Ouaklim

واكليم

Rural commune in the cercle of Tinghir, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 12,050
Since 2014: +6.3%from 11,338 in 2014
Density: 21.6people per km², 558.5 km²
Households: 1,976
Rank: 598598th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 25 in its province

Next door in Tinghir, 63.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 4.2%.

Since 2014, the share of people with no schooling went from 46.6% to 35.4%. Across Morocco, the fall was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Blal. Darija: 0.5% here, 5.8% there; read French: 35.0% here, 30.7% there; running water: 90.3% here, 95.9% there.

Compare it with Ait Blal

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

45823

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ouaklim.

Ouaklim +6.3%

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: 29.7%aged 10 and over39.8% in 201440.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.2%20.1% in 201429.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.2%aged 15 and over41.2% in 20143.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.05children per woman3.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.2%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 6.1people on average7.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 90.3%of settled households82.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouaklim: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	3.1%
2.2%	70–74	1.9%
2.4%	65–69	2.9%
2.4%	60–64	3.1%
2.7%	55–59	3.6%
3.4%	50–54	3.7%
4.4%	45–49	3.7%
5.1%	40–44	5.1%
6.2%	35–39	5.8%
8.2%	30–34	7.2%
7.9%	25–29	7.1%
7.2%	20–24	7.5%
8.9%	15–19	10.2%
13.4%	10–14	12.5%
12.3%	5–9	12.1%
10.5%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight74.4%
Tachelhit25.2%
Darija0.5%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.1%
French35.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh13.1%
English4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.2%
Bus27.1%
Private car8.2%
Doesn’t travel to work6.5%
Bike or motorcycle6.2%
Employer’s transport4.9%
Another way1.2%
Informal transport1.0%
Taxi0.7%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.8%aged 10 and over29.7% in 202452.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.1%15.2% in 202439.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.2%aged 15 and over37.2% in 20247.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 89.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.78children per woman2.05 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people3.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.3people on average6.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 82.9%of settled households90.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouaklim: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.6%
1.4%	70–74	1.5%
1.7%	65–69	1.7%
2.5%	60–64	2.5%
2.6%	55–59	2.9%
2.9%	50–54	3.7%
2.9%	45–49	3.8%
3.6%	40–44	4.4%
5.5%	35–39	4.2%
6.9%	30–34	6.3%
8.2%	25–29	8.1%
11.9%	20–24	10.8%
11.5%	15–19	11.5%
10.3%	10–14	10.6%
10.7%	5–9	11.3%
15.1%	0–4	14.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.2%
Darija15.0%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Other combinations53.2%
Arabic and French24.2%
Arabic only19.5%
Arabic, French and English3.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.7%
Bus12.6%
Another way7.7%
Private car6.6%
Employer’s transport5.8%
Bike or motorcycle4.6%
Taxi2.5%
Not stated2.5%
Works at home1.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province29.7%
Their own neighbourhood27.8%
Another commune26.2%
No fixed place10.8%
Not stated2.6%
Another in the commune1.1%
At home1.1%
Somewhere else0.8%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades32.4%
Crafts and skilled trades17.7%
Machine operating14.5%
Farming and fishing11.7%
Farm and fishing labour9.3%
Clerical work5.8%
Trade and broking4.3%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Technicians1.3%
Not classified1.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma68.1%
Primary24.3%
Lower secondary4.7%
Upper secondary1.4%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 13711.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6849.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 821.2 per business
Public services: 59
Associations: 10in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce79.4%
Industry11.8%
Services8.8%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person89.7%
2 to 35.9%
4 to 94.4%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later13.2%
2011–201977.9%
2001–20102.9%
1991–20005.9%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouaklim’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 6 fractions, with 11,972 people. 78 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
واكليمOuaklim1 douar · 2,903 people
واكليمOuaklim	Grouped	489	2,903	0.4	0.5	0.5
أيت عماموAit Amamou3 douars · 2,159 people
زاوية سيدي علي اوبوركZaouia Sidi Ali Aoubourek	Grouped	159	895	0.6	1.0	23.8
أيت عويدةAit Aouyda	Grouped	44	288	1.0	1.0	24.8
أكنيAgni	In parts	171	976	1.2	2.4	11.6
تيمضريوينTimadriouine1 douar · 1,510 people
تيمضريوينTimadriouine	In parts	270	1,510	1.2	1.5	23.4
الشرفاءChorfa2 douars · 1,356 people
أيت مولاي ابراهيمAit Moulay Brahim	Grouped	54	351	0.7	0.8	13.0
أيت مولاي أحمدAit Moulay Hmad	Grouped	171	1,005	0.1	0.3	15.1
أمان أوقيدارAmane Aoukidar3 douars · 3,272 people
أيت المسكوب أمان أوقيدارAit El Meskoub Amane Aoukidar	Grouped	344	2,127	0.4	1.0	6.5
تاستيفتTasottift	Grouped	93	665	0.1	0.6	19.5
حرفوشHarfouch	Dispersed	65	480	0.0	0.6	17.9
تيميضرتTimidart1 douar · 772 people
تيميضرتTimidart	In parts	101	772	9.5	2.9	34.2

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 08.577.07.23
As digits: 085770723
Slug: ouaklim
Record: /api/communes/08.577.07.23.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887551

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouaklim");

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