Mezraoua

مزراوة

Rural commune in the cercle of Taounate, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,712
Since 2014
−7.3%from 8,317 in 2014
Density
91.5people per km², 84.3 km²
Households
1,921
Rank
936936th most populous of 1,503 communes40th of 49 in its province

Next door in Taounate, 87.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.8% to 26.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laagagcha. Running water: 13.3% here, 2.8% there; Darija: 98.9% here, 98.7% there; apartments: 0.0% here, 0.2% there.

Compare it with Laagagcha

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 Mezraoua.

Mezraoua −7.3%

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
44.7%aged 10 and over49.4% in 201453.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.9%7.8% in 201424.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
28.5%aged 15 and over39.0% in 20142.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.59children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.1%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
13.3%of settled households3.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mezraoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over4.0%
3.0%70–742.7%
3.3%65–693.4%
4.0%60–644.4%
5.3%55–593.8%
6.4%50–545.2%
7.3%45–497.1%
6.5%40–447.4%
6.4%35–397.1%
5.0%30–346.2%
4.1%25–295.4%
6.0%20–246.6%
10.3%15–198.1%
10.6%10–1410.4%
10.5%5–99.6%
8.1%0–48.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French22.6%
  • English4.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.9%
  • Private car8.6%
  • Taxi7.6%
  • Informal transport6.3%
  • Bus3.1%
  • Employer’s transport2.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.6%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11214.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6759.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1111.7 per business
Public services
45
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.3%
  • Services41.8%
  • Industry9.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person79.1%
  • 2 to 311.9%
  • 4 to 97.5%
  • 10 to 491.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later14.9%
  • 2011–201964.2%
  • 2001–201019.4%
  • 1991–20001.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Mezraoua’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,711 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

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
مزراوةMezraoua5 douars · 2,577 people
مزراوة السفلىMezraoua SouflaIn parts1656761.21.011.9
مزراوة العلياMezraoua OulyaIn parts1144584.91.112.4
عين اللوحAin LeuhIn parts1124761.91.56.1
الدميناتDminatIn parts1144731.71.84.7
اولاد بوسلطانOulad Bou SoltaneIn parts1294940.92.59.1
أولاد الطاهرOulad Tahar9 douars · 5,134 people
اولاد طاهرOulad TaharIn parts4861,9951.31.82.0
اغمارةGhmaraIn parts2981,2421.41.64.2
هوارةHouaraIn parts803071.11.17.1
قوار جعوانKouar JaaouaneGrouped742631.02.010.0
اشريطاتChrittateIn parts1084061.12.510.0
كاع السبيتQae SbitIn parts742571.01.26.1
القرنوعةKarnouaaIn parts25107———
اولاد الغولOulad LghoulIn parts1124360.91.07.8
عين بوحروشAin Bou HarrouchIn parts301211.94.84.4

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
03.531.07.15
As digits
035310715
Slug
mezraoua
OpenStreetMap
3549836
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mezraoua");

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