Moulay Brahim

مولاي ابراهيم

Rural commune in the cercle of Tahannaout, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
11,331
Since 2014
−4.1%from 11,813 in 2014
Density
107people per km², 106.4 km²
Households
2,634
Rank
647647th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 40 in its province

Next door in Ouazguita, 1.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 40.8%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 90.9% to 79.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamhara. Running water: 91.1% here, 92.7% there; aged 65 and over: 10.9% here, 10.4% there; in the labour force: 35.1% here, 34.8% there.

Compare it with Lamhara

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 Brahim.

Moulay Brahim −4.1%

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
37.7%aged 10 and over47.0% in 201447.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.9%10.5% in 201422.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.1%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20143.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.58children per woman3.05 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.7%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.1%of settled households93.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Brahim: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.3%75 and over4.4%
2.9%70–743.0%
3.8%65–693.4%
4.2%60–645.2%
3.8%55–594.0%
4.4%50–545.1%
5.7%45–496.6%
6.2%40–446.3%
6.2%35–396.7%
7.1%30–346.5%
7.7%25–296.4%
6.7%20–246.0%
8.3%15–198.4%
10.7%10–1410.9%
9.9%5–99.3%
8.1%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit97.4%
  • Darija76.3%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French51.4%
  • English9.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle22.0%
  • Taxi10.4%
  • Employer’s transport7.9%
  • Bus5.7%
  • Informal transport5.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.1%
  • Private car3.9%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Moulay Brahim’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
919
Standing empty
24.0%13.9% vacant10.1% a second home
Precarious
23.9%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
84.5%86.8% on the water mains87.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
37.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house67.8%
  • Other19.4%
  • Traditional house7.4%
  • Rural-type4.2%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Apartment0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.0%
  • 20 to 49 years40.8%
  • 50 years or more3.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
29225.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
17559.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2261.3 per business
Public services
98
Associations
19in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.7%
  • Services35.4%
  • Industry6.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.1%
  • 2 to 313.1%
  • 4 to 91.1%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.4%
  • 2011–201921.7%
  • 2001–201017.7%
  • 1991–20006.9%
  • 1981–19907.4%
  • 1956–198014.3%
  • Before 19560.6%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of urban dwellings of another kind is 19.4%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across 2 of the 5 communes it borders, the median is 0.5%. Tameslohte is furthest from it, at 0.4%.

How these are picked

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Moulay Brahim2,609

Douars

Moulay Brahim’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,721 people. Another 2,609 live in Moulay Brahim, its urban centre, which has no douars. 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
تنزاطTanzzat20 douars · 5,215 people
ايت محندAït M’hanndGrouped411690.01.07.0
واورݣتOua OuergtGrouped873920.20.56.6
تابيةTabiaGrouped381670.00.36.2
تيخربينToukhribineGrouped793380.50.64.3
ايت بويحياAit BouyhyaGrouped552510.00.04.2
تلامومنTalamoumenGrouped633021.01.03.9
الوارݣAlouargGrouped994612.10.416.0
تزروتTazroutGrouped1877———
إݣرنومعادIguer N OumaadIn parts994770.20.217.0
اغبالوAghbalouIn parts773242.01.02.0
اكادير تساوتAgadir TassaouteIn parts2341,0401.01.11.2
اݣوزولنIkozouleneGrouped23100———
اكادير سيدي يحيىAgadir Sidi YahiaGrouped331550.10.513.2
اݣرض الماسAguerd El MasGrouped321480.00.713.9
ايت سݣوتAit SgoutGrouped1988———
ايت الزاويتAit EzzaouiteGrouped1472———
توريرتTawrirtGrouped301542.00.317.1
دار تاݣمDar TagmGrouped522490.00.110.0
اغزانAghzaneGrouped452340.02.011.9
أيت عليAit AliGrouped317———
كيكKik11 douars · 3,506 people
تݣدود التحتانيةTagdouate TahtaniaGrouped1576———
تݣدود الفوقانيةTagdoud FouqaniaGrouped432024.00.07.2
أرݣيونArguiounGrouped1570———
إمݣيزةImgouizaGrouped341630.01.03.3
أباقيAbakiGrouped502120.01.04.0
تيولي كيكTiouili KikGrouped1646910.10.13.3
اسفلالةAsaflalaGrouped813840.01.14.0
تدارت كيكTadarte KikeGrouped1476760.01.05.5
اماس نكيكAmmasennkikGrouped1034570.30.47.3
إسكانIsganeIn parts472223.40.910.9
تيزي واضوTizi OuadouGrouped853534.90.812.5

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
07.041.09.01
As digits
070410901
Slug
moulay-brahim
OpenStreetMap
3534180
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("moulay-brahim");

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