M'hamid El Ghizlane

امحاميد الغزلان

Rural commune in the cercle of Zagora, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 6,664
Since 2014: −12.2%from 7,590 in 2014
Density: 1.7people per km², 4,004.2 km²
Households: 1,234
Foreign residents: 8
Rank: 1,0461,046th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 25 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 62.0% to 90.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouargui. Unemployment: 54.8% here, 50.9% there; running water: 90.1% here, 93.9% there; Darija: 98.2% here, 99.5% there.

Compare it with Ouargui

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

47402

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is M'hamid El Ghizlane.

M'hamid El Ghizlane −12.2%

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: 23.5%aged 10 and over35.0% in 201432.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 54.8%66.2% in 201473.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.1%aged 15 and over33.8% in 201411.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.62children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.1%of people7.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 90.1%of settled households62.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

M'hamid El Ghizlane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	3.3%
2.1%	70–74	2.7%
2.7%	65–69	3.2%
3.8%	60–64	4.4%
4.3%	55–59	4.5%
4.0%	50–54	4.6%
4.8%	45–49	5.5%
5.5%	40–44	7.1%
6.0%	35–39	6.5%
8.0%	30–34	8.6%
7.8%	25–29	8.7%
6.3%	20–24	7.3%
8.8%	15–19	8.3%
11.2%	10–14	8.6%
10.8%	5–9	8.5%
10.5%	0–4	8.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.2%
Hassania16.4%
Tachelhit9.1%
Tamazight7.6%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French31.1%
English10.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.3%
Bike or motorcycle17.1%
Employer’s transport4.4%
Private car4.1%
Another way4.1%
Doesn’t travel to work2.8%
Informal transport2.6%
Taxi2.3%
Bus1.8%
Animal0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 35.0%aged 10 and over23.5% in 202445.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 66.2%54.8% in 202488.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.8%aged 15 and over35.1% in 202413.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.50children per woman2.62 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.6%of people7.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.5people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 62.0%of settled households90.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

M'hamid El Ghizlane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	1.8%
1.8%	70–74	1.5%
1.7%	65–69	2.0%
3.0%	60–64	3.7%
3.2%	55–59	3.4%
3.8%	50–54	4.0%
4.3%	45–49	4.5%
3.6%	40–44	4.8%
4.5%	35–39	5.6%
6.2%	30–34	8.7%
7.4%	25–29	8.5%
10.5%	20–24	13.3%
12.2%	15–19	11.4%
10.3%	10–14	8.2%
10.9%	5–9	8.7%
13.3%	0–4	9.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija91.5%
Hassania17.8%
Tamazight10.6%
Tachelhit10.0%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only41.3%
Arabic and French36.9%
Arabic, French and English20.6%
Other combinations1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot67.0%
Bike or motorcycle14.4%
Not stated5.6%
Bus3.8%
Private car3.1%
Another way2.7%
Taxi1.9%
Works at home0.8%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood49.3%
Another in the commune19.0%
Another province13.8%
Another commune5.6%
Not stated5.6%
No fixed place4.4%
Somewhere else1.5%
At home0.8%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Clerical work24.5%
Labouring and small trades14.1%
Crafts and skilled trades13.5%
Managers and senior professionals12.1%
Farming and fishing12.1%
Farm and fishing labour7.7%
Trade and broking5.9%
Not classified5.1%
Technicians3.1%
Machine operating2.0%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma54.0%
Primary24.9%
Lower secondary11.5%
Upper secondary6.6%
DEUG or Licence2.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 21532.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 15170.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3082.0 per business
Public services: 61
Associations: 3in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce53.6%
Services39.7%
Construction4.0%
Industry2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person75.5%
2 to 315.9%
4 to 95.3%
10 to 493.3%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later27.8%
2011–201935.8%
2001–201021.9%
1991–200010.6%
1981–19902.6%
1956–19801.3%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

M'hamid El Ghizlane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 6 fractions, with 6,097 people. 567 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الركابيRgabi2 douars · 287 people
الركابي أيت حسوRgabi Ait Hassou	Grouped	41	216	1.0	1.0	10.0
قصر قابوKsar Kabbou	Grouped	11	71	—	—	—
أولاد ادريسOuled Driss1 douar · 451 people
أولاد ادريسOuled Driss	Grouped	97	451	1.0	1.0	1.9
أولاد يوسف المحاميدOulad Youssef El Mhamid8 douars · 1,707 people
أولاد يوسفOulad Youssef	Grouped	127	788	0.1	0.5	4.0
امحاميد الغزلانM'Hamid El Ghizlane	Grouped	27	89	—	—	—
زاوية الهناءZaouia El Hana	Grouped	22	154	—	—	—
الزناكاZnaga	Grouped	9	55	—	—	—
أولاد امحيةOulad Mhaya	Grouped	41	224	0.0	0.7	4.0
الطلحا بن امحمدTalha Beni Mhammed	Grouped	62	303	0.2	0.4	3.3
الطلحا الشرفاءTalha Chorfa	Grouped	10	30	—	—	—
أيت عيسى أوبراهيمAit Issa Ou Brahim	Grouped	17	64	—	—	—
دوار عريبDouar Arib2 douars · 2,643 people
عريبArib	Grouped	372	1,900	0.3	0.8	1.2
مركز المحاميدCentre El Mhamid	Grouped	180	743	0.6	0.9	0.9
بونوBounou2 douars · 406 people
قصر بونوKsar Bounou	Dispersed	79	372	0.4	0.8	4.3
زاوية مولاي مباركZaouia Moulay Mbarek	Grouped	6	34	—	—	—
ايت اغنيمةAit Aghnima1 douar · 603 people
ايت اغنيمةAit Aghnima	Grouped	126	603	1.0	1.0	1.0

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: 08.587.09.23
As digits: 085870923
Slug: m-hamid-el-ghizlane
Record: /api/communes/08.587.09.23.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.09.23/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.587.09.23/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.587.09.23/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.587.09.23/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.587.09.23/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.587.09.23/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884930

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