Laaouama
العوامة
Rural commune in the cercle of Tanger, préfecture of Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 19,187
- Since 2014
- +139.5%from 8,013 in 2014
- Density
- 313people per km², 61.2 km²
- Households
- 4,618
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 325325th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 12 in its préfecture
Next door in Tanger, 99.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 9.5%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.7% to 95.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: My Abdellah. Aged 65 and over: 4.4% here, 5.1% there; can’t read or write: 22.4% here, 24.6% there; in the labour force: 44.9% here, 43.4% there.
Where it is
Its préfecture, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Laaouama.
Laaouama +139.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 22.4%aged 10 and over39.3% in 201427.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.0%18.8% in 201415.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.9%aged 15 and over48.1% in 201412.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.38children per woman2.61 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.7%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.1people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 95.2%of settled households0.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7% | 75 and over | 1.7% | ||
| 1.1% | 70–74 | 1.0% | ||
| 1.7% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.2% | 60–64 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 45–49 | 5.2% | ||
| 7.8% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.6% | 35–39 | 8.8% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 8.6% | ||
| 6.3% | 25–29 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.2% | 20–24 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.1% | 15–19 | 7.5% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 10.9% | ||
| 11.8% | 5–9 | 12.8% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 10.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 39.3%aged 10 and over22.4% in 202447.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 18.8%13.0% in 202438.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 48.1%aged 15 and over44.9% in 20248.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.61children per woman2.38 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people2.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.7%of settled households95.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3% | 75 and over | 2.3% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 1.5% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.1% | 60–64 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.1% | 55–59 | 2.5% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 3.6% | ||
| 5.6% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 6.1% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.5% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.5% | 30–34 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.4% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.4% | 20–24 | 9.5% | ||
| 8.3% | 15–19 | 9.0% | ||
| 7.8% | 10–14 | 8.7% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.8% | 0–4 | 12.2% | ||
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
- 34718.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 30487.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1,1143.7 per business
- Public services
- 42
- Associations
- 1in 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.
Douars
Laaouama’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 2 fractions, with 19,052 people. 135 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 | ||||
| العوامةLaaouama3 douars · 6,489 people | ||||||
| الديموسDaïmouss | Grouped | 426 | 1,815 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 7.7 |
| الشريعةChriaa | Dispersed | 181 | 750 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
| المومبارMombar | Grouped | 928 | 3,924 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 13.9 |
| عين داليةAin Dalia6 douars · 12,563 people | ||||||
| الكوارت المحارزةGouaret Mharza | Grouped | 951 | 3,722 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| الكوارت المشاعلةGouaret Mchaala | Grouped | 617 | 2,508 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| السلاويينSlaouiyine | Grouped | 411 | 1,600 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| الشاويةChaouia | Grouped | 133 | 532 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| عين دالية الكبيرةAin Dalia Kebira | Grouped | 225 | 942 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 5.7 |
| عين دالية الصغيرةAin Dalya Sghira | Grouped | 746 | 3,259 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
01.511.05.17- As digits
015110517- Slug
laaouama- Census figures
/api/communes/01.511.05.17/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.511.05.17/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.511.05.17/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.511.05.17/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2752880
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("laaouama");