Laghoualem
الغوالم
Rural commune in the cercle of Rommani, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 12,051
- Since 2014
- −1.4%from 12,219 in 2014
- Density
- 20.7people per km², 582.2 km²
- Households
- 2,889
- Foreign residents
- 2
- Rank
- 596596th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 35 in its province
Next door in Sidi Yahya Zaer, 88.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 6.6%.
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 56.6% to 93.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Foqra Oulad Aameur. Running water: 11.1% here, 0.4% there; can’t read or write: 47.3% here, 44.4% there; read French: 35.0% here, 30.0% 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 Laghoualem.
Laghoualem −1.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 47.3%aged 10 and over56.8% in 201457.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 30.3%11.5% in 201456.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.1%aged 15 and over47.8% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 92.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.00children per woman2.64 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.1%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 11.1%of settled households8.6% 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 | 5.2% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.5% | 65–69 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.1% | 55–59 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.7% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.3% | 40–44 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.3% | 25–29 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.5% | 20–24 | 6.4% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 9.3% | ||
| 7.8% | 0–4 | 7.8% | ||
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
- 56.8%aged 10 and over47.3% in 202469.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.5%30.3% in 202441.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.8%aged 15 and over40.1% in 20249.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 85.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.64children per woman2.00 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.5%of people3.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.4people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 8.6%of settled households11.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3% | 75 and over | 3.4% | ||
| 2.2% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.2% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.3% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.8% | 25–29 | 7.9% | ||
| 8.8% | 20–24 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.4% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.8% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.9% | 0–4 | 11.1% | ||
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
- 16113.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 7345.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 941.3 per business
- Public services
- 87
- 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
Laghoualem’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 7 fractions, with 12,044 people. 7 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 | ||||
| الغوالمLaghoualem3 douars · 2,243 people | ||||||
| الشلوحةChlouha | In parts | 172 | 596 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 12.0 |
| الحراكتةLahrakta | In parts | 300 | 1,193 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| مركز حد الغوالمCentre Had Laghoualem | Grouped | 131 | 454 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| الرواشد 1Rouached 12 douars · 2,212 people | ||||||
| أولاد بوعلوOulad Boulou | In parts | 399 | 1,943 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 21.2 |
| أولاد حنيشOulad Hnich | In parts | 59 | 269 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 7.7 |
| أولاد زيدOulad Zid3 douars · 1,645 people | ||||||
| العيايشةLaayaycha | In parts | 265 | 1,041 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 19.2 |
| أولاد حموOulad Hammou | In parts | 80 | 317 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 21.4 |
| المواجدEl Mouajd | In parts | 82 | 287 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 20.8 |
| أولاد دحوOulad Dahou6 douars · 2,334 people | ||||||
| الكرارمةLakrarma | In parts | 104 | 458 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 21.4 |
| ايت الشيخAit Chikh | In parts | 35 | 162 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 34.8 |
| القطبياتEl Ktbyat | In parts | 71 | 311 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 17.2 |
| ايت عليAit Ali | In parts | 83 | 360 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 15.1 |
| ايت الكبيرAit Lakbir | In parts | 127 | 593 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 21.4 |
| ا يت احمدAit Ahmed | In parts | 104 | 450 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 19.4 |
| الرواشد2Errouachd3 douars · 1,316 people | ||||||
| العزازبةLaazazba | In parts | 235 | 993 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| ايت المامونAit El Mamoune | Dispersed | 34 | 136 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 17.7 |
| خومسانKhoumsane | Dispersed | 49 | 187 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| الكدادرةGuedadra3 douars · 1,624 people | ||||||
| أيت عبدالرحمنAit Abdalrahmen | Dispersed | 201 | 868 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 11.4 |
| أيت العايديAit El Aidi | Dispersed | 71 | 359 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 13.8 |
| العبابسةEl Aababsa | Dispersed | 103 | 397 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 12.4 |
| الكطاطشةEl Ktatcha3 douars · 670 people | ||||||
| النواصرNouaceur | Dispersed | 44 | 179 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 23.8 |
| أيت بن قطوشAit Ben Ktouch | Dispersed | 101 | 350 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 25.1 |
| سيدي محمود (ضيعة فابر)Sidi Mahmoud (Ferme Faber) | Dispersed | 37 | 141 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 25.5 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
04.291.07.11- As digits
042910711- Slug
laghoualem- Census figures
/api/communes/04.291.07.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.291.07.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.291.07.11/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2808268
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("laghoualem");