Mettouh

متوح

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Smail, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 26,075
Since 2014: +0.9%from 25,856 in 2014
Density: 181people per km², 144.4 km²
Households: 5,838
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 219219th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 27 in its province

Next door in Ouled Frej, 69.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 8.9%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Khatazakane. Running water: 8.9% here, 2.1% there; unemployment: 9.7% here, 9.4% there; read French: 35.3% here, 30.8% there.

Compare it with Khatazakane

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Mettouh +0.9%

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: 43.2%aged 10 and over49.1% in 201454.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.7%6.7% in 201418.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.4%aged 15 and over49.1% in 20146.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.44children per woman2.33 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 8.9%of settled households4.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mettouh: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	4.8%
3.0%	70–74	3.0%
4.2%	65–69	4.1%
5.4%	60–64	5.4%
4.4%	55–59	4.4%
6.0%	50–54	5.8%
7.5%	45–49	6.5%
7.1%	40–44	7.3%
5.6%	35–39	6.0%
5.6%	30–34	5.8%
5.5%	25–29	5.1%
6.3%	20–24	6.4%
8.2%	15–19	8.7%
10.5%	10–14	10.1%
9.4%	5–9	9.5%
7.8%	0–4	7.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.6%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic100.0%
French35.3%
English8.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot57.5%
Doesn’t travel to work11.4%
Bike or motorcycle10.4%
Private car6.0%
Taxi5.1%
Animal5.0%
Employer’s transport1.5%
Informal transport1.3%
Another way1.2%
Bus0.7%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 49.1%aged 10 and over43.2% in 202463.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.7%9.7% in 202416.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.1%aged 15 and over39.4% in 202414.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.33children per woman2.44 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 4.4%of settled households8.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Mettouh: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.8%
1.9%	70–74	2.3%
2.2%	65–69	2.0%
3.8%	60–64	3.7%
4.5%	55–59	4.4%
5.7%	50–54	5.8%
5.1%	45–49	5.1%
5.9%	40–44	5.9%
7.7%	35–39	6.9%
7.1%	30–34	7.8%
6.4%	25–29	6.6%
7.0%	20–24	7.2%
9.2%	15–19	8.8%
10.6%	10–14	10.5%
9.2%	5–9	9.4%
10.4%	0–4	9.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French48.3%
Arabic only41.6%
Arabic, French and English9.6%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot70.8%
Taxi7.6%
Another way6.7%
Bike or motorcycle4.6%
Works at home3.3%
Not stated3.0%
Private car2.8%
Bus0.9%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood69.2%
Another commune9.3%
No fixed place9.0%
Another in the commune3.4%
At home3.3%
Not stated3.0%
Another province2.3%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing36.3%
Farm and fishing labour32.8%
Crafts and skilled trades11.9%
Labouring and small trades6.5%
Trade and broking5.0%
Clerical work3.6%
Machine operating2.6%
Not classified0.7%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma75.0%
Primary16.0%
Lower secondary6.7%
Upper secondary1.8%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
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: 49719.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 32765.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 4071.2 per business
Public services: 162
Associations: 8in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce61.2%
Services22.3%
Industry15.9%
Construction0.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person80.4%
2 to 318.0%
4 to 91.5%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later36.1%
2011–201937.9%
2001–20108.6%
1991–200012.5%
1981–19902.1%
1956–19802.4%
Before 19560.3%

