Mouarid

المواريد

Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,320
Since 2014
−13.7%from 6,161 in 2014
Density
52.7people per km², 101 km²
Households
1,263
Rank
1,1671,167th most populous of 1,503 communes31st of 57 in its province

Next door in Ezzaouite, 64.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 97.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 71.4% to 97.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Koudiat Bni Dghough. Read French: 25.5% here, 27.1% there; can’t read or write: 44.8% here, 42.8% there; running water: 97.3% here, 86.9% there.

Compare it with Koudiat Bni Dghough

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 Mouarid.

Mouarid −13.7%

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
44.8%aged 10 and over54.8% in 201454.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.6%5.4% in 201458.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.0%aged 15 and over45.0% in 20144.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.35children per woman2.56 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.3%of settled households71.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mouarid: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over4.8%
2.9%70–742.8%
4.3%65–694.1%
5.1%60–644.3%
4.6%55–595.2%
5.3%50–545.3%
6.2%45–496.1%
6.1%40–446.2%
5.1%35–395.6%
6.3%30–345.3%
4.4%25–294.8%
6.1%20–244.9%
7.7%15–199.9%
12.5%10–1411.1%
10.5%5–912.1%
8.2%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit25.2%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French25.5%
  • English5.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.0%
  • Informal transport12.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.9%
  • Animal5.4%
  • Private car4.9%
  • Another way3.5%
  • Taxi3.3%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Bus1.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
19135.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9650.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
991.0 per business
Public services
91
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.9%
  • Services19.8%
  • Industry6.3%
  • Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.9%
  • 2 to 33.1%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.1%
  • 2011–201929.2%
  • 2001–201019.8%
  • 1991–200017.7%
  • 1981–19903.1%
  • 1956–19803.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Mouarid’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,316 people. 4 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تعزاتTazat7 douars · 2,340 people
جيجتJijtIn parts743451.72.44.9
تعزات الزاويةTazat ZaouiaIn parts1054292.41.23.9
أيت قدورAït KadourIn parts1416161.02.32.3
سوق إثنين المواريدSouk Tnine MouaridGrouped2188———
الدشرةDcheraIn parts1184981.01.52.8
تعزات أيت بن عبيدTazat Ait Ben AbidIn parts391662.61.24.6
أيت منصورAït MannsourGrouped501982.51.35.2
المواريدMouarid8 douars · 2,976 people
سيدي اسعيدSidi SaidIn parts1174851.52.32.9
أكويدير سيدي صالحAguidir Sidi SalahIn parts853232.42.45.4
أكويدير الزاويةAguidir ZaouiaIn parts993701.31.42.9
مرازݣةLamrazgaIn parts1205242.91.98.9
بير الزاعBir EzzaIn parts1526461.31.46.1
أيت بلقايدAït bel CaïdIn parts381964.71.18.2
سيدي عبد الرحمانSidi AbderrahmaneIn parts672901.02.03.0
تباردةTabbardaIn parts371421.01.01.6

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
07.211.09.19
As digits
072110919
Slug
mouarid
OpenStreetMap
2820963
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mouarid");

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