Ouazguita
وزكيتة
Rural commune in the cercle of Amizmiz, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 5,270
- Since 2014
- −3.1%from 5,440 in 2014
- Density
- 52.3people per km², 100.8 km²
- Households
- 1,254
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 1,1711,171st most populous of 1,503 communes34th of 40 in its province
Next door in Lalla Takarkoust, 54.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.3%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 62.0% to 88.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Talgjount. Darija: 37.2% here, 32.3% there; aged 65 and over: 11.5% here, 11.9% there; higher education: 1.8% here, 2.7% there.
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 Ouazguita.
Ouazguita −3.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 45.0%aged 10 and over51.4% in 201455.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 21.7%6.5% in 201422.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 33.4%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20141.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.61children per woman2.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.9%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 88.5%of settled households62.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3% | 75 and over | 5.0% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.8% | 65–69 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.4% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.6% | 45–49 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.2% | 35–39 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.0% | 20–24 | 4.9% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 11.6% | 10–14 | 11.4% | ||
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 10.5% | ||
| 8.6% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
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
- 51.4%aged 10 and over45.0% in 202465.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.5%21.7% in 202450.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.7%aged 15 and over33.4% in 20244.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.86children per woman2.61 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.9%of people4.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 62.0%of settled households88.5% 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 | 3.2% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.6% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 4.0% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 3.7% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.3% | 45–49 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.0% | 40–44 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.2% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.6% | 20–24 | 6.4% | ||
| 9.6% | 15–19 | 10.8% | ||
| 10.9% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 11.6% | 5–9 | 10.4% | ||
| 12.8% | 0–4 | 11.3% | ||
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
- 13024.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5643.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 661.2 per business
- Public services
- 67
- Associations
- 7in premises of their own
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
Ouazguita’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,269 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| فراسFrass10 douars · 2,713 people | ||||||
| فراسFrass | In parts | 83 | 285 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| بوتورBoutour | In parts | 53 | 215 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| أݣرݣورAguergour | In parts | 41 | 211 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 11.3 |
| تيميشةTimicha | Grouped | 29 | 122 | — | — | — |
| وزيلنOuizilen | Grouped | 133 | 595 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 9.1 |
| تمزرتTamazert | In parts | 46 | 164 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
| الزيEzzi | Grouped | 58 | 238 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 11.8 |
| تݣزيتTagzite | Grouped | 91 | 344 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| ركدوIrkdou | In parts | 46 | 202 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 7.7 |
| أعزيب فراسAzib Fras | Grouped | 89 | 337 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 34.0 |
| أݣدورAgdour6 douars · 993 people | ||||||
| أوزارAouzar | Grouped | 11 | 41 | — | — | — |
| توݣرمانTougramane | Grouped | 44 | 182 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| توزارتTaouzarte | Grouped | 37 | 143 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| واريالتOuarialte | In parts | 61 | 239 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 30.3 |
| تغنشوتTaghanchote | Grouped | 70 | 291 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| أردامنArdamene | Grouped | 21 | 97 | — | — | — |
| كيكKik5 douars · 1,563 people | ||||||
| تدروختTadroukht | In parts | 104 | 502 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| أݣدور كيكAgdour Kik | Grouped | 109 | 475 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| تدشرتTadchert | Grouped | 68 | 299 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| أݣادير إزناݣنAgadir Iznaguene | Grouped | 35 | 187 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 17.9 |
| سيدي بوناݣةSidi Bou Naga | Grouped | 25 | 100 | — | — | — |
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
07.041.05.13- As digits
070410513- Slug
ouazguita- Census figures
/api/communes/07.041.05.13/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.041.05.13/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.041.05.13/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.041.05.13/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 3549660
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ouazguita");