Melg El Ouidane
ملك الويدان
Rural commune in the cercle of Taourirt, province of Taourirt, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 8,009
- Since 2014
- −2.0%from 8,176 in 2014
- Density
- 25.8people per km², 310.4 km²
- Households
- 1,786
- Rank
- 902902nd most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 14 in its province
Next door in Gteter, 18.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 79.9%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 46.2% to 79.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Mohammed Ben Rahal. Unemployment: 12.4% here, 13.4% there; can’t read or write: 42.4% here, 41.4% there; Darija: 99.0% here, 99.8% 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 Melg El Ouidane.
Melg El Ouidane −2.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 42.4%aged 10 and over49.8% in 201451.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.4%8.4% in 201446.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 37.6%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20143.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 93.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.07children per woman2.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.0%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.5people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 79.9%of settled households46.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.7% | 65–69 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.8% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.1% | 50–54 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 45–49 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 5.9% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.1% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.5% | 20–24 | 6.7% | ||
| 9.5% | 15–19 | 8.0% | ||
| 10.4% | 10–14 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.5% | 5–9 | 8.8% | ||
| 8.3% | 0–4 | 7.8% | ||
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
- 49.8%aged 10 and over42.4% in 202462.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 8.4%12.4% in 202440.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 43.4%aged 15 and over37.6% in 20244.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 85.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.12children per woman2.07 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.2%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.6people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 46.2%of settled households79.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 75 and over | 3.0% | ||
| 1.3% | 70–74 | 1.8% | ||
| 1.5% | 65–69 | 1.7% | ||
| 2.5% | 60–64 | 2.6% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.5% | 35–39 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.8% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.2% | 25–29 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.6% | 20–24 | 9.6% | ||
| 9.8% | 15–19 | 10.2% | ||
| 9.7% | 10–14 | 8.7% | ||
| 10.1% | 5–9 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.7% | 0–4 | 10.5% | ||
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
- 11414.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 4640.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 721.6 per business
- Public services
- 63
- Associations
- 5in 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
Melg El Ouidane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,003 people. 6 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 | ||||
| بني وكيلBni Oukil7 douars · 4,909 people | ||||||
| أولاد زروقOulad Zarouq | Dispersed | 107 | 483 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 5.5 |
| أولاد كرومOulad Kerroum | Grouped | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
| أولاد عليOulad Ali | Grouped | 341 | 1,501 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| ملقى الويدانMelga el Ouidane | Grouped | 345 | 1,528 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| أولاد حموOulad Hammou | In parts | 138 | 579 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| أولاد بومدينOulad Boumedine | Dispersed | 99 | 388 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| أولاد امحمدOulad M'Hamed | Dispersed | 94 | 426 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 16.3 |
| لرباعLarba6 douars · 3,094 people | ||||||
| أولاد سعيدOulad Said | In parts | 76 | 361 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.1 |
| أولاد يشوOulad Yachou | Dispersed | 56 | 294 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 13.2 |
| أولاد داوودOulad Daoud | In parts | 105 | 491 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 8.0 |
| الصبابEssabbab | Dispersed | 34 | 156 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| أولاد زايدOulad Zayed | Grouped | 95 | 364 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 14.9 |
| أولاد لفقيرOulad al Afkir | Grouped | 294 | 1,428 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 6.3 |
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
02.533.09.11- As digits
025330911- Slug
melg-el-ouidane- Census figures
/api/communes/02.533.09.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.533.09.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.533.09.11/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.533.09.11/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 3551315
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("melg-el-ouidane");