Khouzama
خزامة
Rural commune in the cercle of Amerzgane, province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 7,401
- Since 2014
- −1.2%from 7,488 in 2014
- Density
- 9.2people per km², 805 km²
- Households
- 1,672
- Rank
- 967967th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 17 in its province
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 73.0% to 28.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Taouyalte. In the labour force: 28.0% here, 27.8% there; can’t read or write: 50.0% here, 46.6% there; read French: 30.5% here, 28.5% 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 Khouzama.
Khouzama −1.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 50.0%aged 10 and over56.5% in 201459.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.1%2.4% in 20141.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 28.0%aged 15 and over73.0% in 20144.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.15children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.7%of people7.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 98.6%of settled households97.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5% | 75 and over | 3.8% | ||
| 4.0% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 4.2% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.7% | 60–64 | 4.2% | ||
| 3.8% | 55–59 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.2% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.3% | 40–44 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 8.0% | ||
| 6.5% | 25–29 | 8.1% | ||
| 4.6% | 20–24 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.7% | 15–19 | 8.0% | ||
| 11.5% | 10–14 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.8% | 5–9 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.2% | 0–4 | 7.7% | ||
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
- 56.5%aged 10 and over50.0% in 202466.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 2.4%12.1% in 20240.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 73.0%aged 15 and over28.0% in 202470.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.50children per woman2.15 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.7%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 97.1%of settled households98.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 2.2% | ||
| 2.2% | 70–74 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.0% | 65–69 | 2.4% | ||
| 4.5% | 60–64 | 3.0% | ||
| 5.0% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.0% | 45–49 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.2% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.0% | 30–34 | 6.5% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 9.1% | ||
| 6.2% | 20–24 | 10.8% | ||
| 7.0% | 15–19 | 12.5% | ||
| 11.4% | 10–14 | 9.6% | ||
| 12.6% | 5–9 | 9.5% | ||
| 13.2% | 0–4 | 9.3% | ||
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
- 14018.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 7553.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 761.0 per business
- Public services
- 58
- Associations
- 7in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
Labour force participation among people aged 15 and over went from 73.0% in 2014 to 28.0% in 2024, a far bigger fall than in other communes.
Across the 6 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is −14.9 points. Askaouen is furthest from it, at −6.9 points.
Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Douars
Khouzama’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,321 people. 80 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| خزامةKhouzama6 douars · 4,069 people | ||||||
| تشاكشتTachakchte | Grouped | 202 | 846 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| تورتيتTourtit | Grouped | 170 | 696 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| أيت نبضاسAit Nbdas | Grouped | 189 | 813 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| أماسينAmassine | In parts | 315 | 1,375 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| أورتيOurti | In parts | 74 | 319 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| بيركBirk | Grouped | 7 | 20 | — | — | — |
| أيت ماغليفAit Maghlif6 douars · 3,252 people | ||||||
| أنميدAnmid | Grouped | 204 | 948 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 21.4 |
| تلمسينTilmsine | Grouped | 102 | 524 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 18.8 |
| تاݣدورتTagdourt | Grouped | 61 | 291 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| أݣريلاونAgrilaoun | Grouped | 80 | 346 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 20.7 |
| أيت قلاAit Kalla | In parts | 212 | 906 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 32.0 |
| أيت حمانAit Hmane | Grouped | 56 | 237 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 33.0 |
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
08.401.03.09- As digits
084010309- Slug
khouzama- Census figures
/api/communes/08.401.03.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.401.03.09/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/08.401.03.09/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.401.03.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.401.03.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2887673
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("khouzama");