Louad Lakhdar

الواد لخضر

Rural commune in the cercle of Assahrij-Sanhaja, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
9,125
Since 2014
−1.9%from 9,303 in 2014
Density
67.3people per km², 135.5 km²
Households
2,121
Foreign residents
4
Rank
804804th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 43 in its province

Next door in Foum Jemaa, 55.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 46.0% to 98.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rfala. Running water: 98.6% here, 84.3% there; in the labour force: 31.7% here, 33.8% there; higher education: 2.8% here, 2.3% there.

Compare it with Rfala

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 Louad Lakhdar.

Louad Lakhdar −1.9%

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
40.8%aged 10 and over44.3% in 201449.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.0%15.0% in 201421.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.7%aged 15 and over44.3% in 20141.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.43children per woman2.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.3%of people7.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.6%of settled households46.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Louad Lakhdar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.2%
3.3%70–743.4%
2.8%65–693.5%
3.8%60–644.1%
3.6%55–593.2%
5.3%50–544.4%
6.4%45–496.0%
6.9%40–447.0%
6.7%35–396.8%
5.1%30–346.4%
4.5%25–296.4%
4.8%20–245.7%
8.2%15–197.6%
12.2%10–1411.8%
12.6%5–911.1%
10.3%0–48.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit1.5%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French40.0%
  • English6.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot63.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.9%
  • Taxi8.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.0%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Animal3.6%
  • Bus2.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.8%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13915.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5237.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
731.4 per business
Public services
57
Associations
30in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce73.1%
  • Industry17.3%
  • Services7.7%
  • Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person61.5%
  • 2 to 338.5%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.6%
  • 2011–201930.8%
  • 2001–201019.2%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19905.8%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Louad Lakhdar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 3 fractions, with 9,124 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد الطوݣOulad Ettoug2 douars · 458 people
أيت بوعديAyt Bou AddiIn parts823390.30.32.2
الحي الاداريHay El AdariGrouped311191.01.09.3
العنابرةAnabra12 douars · 5,101 people
الزمامرةZemamraIn parts2731,2970.41.213.4
الغزاونةLeghzaounaIn parts753420.00.411.2
أيت سي نوحAit Si NouhGrouped793060.00.315.0
أولاد عيسىOulad IssaIn parts1958120.40.97.5
أيت الرصاAit RsaGrouped391880.02.08.8
أيت الكيحلAyt Al KihalGrouped26108———
أيت المصداديAit El MasdadiGrouped703031.03.914.0
أيت بن الشيخAit Ben CheikhGrouped431880.70.911.6
أيت بن عبوAit BenabbouGrouped713170.20.610.0
بوعركوبBou ArgoubGrouped763561.13.214.0
الخماسةel KhemassaGrouped1757470.60.812.5
دزوزDzouzIn parts301370.21.213.4
اولاد شعيبOulad Chaib4 douars · 3,565 people
الغناضرةLaghnadraIn parts2209740.60.610.1
أولاد الزواݣOulad AzzawagGrouped2239030.10.510.7
بني مگرينBeni MegrineIn parts2851,1670.10.210.8
اهل العوينةAhl El AouynaIn parts1285210.90.97.0

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
07.191.09.17
As digits
071910917
Slug
louad-lakhdar
OpenStreetMap
2881933
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("louad-lakhdar");

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