Melaab
ملعب
Rural commune in the cercle of Tinejdad, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 17,230
- Since 2014
- −0.8%from 17,360 in 2014
- Density
- 14.6people per km², 1,177 km²
- Households
- 3,378
- Foreign residents
- 4
- Rank
- 372372nd most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 29 in its province
Next door in Fezna, 84.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 4.8%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 14.0% to 27.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tidili Fetouaka. Running water: 92.7% here, 97.4% there; Darija: 60.4% here, 69.1% there; apartments: 0.0% here, 0.5% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
52602
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Melaab.
Melaab −0.8%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 29.1%aged 10 and over32.2% in 201437.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 27.1%14.0% in 201442.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 30.7%aged 15 and over36.5% in 20144.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 93.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.43children per woman2.98 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.5%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 92.7%of settled households92.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9% | 75 and over | 4.0% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 3.0% | ||
| 2.4% | 65–69 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.7% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 5.2% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.3% | 35–39 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.2% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.1% | 25–29 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.7% | 20–24 | 6.6% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 9.0% | ||
| 13.1% | 10–14 | 11.7% | ||
| 12.5% | 5–9 | 10.7% | ||
| 10.1% | 0–4 | 8.3% | ||
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
- 32.2%aged 10 and over29.1% in 202445.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.0%27.1% in 202447.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.5%aged 15 and over30.7% in 20245.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.98children per woman2.43 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.5%of people6.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.4people on average5.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 92.2%of settled households92.7% 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 | 2.8% | ||
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 2.7% | 60–64 | 3.4% | ||
| 2.3% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 50–54 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.6% | 45–49 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 40–44 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.5% | 25–29 | 7.7% | ||
| 11.6% | 20–24 | 9.6% | ||
| 11.4% | 15–19 | 10.3% | ||
| 9.8% | 10–14 | 9.6% | ||
| 9.3% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 12.2% | 0–4 | 12.0% | ||
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
- 38922.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 25064.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2881.2 per business
- Public services
- 124
- Associations
- 15in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 3counted 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
Melaab’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 7 fractions, with 17,140 people. 90 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 | ||||
| إكليIgli2 douars · 4,660 people | ||||||
| إكلي الغربيIgli El Gharbi | Grouped | 389 | 1,915 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| إكلي الشرقيIgli Charqui | Grouped | 557 | 2,745 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| توروكTouroug2 douars · 4,523 people | ||||||
| توروكTouroug | Grouped | 679 | 3,524 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| أسلابAslab | Grouped | 191 | 999 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 8.8 |
| أوخيتOukhite4 douars · 1,030 people | ||||||
| أوخيتOukhite | Grouped | 91 | 493 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 20.1 |
| تالغومتTalroumt | Grouped | 18 | 102 | — | — | — |
| إمي نيكنImi Nikene | Grouped | 7 | 82 | — | — | — |
| البورBour | Grouped | 69 | 353 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 21.5 |
| أكروزAkerouz5 douars · 457 people | ||||||
| أكروزAkerouz | In parts | 18 | 138 | — | — | — |
| تاوظوظوتTaoudoudout | Grouped | 23 | 169 | — | — | — |
| تغرديستTaghrdist | Grouped | 4 | 26 | — | — | — |
| بوويدودBououydoud | Grouped | 14 | 100 | — | — | — |
| بووفروخBououfroukh | Grouped | 3 | 24 | — | — | — |
| ݣناتGnat5 douars · 1,264 people | ||||||
| أيت لحوAit Lhou | In parts | 60 | 330 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 18.3 |
| خطارة إغرانKhattart Ighran | In parts | 29 | 192 | — | — | — |
| وانݣيݣيOuanguigui | Grouped | 37 | 297 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 41.1 |
| أمݣانAmgane | Grouped | 67 | 389 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 26.6 |
| تيغرمتTighremt | Grouped | 6 | 56 | — | — | — |
| مروتشةMarroutcha5 douars · 1,582 people | ||||||
| مروتشةMarroutcha | Grouped | 58 | 294 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.8 |
| الديخلتDikhalte | Grouped | 97 | 387 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| خطارة أغروضKhattart Oughroud | Grouped | 102 | 567 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 15.0 |
| الݣلتةEl Guelta | Grouped | 53 | 252 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 15.6 |
| أكماطAkmat | Grouped | 13 | 82 | — | — | — |
| ملعبMelaab2 douars · 3,624 people | ||||||
| ملعب المركزMelaab Centre | Grouped | 650 | 2,934 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| ايست واليلAyst Oualil | Grouped | 132 | 690 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
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
08.201.15.11- As digits
082011511- Slug
melaab- Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.15.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.15.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.15.11/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.201.15.11/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2884852
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("melaab");