Marchouch

مرشوش

Rural commune in the cercle of Rommani, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
13,017
Since 2014
+11.0%from 11,724 in 2014
Density
48.8people per km², 267 km²
Households
2,604
Foreign residents
25
Rank
545545th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 35 in its province

Next door in Rommani, 97.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 6.9%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 68.4% to 86.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laaounate. Read French: 55.5% here, 58.3% there; aged 65 and over: 11.7% here, 11.4% there; Darija: 99.4% here, 98.9% there.

Compare it with Laaounate

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 Marchouch.

Marchouch +11.0%

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
40.5%aged 10 and over45.2% in 201450.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.1%16.4% in 20146.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.6%aged 15 and over44.3% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.88children per woman2.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
39.4%of settled households26.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Marchouch: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over5.1%
3.3%70–743.5%
3.9%65–693.7%
5.6%60–644.4%
4.9%55–595.4%
6.0%50–545.5%
6.4%45–495.7%
6.9%40–446.4%
5.9%35–397.3%
5.9%30–346.5%
5.5%25–295.6%
6.4%20–247.2%
8.5%15–198.0%
9.4%10–149.6%
9.2%5–98.5%
8.4%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit1.0%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French55.5%
  • English14.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.7%
  • Taxi10.7%
  • Private car9.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.9%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Animal2.7%
  • Informal transport1.5%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20015.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12763.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2241.8 per business
Public services
70
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.2%
  • Services31.5%
  • Industry15.7%
  • Construction1.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person52.0%
  • 2 to 344.1%
  • 4 to 93.1%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.8%
  • 2011–201926.8%
  • 2001–201022.0%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19904.7%
  • 1956–19801.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Marchouch’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 6 fractions, with 10,663 people. 2,354 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
أولاد اخليفة مرشوشOulad Khlifa Marchouch3 douars · 1,783 people
أولاد الحاجOulad El HajIn parts1697097.13.813.3
ايت الجيلاليAit JilaliDispersed1938021.73.46.1
أولاد سيدي بو عمرOulad Sidi BouamerDispersed652720.13.58.7
أولاد اخليفة الجنوبيةOulad Khlifa Janoubia4 douars · 3,410 people
ايت حمو الصغير الحرايرAit Hammou SghirDispersed2541,0682.83.97.3
أولاد يحيي أولاد الصغيرOulad Yahya Oulad SghirIn parts2519771.12.34.8
أولاد اسعيدOulad SaidDispersed1244545.83.98.9
لهداهدةLahdahdaDispersed2119111.63.89.7
مرشوش المركزMarchouch Centre1 douar · 2,190 people
مرشوش المركزMarchouch CentreGrouped5682,1900.10.80.8
المحافيظLemhafid2 douars · 721 people
المحافيظLemhafidDispersed903553.33.512.4
الشهداءEcchahdaGrouped833660.01.54.8
الشلحيينEcchlhiine1 douar · 2,526 people
الشليحيينEcchlihiineIn parts5882,5262.42.86.9
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 33 people
أولاد مرزوك 1Oulad Merzoug 1Dispersed833———

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
04.291.07.13
As digits
042910713
Slug
marchouch
OpenStreetMap
2808250
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("marchouch");

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