Oued El Makhazine

وادي المخازن

Rural commune in the cercle of Souk Arbaa El Gharb, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
6,264
Since 2014
−13.8%from 7,266 in 2014
Density
72.7people per km², 86.2 km²
Households
1,650
Rank
1,0731,073rd most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 23 in its province

Next door in Ksar Bjir, 80.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 31.2%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 7.2% to 31.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Traiba. Can’t read or write: 48.3% here, 47.2% there; higher education: 2.1% here, 2.3% there; household size: 3.8 here, 3.9 there.

Compare it with Traiba

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 Oued El Makhazine.

Oued El Makhazine −13.8%

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
48.3%aged 10 and over55.7% in 201460.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.6%3.3% in 201429.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.9%aged 15 and over46.4% in 20148.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.87children per woman3.37 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
10.9%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
31.2%of settled households7.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oued El Makhazine: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.7%75 and over5.6%
3.0%70–743.6%
4.1%65–694.0%
4.5%60–644.9%
4.3%55–595.5%
5.1%50–545.2%
5.8%45–495.6%
6.3%40–446.5%
7.5%35–395.8%
6.2%30–346.3%
5.5%25–295.0%
6.1%20–245.3%
9.4%15–198.1%
10.2%10–1410.5%
9.1%5–99.3%
8.2%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French19.2%
  • English3.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.5%
  • Animal27.0%
  • Employer’s transport10.6%
  • Informal transport9.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.9%
  • Private car5.0%
  • Bus3.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.3%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Taxi0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12119.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5545.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
821.5 per business
Public services
64
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.2%
  • Services21.8%
  • Industry20.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.2%
  • 2 to 316.4%
  • 4 to 93.6%
  • 10 to 491.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later9.1%
  • 2011–201940.0%
  • 2001–201021.8%
  • 1991–200020.0%
  • 1981–19907.3%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oued El Makhazine’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,264 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اكتامةKetama3 douars · 1,654 people
اكتامةKetamaGrouped2567740.81.02.2
ادشر اعربDchar AarabGrouped1545050.01.06.9
ميمونةMimounaGrouped1073750.00.910.8
الدمنةDemna4 douars · 1,514 people
الدمنةDemnaIn parts1566372.10.08.6
البستيونLbastyouneGrouped864233.00.13.0
بني هلمةBni HalmaGrouped25133———
السغماريEssoughmariGrouped803210.00.08.0
الكيسةEl Kissa2 douars · 1,228 people
دوار بني خلادDouar Bni KhelladGrouped903190.00.18.0
دوار الكيسةDouar El KissaIn parts2139094.91.35.1
سيدي عليSidi Ali8 douars · 1,868 people
دوار الزاويةDouar ZaouiaGrouped792980.00.07.2
دوار النحالDouar EnnhalGrouped1094290.11.210.1
البراقينEl BarraqineIn parts863630.61.112.7
احجاوجHjaoujGrouped732980.00.915.0
راس المقيلRas el MekilGrouped863130.00.216.5
اشطيطةChtitaGrouped2173———
اعزيب الظاهرAzib Ed DahirGrouped2063———
اولاد مصباحOulad MasbahGrouped931———

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
04.281.07.07
As digits
042810707
Slug
oued-el-makhazine
OpenStreetMap
2753072
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oued-el-makhazine");

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