Mtalssa
امطالسة
Rural commune in the cercle of Driouch Sud, province of Driouch, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 16,778
- Since 2014
- −0.1%from 16,787 in 2014
- Density
- 31.1people per km², 539.7 km²
- Households
- 3,960
- Foreign residents
- 5
- Rank
- 382382nd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 23 in its province
Next door in Midar, 89.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 4.7%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 22.9% to 34.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moul El Bergui. Running water: 4.7% here, 3.7% there; unemployment: 34.5% here, 33.7% there; read French: 56.0% here, 52.5% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
- Ain Zohra
- Ait Mait
- Azlaf
- Ben Taieb
- Driouch
- M'hajer
- Midar
- Ouardana
- Oulad Boubker
- Sidi Ali Bourakba
- Tafersit
- Tizi Ouasli
- Tiztoutine
Postcode
62263
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Mtalssa.
Mtalssa −0.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 41.7%aged 10 and over49.1% in 201452.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 34.5%22.9% in 201459.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.9%aged 15 and over39.8% in 20148.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.38children per woman2.62 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 9.6%of people8.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 4.7%of settled households1.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9% | 75 and over | 4.0% | ||
| 2.5% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.6% | 65–69 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.5% | 60–64 | 5.2% | ||
| 4.1% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.9% | 45–49 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.6% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 7.6% | 25–29 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.8% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.1% | 15–19 | 7.6% | ||
| 10.7% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 11.0% | 5–9 | 9.5% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 7.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 49.1%aged 10 and over41.7% in 202461.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.9%34.5% in 202452.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 39.8%aged 15 and over36.9% in 20245.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 87.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.62children per woman1.38 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.2%of people9.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 1.7%of settled households4.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 4.1% | ||
| 1.4% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.4% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.7% | 50–54 | 5.3% | ||
| 4.7% | 45–49 | 4.8% | ||
| 4.9% | 40–44 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.8% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 9.0% | 25–29 | 8.7% | ||
| 10.0% | 20–24 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.5% | 15–19 | 9.8% | ||
| 9.1% | 10–14 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.1% | 5–9 | 8.4% | ||
| 11.0% | 0–4 | 9.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 27916.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 10035.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2922.9 per business
- Public services
- 179
- Associations
- 0in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Mtalssa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 3 fractions, with 16,594 people. 184 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد سالم امطالسةOulad Salem Mtalssa13 douars · 6,264 people | ||||||
| اولاد مُحَنْدْOulad M'Hand | In parts | 152 | 727 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 6.1 |
| أولاد عَمْرُوOulad Amar | In parts | 104 | 456 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| أولاد اَمْحَنْدْOulad M'Hand | In parts | 120 | 494 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| إبٕلْعَافْIbelaf | Grouped | 8 | 40 | — | — | — |
| أولاد عْلِي بَنْ حَمٌُوOulad Ali Ben Hammou | In parts | 267 | 1,042 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| اولاد داوودOulad Daoud | Dispersed | 14 | 64 | — | — | — |
| اولاد موسى أولاد سالمOulad Moussa Oulad Salem | Dispersed | 26 | 110 | — | — | — |
| مَرِّيرَاتْMrirat | In parts | 166 | 694 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 6.7 |
| إحَسْنِيوَاًIhsnioua | In parts | 93 | 369 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| إمِيمُونَاًImimoun | In parts | 73 | 297 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| أولاد رَحُوOulad Rahou | Grouped | 338 | 1,442 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| أولاد عثمانOulad Othmane | Dispersed | 3 | 11 | — | — | — |
| لَهْبَارَةLhbara | In parts | 125 | 518 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 7.3 |
| لعبابدةLaababda9 douars · 8,665 people | ||||||
| لَغْرَابةGhraba | In parts | 186 | 786 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 10.8 |
| اولاد موسىOulad Moussa | In parts | 140 | 603 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
| اولاد حَدُّوOuled Haddou | In parts | 157 | 640 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 7.6 |
| بُوفَرْقُــوشْBoufarqoch | In parts | 201 | 732 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| أولاد مَلُوكْOuled Mellouk | In parts | 275 | 979 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
| الشَفَافْرَةEcchfafra | In parts | 95 | 384 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 7.8 |
| أَدْغَّالَةAdghala | In parts | 674 | 3,048 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| بني وكيلBni Oukil | Grouped | 251 | 1,117 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| الوَرطَاسِّيينEl Ourtasiine | Grouped | 92 | 376 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| أولاد حمو الجبلOulad Hammou Jbel4 douars · 1,665 people | ||||||
| أولاد ادريسOulad Driss | In parts | 153 | 666 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 16.0 |
| لَحْرَارْشَةLahrarcha | In parts | 149 | 623 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 29.7 |
| الزْرَاقْنَةZrakna | In parts | 42 | 177 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 16.5 |
| اولاد اسماعيلOulad Salem | In parts | 56 | 199 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 18.6 |
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
02.167.17.09- As digits
021671709- Slug
mtalssa- Census figures
/api/communes/02.167.17.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.167.17.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.167.17.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.167.17.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2424558
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("mtalssa");