Loulja
الولجة
Rural commune in the cercle of Karia Ba Mohamed, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 13,679
- Since 2014
- −14.3%from 15,956 in 2014
- Density
- 84.1people per km², 162.6 km²
- Households
- 2,904
- Rank
- 512512th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 49 in its province
Next door in Louadaine, 41.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 4.2%.
Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 73.5% to 92.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laamamra. Running water: 4.2% here, 0.9% there; can’t read or write: 50.9% here, 49.2% there; higher education: 1.6% here, 1.4% 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 Loulja.
Loulja −14.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 50.9%aged 10 and over59.4% in 201462.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 25.9%7.4% in 201443.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.8%aged 15 and over45.1% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 91.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.67children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.6%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 4.2%of settled households3.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 3.1% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 2.9% | ||
| 4.3% | 60–64 | 5.0% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.0% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.2% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.2% | 30–34 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.6% | 25–29 | 5.3% | ||
| 8.6% | 20–24 | 6.8% | ||
| 9.6% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.8% | 10–14 | 11.7% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 9.8% | 0–4 | 9.7% | ||
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
- 59.4%aged 10 and over50.9% in 202473.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.4%25.9% in 202429.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 45.1%aged 15 and over40.8% in 20247.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 79.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.50children per woman2.67 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people4.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.1people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 3.0%of settled households4.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 2.2% | ||
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 1.8% | ||
| 1.4% | 65–69 | 1.1% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 2.9% | ||
| 2.8% | 55–59 | 2.6% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 3.3% | 45–49 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.6% | 40–44 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.4% | 35–39 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.5% | 25–29 | 8.1% | ||
| 9.2% | 20–24 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.2% | 15–19 | 10.0% | ||
| 12.7% | 10–14 | 12.8% | ||
| 12.4% | 5–9 | 12.2% | ||
| 11.4% | 0–4 | 11.6% | ||
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
- 24117.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 9941.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1131.1 per business
- Public services
- 142
- Associations
- 0in 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
Loulja’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 50 douars in 3 fractions, with 13,679 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| صدينةSaddina13 douars · 4,274 people | ||||||
| بني زكيانBeni Zkiene | Grouped | 121 | 573 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 15.3 |
| بوتباتBou Tebat | In parts | 117 | 494 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| البخاتةel Bkhata | In parts | 27 | 154 | — | — | — |
| خرباشKharbache | In parts | 66 | 349 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| الغزاونةLaghzaouna | Grouped | 15 | 80 | — | — | — |
| اولاد امباركOulad Mbarek | In parts | 30 | 153 | 10.1 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| اولاد احمد بن عليOulad Ahmed Ben Ali | In parts | 12 | 59 | — | — | — |
| اولاد بن عبد السلامOulad Ben Abdeslam | In parts | 24 | 95 | — | — | — |
| ارياحAryah | In parts | 135 | 711 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| اولاد بوتخيلOulad Boutkhele | Grouped | 98 | 439 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 20.0 |
| اولاد مومنOulad Moumen | In parts | 76 | 388 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 16.9 |
| بني راشدBni Rached | Grouped | 84 | 403 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 14.3 |
| اولاد بن الطاهرOulad Ben Tahar | In parts | 79 | 376 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| الولجةLoulja16 douars · 5,474 people | ||||||
| ازكارةez Zekara | Grouped | 82 | 379 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 7.0 |
| اولاد سليمانOulad Slimane | Grouped | 180 | 864 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| زويتينةEz Zouitina | Grouped | 81 | 403 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| مكرةMekra | Grouped | 129 | 654 | 15.1 | 0.7 | 20.0 |
| العبابسةEl Aababsa | Dispersed | 17 | 83 | — | — | — |
| الحرافةLahrafa | Grouped | 57 | 252 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 8.2 |
| بني حميدBeni Hamid | In parts | 131 | 612 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| الفراطصةLafratssa | In parts | 26 | 141 | — | — | — |
| عين ورد المزازرةAin Ouard Lamzazra | In parts | 31 | 168 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| اولاد الفلاحOulad El Flah | In parts | 68 | 309 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| الكصاصEl Ksas | In parts | 84 | 367 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| الولجة المركزLoulja Centre | Grouped | 37 | 146 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| الكوايتيةAl Kouaytia | Grouped | 36 | 150 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| اولاد عبوOulad Abbou | In parts | 25 | 109 | — | — | — |
| البعيويينEl Baiouyine | Dispersed | 43 | 176 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 7.6 |
| المزابMzab | Grouped | 172 | 661 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| بني وكيلBni Ouakil21 douars · 3,931 people | ||||||
| الموادينMwadine | Grouped | 66 | 320 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 14.2 |
| الناضورNador | Grouped | 15 | 86 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الحاج بوشتىOulad Al Haj Bouchta | Grouped | 14 | 62 | — | — | — |
| اولاد امراحOulad Lamrhe | In parts | 64 | 312 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 12.7 |
| الحركاويينAll Harkaouiyine | Grouped | 57 | 316 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 13.1 |
| الرتيميينRtimiyine | In parts | 60 | 307 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| اولاد احسينOulad Hsane | Grouped | 26 | 110 | — | — | — |
| اولاد امحمد بلحاجOulad M'Hamed Belhaj | In parts | 52 | 278 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 15.6 |
| اولاد عبد الغنيOulad Abd Laghni | In parts | 53 | 237 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 13.3 |
| اولاد بن عيسىOulad Ben Aissa | In parts | 19 | 90 | — | — | — |
| اولاد اعمرOulad Aamar | In parts | 74 | 398 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 12.6 |
| العراكبةEl Arakba | Grouped | 20 | 121 | — | — | — |
| ريافةRyafa | Grouped | 40 | 145 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| بني وكيلBni Ouakil | Grouped | 59 | 288 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| العبادلةLaabadla | Grouped | 4 | 16 | — | — | — |
| دويعيسةDouiissa | Grouped | 53 | 244 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| اولاد الطيبOulad Tayebi | Grouped | 32 | 132 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| اولاد علي بن عبد السلامOulad Ali Bni Abdeslam | Grouped | 23 | 86 | — | — | — |
| الغزاونةLaghzaouna | Grouped | 21 | 91 | — | — | — |
| العزيبLaazib | Grouped | 36 | 154 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 12.6 |
| اولاد البشيرOulad Bachir | Grouped | 33 | 138 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 12.2 |
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
03.531.05.09- As digits
035310509- Slug
loulja- Census figures
/api/communes/03.531.05.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.531.05.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.531.05.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.531.05.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2755084
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("loulja");