Ouaoumana

واو مانة

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kbab, province of Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
8,850
Since 2014
+0.0%from 8,849 in 2014
Density
72.5people per km², 122 km²
Households
2,483
Rank
824824th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 22 in its province

Next door in Ait Oum El Bekht, 2.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 69.9%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.5% to 30.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tazouta. Can’t read or write: 49.1% here, 46.4% there; household size: 3.6 here, 3.8 there; read French: 54.5% here, 54.4% there.

Compare it with Tazouta

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

54102

How it changed

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

Ouaoumana +0.0%

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
49.1%aged 10 and over50.7% in 201458.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.1%8.5% in 201440.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.3%aged 15 and over42.1% in 20145.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.06children per woman1.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
71.9%of settled households57.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouaoumana: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over3.8%
2.7%70–743.3%
3.7%65–693.8%
4.8%60–645.1%
4.9%55–594.7%
6.6%50–547.0%
6.7%45–497.8%
6.8%40–447.9%
5.7%35–397.6%
5.8%30–346.4%
5.9%25–295.8%
7.9%20–247.0%
7.8%15–197.0%
11.1%10–149.4%
8.9%5–97.7%
6.5%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight97.4%
  • Darija83.9%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.7%
  • French54.5%
  • English13.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot64.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work26.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.5%
  • Animal1.9%
  • Private car1.2%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Employer’s transport0.2%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,275
Standing empty
24.7%13.4% vacant11.3% a second home
Precarious
0.9%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.6%95.5% on the water mains92.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house96.1%
  • Traditional house2.6%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Rural-type0.4%
  • Other0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years82.5%
  • 20 to 49 years17.4%
  • 50 years or more0.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
25428.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
20982.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3071.5 per business
Public services
43
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.2%
  • Services26.8%
  • Industry22.0%
  • Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.5%
  • 2 to 316.3%
  • 4 to 95.7%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.8%
  • 2011–201937.8%
  • 2001–201015.3%
  • 1991–20005.7%
  • 1981–19901.0%
  • 1956–19802.9%
  • Before 19560.5%

Urban centres

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

Ouaoumana5,774

Douars

Ouaoumana’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 2 fractions, with 3,076 people. Another 5,774 live in Ouaoumana, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت واومنةAit Ouaoumna10 douars · 2,206 people
ايت بن اسعيدAït Ben SaidDispersed1375782.92.35.3
ايت الطالبAït et TalebDispersed492071.52.46.7
ايت تودادينAit ToudadineDispersed361652.43.26.4
ايت بن الصغيرAit BensghirDispersed1054041.31.84.8
ايت علي أوداودAit Ali AoudaoudDispersed23113———
ايت حقيAit HaqqiDispersed371541.62.32.6
ايت عطىAit AttaDispersed1241———
ايت احميديAit HmidiDispersed1559———
ايت إخلفAit KhlefDispersed25104———
ايت اسعيدAit SaidDispersed983812.52.53.0
أوراشAourach8 douars · 870 people
أيت بن اسعيدAit Ben SaidDispersed28116———
أيت الطالبAit TalebDispersed1767———
أيت تودادينAit ToudadineDispersed28124———
أيت بن الصغيرAit Ben SghirDispersed2391———
أيت علي أوداودAit Ali AoudaoudDispersed28124———
ايت حقيAit HaqqiDispersed623———
ايت احميديAit AhmidiDispersed2490———
ايت إخلفAit KhlafDispersed642350.50.726.8

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
05.301.03.09
As digits
053010309
Slug
ouaoumana
OpenStreetMap
2826614
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouaoumana");

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