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

Where it is

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

BoudnibOued NaamAmellagouAghbalou-N'kerdousTadighoustLkhengErrachidiaChorfa M'daghraAoufousSidi AliEt-TaousEs-SfalatBni M'hamed-SijelmassaEs-SifaEr-RtebAarab Sebbah ZizArfoudAarab Sebbah GherisJorfFeznaGheris Es-SoufliGoulmimaGheris El OulouiTinejdadFerkla El OuliaFerkla Es-SouflaEr-RissaniMoulay Ali Cherif

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Melaab.

Melaab −0.8%

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
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.

Melaab: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over4.0%
2.6%70–743.0%
2.4%65–692.8%
3.9%60–643.9%
3.6%55–593.6%
3.7%50–544.7%
5.2%45–495.5%
5.7%40–446.3%
5.3%35–396.1%
6.2%30–346.7%
6.1%25–296.9%
6.7%20–246.6%
9.1%15–199.0%
13.1%10–1411.7%
12.5%5–910.7%
10.1%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight74.1%
  • Darija60.4%
  • Tachelhit3.6%
  • Tarifit0.6%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic96.8%
  • French40.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh13.9%
  • English7.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot54.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle24.1%
  • Private car5.3%
  • Employer’s transport3.9%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Bus2.1%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.6%
  • Services26.4%
  • Industry9.6%
  • Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.6%
  • 2 to 310.0%
  • 4 to 90.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.4%
  • 2011–201937.2%
  • 2001–201010.4%
  • 1991–20006.0%
  • 1981–19903.2%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.201.15.11
As digits
082011511
Slug
melaab
Record
/api/communes/08.201.15.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.201.15.11/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2884852
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("melaab");

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