Kechoula
كشولة
Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 5,934
- Since 2014
- −2.5%from 6,083 in 2014
- Density
- 63.9people per km², 92.8 km²
- Households
- 1,389
- Rank
- 1,1131,113th most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 57 in its province
Since 2014, households with running water went from 3.3% to 87.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Chegdale. Higher education: 1.8% here, 1.9% there; running water: 87.0% here, 97.3% there; aged 65 and over: 11.3% here, 10.5% there.
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 Kechoula.
Kechoula −2.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 47.6%aged 10 and over53.5% in 201455.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 19.8%5.3% in 201411.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.9%aged 15 and over46.3% in 20142.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.29children per woman3.89 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.3%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 87.0%of settled households3.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2% | 75 and over | 4.3% | ||
| 3.7% | 70–74 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.7% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.3% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 5.9% | ||
| 7.2% | 30–34 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.4% | 25–29 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.1% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 10.2% | 10–14 | 11.3% | ||
| 10.8% | 5–9 | 11.2% | ||
| 8.6% | 0–4 | 8.4% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 53.5%aged 10 and over47.6% in 202464.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.3%19.8% in 202434.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.3%aged 15 and over34.9% in 20243.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.89children per woman2.29 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.5%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 3.3%of settled households87.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.7% | 45–49 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.7% | 40–44 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 25–29 | 5.6% | ||
| 9.2% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 9.9% | ||
| 11.5% | 10–14 | 11.5% | ||
| 10.1% | 5–9 | 10.8% | ||
| 10.3% | 0–4 | 11.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 10417.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2423.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 261.1 per business
- Public services
- 78
- Associations
- 2in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Kechoula’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,934 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| تعاتعةTaataa4 douars · 3,243 people | ||||||
| لكراردةLakrarda | In parts | 237 | 1,024 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 8.2 |
| تيمسختTimessakhat | In parts | 154 | 743 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| لعليواتLaaliouate | In parts | 209 | 795 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 10.3 |
| لحماثلةLahmatla | In parts | 162 | 681 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.4 |
| الصهاهلةEssahahla3 douars · 2,691 people | ||||||
| الرحاحلةRehahla | In parts | 182 | 787 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 6.3 |
| الصهاهلةEssahahla | In parts | 226 | 941 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| اولاد بولحسنOulad Boulahcen | In parts | 219 | 963 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
07.211.09.07- As digits
072110907- Slug
kechoula- Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.09.07/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.09.07/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.09.07/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.211.09.07/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2820970
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("kechoula");