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 Kariat Ben Aouda.

Kariat Ben Aouda +1.4%

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
39.1%aged 10 and over48.4% in 201448.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.6%5.7% in 201432.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.1%aged 15 and over49.1% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.02children per woman1.88 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
14.8%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Kariat Ben Aouda: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.3%
2.6%70–742.8%
3.0%65–692.8%
3.9%60–643.9%
3.7%55–594.2%
5.2%50–544.9%
5.1%45–495.4%
6.8%40–447.0%
7.3%35–397.1%
7.4%30–346.7%
6.0%25–296.6%
7.8%20–247.2%
9.5%15–198.8%
10.2%10–1410.1%
9.9%5–99.9%
8.8%0–49.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French32.4%
  • English5.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot30.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work22.4%
  • Employer’s transport17.2%
  • Taxi16.9%
  • Private car3.3%
  • Bus3.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.1%
  • Informal transport1.5%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Train1.2%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Tram0.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13912.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7050.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
921.3 per business
Public services
68
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.4%
  • Services32.9%
  • Industry15.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person68.6%
  • 2 to 331.4%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.9%
  • 2011–201955.7%
  • 2001–201018.6%
  • 1991–20002.9%
  • 1981–19904.3%
  • 1956–19804.3%
  • Before 19561.4%

Douars

Kariat Ben Aouda’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 2 fractions, with 11,238 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الفقرةEl Foqra14 douars · 8,024 people
اولاد الرياحي الزاويةOulad Riyyahi ZaouiaGrouped2851,4530.20.817.5
التريعاثTriaatIn parts1376800.23.621.5
اولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdellahIn parts1115243.40.319.8
دار العربيDar ArbiGrouped2094———
اولاد الشرعOulad ChraaGrouped1386880.13.020.0
العنابسةLaanabsaGrouped401970.92.56.2
دوار القلعةDouar El KelâaGrouped20106———
اولاد المامونOulad LmamouneIn parts472400.00.85.2
المرجةel MarjaGrouped2981,4060.11.116.5
اولاد الحميديOulad el HamidiGrouped964530.10.220.2
اظهر السيقلDhar SiqelGrouped351630.21.815.9
الواد المالحEl Oued El MelhGrouped572800.21.34.4
اولاد حامدOulad HamdGrouped1788———
قرية بن عودةKariat Ben AoudaIn parts3381,6520.20.21.4
فيض العطشFid El Atch12 douars · 3,214 people
الشميشةChmichaGrouped371530.01.012.0
تدانةTaddanaGrouped1377460.00.112.1
بني اعزيزBeni AzizGrouped1045520.10.711.5
بني ثورBni TaourGrouped2085———
اكريزAgrizGrouped19108———
اجريفاتAjrifatIn parts1679———
العنابرةLaanabraGrouped19100———
اولاد حدادOulad HaddadDispersed1157———
اولاد خليفةOulad KhlifaGrouped663530.10.714.1
لبشاشنةLabchachnaGrouped20111———
كدية امعمرKoudiat MaamarGrouped211———
اولاد رافعOuled RafaaIn parts1838590.00.26.2

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
04.281.07.05
As digits
042810705
Slug
kariat-ben-aouda
OpenStreetMap
2753076
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kariat-ben-aouda");

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