Douars

Mettouh’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 78 douars in 6 fractions, with 26,074 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
فخذة متوحFakhdat Mettouh15 douars · 4,018 people
لكوارةKouara	Grouped	77	331	1.0	1.0	5.1
الزكاكرة فورارZkakra Fourare	Grouped	26	106	—	—	—
الجدوعةJdouaa	Grouped	58	258	1.2	3.1	3.9
لقياش اولاد السباعيLakiach Oulad Sbaai	Grouped	6	22	—	—	—
لقياش قمونةLakiach Kamouna	Dispersed	65	267	1.2	4.6	4.8
لقياش اولاد عايشةLakiach Oulad Aicha	Dispersed	63	301	1.8	2.8	5.1
زيرارةZayrara	Grouped	28	128	—	—	—
اولاد زيد بن رحوOulad Zid Ben Rahou	Grouped	46	246	1.0	1.8	6.9
زاوية سي عباس بن عمرZaouiat Si Abbass Ben Omar	Grouped	128	577	1.0	1.1	5.4
التعاونية الشرقاويةCoopérative Ecchrkaouia	Grouped	12	100	—	—	—
لمساعدةLamsaada	Grouped	77	382	0.6	2.7	7.3
العصميةEl Asmia	Grouped	83	375	1.2	1.2	8.5
الرواحلةRouahla	Grouped	108	478	1.9	0.5	8.3
لكرودLakrode	Grouped	109	429	2.0	1.3	6.9
أولاد يوسفOulad Youssef	Grouped	4	18	—	—	—
احلاف الفيضAhlaf El Faid22 douars · 7,050 people
اعمارة بن الحاجAmara ben El Haj	Grouped	47	208	5.4	3.2	10.8
لعبابسةBabsa	Dispersed	50	218	4.4	3.1	11.0
الرمولةRmoula	Dispersed	78	327	3.9	5.1	10.5
الدحامنةDehamna	Grouped	35	186	3.0	3.5	10.7
اولاد بوعزةOulad Bouazza	Dispersed	71	303	1.7	4.9	10.6
لمصادةMsada	Dispersed	34	150	3.7	4.9	11.0
اولاد الحاج عبد اللهOulad El Haj Abdellah	Dispersed	107	452	4.9	5.0	10.8
لبجاجLabjaj	Grouped	85	409	2.3	3.7	10.5
لعواوشةLaaouaoucha	Dispersed	179	791	0.5	2.2	6.0
الغربةGhorba	Dispersed	165	752	0.7	3.8	5.0
الزوابطةZwabta	Dispersed	40	197	0.6	4.1	4.3
لحمادنةLahmadna	Grouped	89	401	0.9	2.1	5.0
اولاد الصغيرOulad Sghir	Grouped	86	366	0.9	3.5	6.7
اولاد الطالبOulad Taleb	Grouped	19	74	—	—	—
اولاد سي الرغايOulad Si Raghay	Grouped	80	344	1.4	1.6	10.5
اولاد الحاج العربيOulad Hadj Larbi	Grouped	76	330	1.9	1.4	10.0
لبريناتEl Brinat	Grouped	39	183	1.2	5.4	9.8
لمحافظةLamhafda	Grouped	65	256	1.1	2.9	7.4
الزكاكرة الفيضZkakra Al-Fid	Grouped	36	144	1.3	1.3	6.9
تعاونية التراشحةCoopérative Trachha	Grouped	44	195	1.1	2.0	7.6
تعاونية لبهيلاتCoopérative Labhaïlat	Grouped	59	237	0.6	1.5	8.4
الزحاحفةZhahfa	Grouped	111	527	0.8	2.7	5.1
اولاد عمارة الفيضOulad Amara El Faid9 douars · 5,617 people
لغزاونة 1Ghzawna	Dispersed	272	1,214	0.6	3.2	3.4
لغزاونة 2Al Ghzawna 2	Grouped	71	323	0.1	1.3	1.3
لفريماتLafrimate	Grouped	360	1,472	0.4	2.0	2.3
لكريفاتLakrifate	Dispersed	79	319	0.1	2.7	3.6
اولاد عبد اللهOulad Abdellah	Grouped	146	620	0.2	1.8	6.6
البغولةLabghoula	Grouped	126	538	1.0	5.9	5.9
الشراتلةChratla	Grouped	81	356	1.1	1.6	6.4
اولاد العربي بن عمارةOulad Larbi Ben Amara	Grouped	77	334	0.9	2.4	5.5
لعرارصةLararsa	Grouped	100	441	3.3	4.4	6.4
احلاف لقياشAhlaf Lakyach16 douars · 5,828 people
لمحاسنة الخربكةLamhassna Khoribga	Grouped	69	351	1.2	4.6	5.6
لحوالة اولاد الهاشميLahwala Oulad Hachmi	Grouped	48	232	1.0	2.1	2.1
لحوالة اولاد لعوجLahwala Oulad Laaouaj	Grouped	42	185	0.8	1.4	1.4
لمحاسنة لويزةLamhassna Louiza	Grouped	43	218	0.7	3.4	3.4
لمحاسنة تبيخةLamhassna Tbikha	Grouped	35	159	0.7	4.1	4.1
اولاد سي الغازيOulad Si Lghazi	Grouped	71	364	1.7	4.1	5.6
لحشاشدةLahchachda	Grouped	27	147	—	—	—
لحميداتLahmiddate	Grouped	68	354	0.3	1.2	6.2
لعساسلةLasasla	Grouped	121	562	0.1	2.1	5.8
لخويراتLakhouyrat	In parts	101	544	0.0	2.4	6.3
اولاد الفقيهOulad Lafkih	Dispersed	108	477	0.2	1.8	7.4
الدواميDouami	Grouped	43	218	0.3	2.7	7.4
السرافقةSrafqa	Dispersed	59	277	0.0	0.8	9.7
لعبابدةLaababda	Grouped	114	491	0.8	2.3	8.1
لمغبنةLamghibna	Dispersed	63	327	0.2	1.1	7.5
العزاعزةEl Azaza	In parts	191	922	0.7	3.6	4.5
مركز متوحCentre Mettouh13 douars · 3,131 people
التراشحةTrachha	Grouped	145	593	0.6	2.3	2.3
شركة الشروقةChrka Chroqa	Grouped	17	59	—	—	—
الشروقةChroqa	Grouped	29	168	—	—	—
مركز خميس متوحCentre Khemis Mettouh	Grouped	125	469	0.1	0.2	0.2
لبهيلاتLabhaïlat	Grouped	51	249	2.9	3.8	6.8
أولاد سليمانOulad Slimane	Grouped	19	68	—	—	—
الطواهرةTwahra	Grouped	70	288	2.3	3.1	3.8
بيت الهاشميBit El-Hachmi	Grouped	47	188	0.3	3.1	3.2
أولاد عبد الرحمانOulad Abderrahmane	Grouped	32	116	0.0	3.7	3.7
الزراولةZeraoula	Grouped	65	257	0.2	3.1	3.1
أولاد حجاجOulad Hajaj	Grouped	36	144	0.1	1.0	1.0
لمحاسنة الدريݣاتLamhasna Drigat	Dispersed	90	425	0.9	2.0	2.0
الطلوحةAtlouha	Grouped	27	107	—	—	—
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune3 douars · 430 people
العناترةEl Anatra	Dispersed	74	382	2.1	2.6	5.0
أولاد سي عيسىOulad Si Aissa	Dispersed	6	24	—	—	—
الحميداتLahmidate	Grouped	5	24	—	—	—

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: 06.181.09.05
As digits: 061810905
Slug: mettouh
Record: /api/communes/06.181.09.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.09.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.09.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.09.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.09.05/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.09.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2823002

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