Moulay Bouchta

مولاي بوشتى

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

Population, 2024
12,554
Since 2014
−12.5%from 14,347 in 2014
Density
65.3people per km², 192.2 km²
Households
3,133
Rank
565565th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 49 in its province

Next door in Moulay Abdelkrim, 8.9% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 39.9%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Chougrane. Running water: 7.4% here, 9.5% there; aged 65 and over: 12.4% here, 12.6% there; can’t read or write: 44.6% here, 45.3% there.

Compare it with Chougrane

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 Bouchta.

Moulay Bouchta −12.5%

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
44.6%aged 10 and over51.0% in 201458.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
14.7%17.0% in 201424.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.4%aged 15 and over46.9% in 20148.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.54children per woman1.57 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.4%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
7.4%of settled households6.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Bouchta: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.6%75 and over5.0%
3.0%70–744.3%
4.1%65–693.9%
5.0%60–646.4%
5.5%55–594.7%
5.3%50–546.1%
6.0%45–496.2%
5.6%40–447.0%
6.0%35–396.6%
5.2%30–345.5%
4.9%25–293.3%
7.4%20–245.3%
10.1%15–199.5%
10.7%10–1410.0%
9.7%5–99.3%
6.9%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.3%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French39.9%
  • English5.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot53.5%
  • Informal transport13.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.5%
  • Animal9.2%
  • Taxi6.9%
  • Private car4.0%
  • Employer’s transport1.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.8%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
22818.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10445.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1591.5 per business
Public services
123
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce46.2%
  • Services37.5%
  • Industry14.4%
  • Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person87.5%
  • 2 to 310.6%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 491.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later19.2%
  • 2011–201929.8%
  • 2001–201035.6%
  • 1991–200012.5%
  • 1981–19902.9%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Moulay Bouchta’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 47 douars in 3 fractions, with 12,530 people. 24 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
شوقارChoukar20 douars · 4,715 people
مركز مولاي بوشتىCentre Moulay BouchtaGrouped772771.11.11.1
الزاوية السفلىZawya SouflaIn parts2077770.81.12.1
الزاوية العلياZaouia El OuliaIn parts943521.11.32.2
امركوAmergouGrouped1438———
الغويبةLeghouibaGrouped1762———
القلوعEl KlouIn parts653141.73.85.8
طاسنفيشتTassanfechtGrouped531773.01.510.8
جبل كيسانJbel LkissaneGrouped451434.01.011.9
كلم 66 سابقا مكينة الدومKm 66 ex Mkina Ad DoumGrouped471980.10.76.6
القلعةLkalaaIn parts1336041.43.09.3
دهارEddeharGrouped603021.11.411.6
الزواوةZouaouaIn parts884371.11.35.8
شريطةChritaGrouped371501.10.97.8
بني ورلاسBni OurlasDispersed572067.81.015.7
القطارEl KtarGrouped963976.12.614.5
السوالمAssoualameGrouped1144———
الطناجةTnajaGrouped1979———
العنصارEl OnsarGrouped1030———
غربيةGharbiaDispersed832———
الخروبLkharroubGrouped2796———
احداوةAhdaoua13 douars · 4,052 people
البويضEl BouyedIn parts1556265.11.76.5
الشنايرةAchnayaraGrouped562174.12.06.1
كيزرانGuizraneIn parts28118———
الغفافرةLoghfafraGrouped29127———
العيونLaayouneGrouped381426.16.87.3
المقوقينEl MkoukineDispersed803014.96.66.9
السخيرةEsskhouraaGrouped703152.04.56.1
الدقوقيينDekioukiyeneGrouped692972.83.84.0
الشروفEcchroufDispersed722651.43.43.6
زغولةAzghoulaGrouped1355371.11.17.1
المراقيمEl MrakimGrouped1215001.02.37.0
ازور العدوةAzour LaadouaGrouped822826.01.312.1
ازور حناوةAzour HanaouaGrouped853256.01.012.0
البوارEl Bouar14 douars · 3,763 people
السداريSdariGrouped391251.01.74.9
مجدامةMajdamaIn parts1083281.81.89.6
الدشيارEdchierGrouped602311.12.812.1
الحامةEl HammaGrouped471681.72.711.0
عين لحمديAin LihamdiIn parts1305821.32.515.0
اولاد بن طلحةOulad Ben TalhaGrouped742981.21.111.1
فاس الباليFes El BaliGrouped893551.71.812.5
بني مدوBni MdouDispersed1254902.82.920.1
القاسميينLqasmiyineDispersed1557———
اماسينAmassineIn parts462214.01.219.4
ابغاوةBghaouaIn parts492153.13.019.1
الحجيرةHjiraIn parts692832.53.019.2
احجار اعقابHjar AqabIn parts381853.93.919.8
الدكارةDokkaraIn parts592251.11.325.5

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
03.531.05.15
As digits
035310515
Slug
moulay-bouchta
OpenStreetMap
2755109
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("moulay-bouchta");

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