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

Where it is

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

TameslohteMoulay BrahimTahannaoutLalla TakarkoustSidi BadhajOulad MtaaTizguineAmizmizDar JamaaAzgourAmghrasAit Sidi DaoudAit OurirAit FaskaTamazouzteSidi Abdellah GhiatGhmateOurikaTidili MesfiouaTouamaTazartZerktenTamaguertTighedouineAbadouAit Hkim-Ait YzidAit AadelSti FadmaIguerferouaneOukaimdenAsniOuirganeImgdalIjoukakAghbarTalat N'yaaqoubIghilAnougalAghouatim

How it changed

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

Ouazguita −3.1%

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
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.

Ouazguita: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.3%75 and over5.0%
2.6%70–743.4%
3.8%65–694.1%
4.0%60–644.4%
4.4%55–594.6%
5.2%50–545.4%
5.6%45–496.3%
6.4%40–446.4%
6.2%35–395.1%
6.3%30–345.6%
5.9%25–295.9%
6.0%20–244.9%
9.0%15–198.6%
11.6%10–1411.4%
10.0%5–910.5%
8.6%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.8%
  • Darija37.2%
  • Tamazight14.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French53.8%
  • English8.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.0%
  • Bus10.6%
  • Taxi6.0%
  • Private car2.0%
  • Employer’s transport0.6%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce71.4%
  • Services19.6%
  • Industry8.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.9%
  • 2 to 316.1%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later10.7%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–201033.9%
  • 1991–200016.1%
  • 1981–19908.9%
  • 1956–19805.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.041.05.13
As digits
070410513
Slug
ouazguita
Record
/api/communes/07.041.05.13.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.041.05.13/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
3549660
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouazguita");

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