Moulay Abdelkader

مولاي عبد القادر

Rural commune in the cercle of Tilal Al Gharb, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
7,740
Since 2014
−2.0%from 7,896 in 2014
Density
51.1people per km², 151.5 km²
Households
1,720
Foreign residents
2
Rank
932932nd most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 29 in its province

Next door in Had Kourt, 92.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 7.8%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 18.9% to 31.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bouhmame. Running water: 7.8% here, 10.4% there; can’t read or write: 47.4% here, 44.8% there; unemployment: 31.0% here, 32.5% there.

Compare it with Bouhmame

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 Moulay Abdelkader.

Moulay Abdelkader −2.0%

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
47.4%aged 10 and over54.2% in 201456.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.0%18.9% in 201452.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.2%aged 15 and over40.3% in 20144.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.42children per woman1.85 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people11.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
7.8%of settled households0.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Abdelkader: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.7%
2.6%70–742.9%
3.6%65–693.1%
4.1%60–644.4%
3.8%55–594.3%
5.3%50–545.4%
5.8%45–495.9%
7.1%40–447.0%
6.6%35–396.0%
6.9%30–345.9%
7.0%25–295.4%
7.7%20–247.9%
8.6%15–1910.2%
10.4%10–149.5%
9.9%5–910.0%
7.6%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French39.5%
  • English8.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot63.4%
  • Animal10.2%
  • Informal transport6.7%
  • Taxi5.2%
  • Employer’s transport4.9%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.7%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10814.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
65.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
61.0 per business
Public services
89
Associations
13in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry66.7%
  • Commerce33.3%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 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 later16.7%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201050.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Moulay Abdelkader’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 38 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,717 people. 23 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
مولاي عبد القادرMoulay Abdelkader11 douars · 3,348 people
أولاد اتويجرOulad TouijerGrouped25128———
عين كعصةAin GassaaGrouped572260.02.015.0
أولاد حموOulad HammouGrouped1136———
أولاد الحنشOulad LahnechGrouped420———
أولاد حماد بوقليلةOulad Hommad Bou QlilaGrouped1567070.00.213.0
أولاد ميلودOulad MiloudIn parts1668852.03.118.2
زكارةZougaraIn parts1287132.13.318.6
أولاد غزيةOulad GheziyaIn parts723050.22.16.2
الخلطKhlotGrouped421991.03.07.0
التفاوتيةTfaoutyaGrouped527———
القراوشةLakrouchaDispersed22102———
التريعاتTriaat17 douars · 2,090 people
معاريف السدرةMaarif SedraGrouped823101.01.710.6
معاريف كناويMaarif LagnaouiGrouped361311.01.112.5
لعروسيينLaaroussiyineGrouped331261.01.017.0
طليانTalyaneGrouped331072.01.018.0
الولجة السفليةLoulja EssefliaGrouped361441.01.218.0
كريماتLekrimatGrouped823201.01.020.0
الولجة الفوقيةLoulja LfouqiaGrouped742311.01.117.8
الهيتمEl HitmGrouped26124———
اللبانLebaneGrouped1550———
أولاد مسعودOulad MassoudGrouped321270.00.05.0
بني عزيزBni AzizGrouped1142———
القنادلة الوادKnadla ElouadGrouped29103———
معاريف الرميلMaarif er RmelGrouped321080.63.14.5
الحفايةEl HafaiaGrouped1345———
مسدورةMasdouraGrouped1979———
لحواوشةEl HouaouchaGrouped211———
لعمامرةLaamamraGrouped832———
الهجاجمةEl Hjajma10 douars · 2,279 people
أولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdellahIn parts28150———
الكزوليينGzouliyineIn parts502592.93.415.8
ضويفاتDouifatGrouped422022.31.015.7
أولاد عاصمOulad AassemGrouped18104———
أولاد عثمانOulad OthmaneGrouped28138———
أولاد حامدOulad HamedGrouped26123———
لفقالجةLefkaljaGrouped381830.82.218.1
طواسةTaouassaGrouped602681.22.216.3
لهجاجمةLahjajamaGrouped814160.02.010.0
التريعاتTriaatGrouped924360.00.49.1

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
04.481.03.09
As digits
044810309
Slug
moulay-abdelkader
OpenStreetMap
2810024
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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