Laaouinate

لعوينات

Rural commune in the cercle of Jerada-Banlieue Sud, province of Jerada, Oriental.

Population, 2024
5,467
Since 2014
+41.4%from 3,867 in 2014
Density
12.6people per km², 434.7 km²
Households
930
Rank
1,1571,157th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 14 in its province

Next door in Jerada, 98.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.6%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 52.8% to 24.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Ouribel. In the labour force: 30.7% here, 31.3% there; aged 0 to 14: 27.2% here, 26.1% there; can’t read or write: 39.8% here, 39.9% there.

Compare it with Ait Ouribel

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 Laaouinate.

Laaouinate +41.4%

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
39.8%aged 10 and over48.8% in 201449.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.0%52.8% in 201430.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.7%aged 15 and over42.0% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.17children per woman1.87 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
44.8%of settled households39.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laaouinate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over5.9%
2.8%70–742.9%
3.4%65–693.3%
4.0%60–645.1%
5.2%55–595.7%
4.9%50–545.1%
6.1%45–496.1%
7.3%40–446.8%
6.4%35–397.2%
6.9%30–346.6%
7.1%25–297.0%
6.0%20–245.4%
7.2%15–197.0%
9.6%10–1410.3%
10.3%5–99.3%
8.6%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tamazight13.1%
  • Tachelhit4.8%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French45.6%
  • English10.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work33.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.0%
  • Private car5.2%
  • Employer’s transport3.6%
  • Bus3.5%
  • Informal transport2.9%
  • Taxi0.4%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
7113.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1723.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
301.8 per business
Public services
52
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry41.2%
  • Commerce41.2%
  • Services17.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.6%
  • 2 to 311.8%
  • 4 to 917.6%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later0.0%
  • 2011–201952.9%
  • 2001–20105.9%
  • 1991–200023.5%
  • 1981–199017.6%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Laaouinate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,071 people. 1,396 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
لعوينات الجنوبيةLaaouinate Janoubia5 douars · 2,610 people
لعوينات المركزLaaouinate CentreGrouped2428520.51.31.5
مزغنان لماطرMazghanane LammaterGrouped1265791.63.111.5
عقبةAkbaDispersed682672.24.217.4
فدان تاسةFeddane TassaDispersed592341.22.74.3
ب 12B 12Grouped1376783.01.77.0
لعوينات الشماليةLaaouinate Chamalia3 douars · 1,260 people
لمهارشLamharechIn parts904231.43.113.2
لغواط عجورLaghouat AjourDispersed1567461.93.222.2
دوار سيدي لخضرDouar Sidi LakhdarDispersed1791———
لعوينات الجنوبية 2Laaouinate Janoubia 22 douars · 201 people
دوار عݣايةDouar AgaiaDispersed28163———
دوار أولاد سيدي الشخDouar Oulad Sidi EcchkhDispersed738———

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
02.275.07.07
As digits
022750707
Slug
laaouinate
OpenStreetMap
2528008
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("laaouinate");

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