Oued Jemaa

واد الجمعة

Rural commune in the cercle of Tissa, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,825
Since 2014
−14.9%from 9,190 in 2014
Density
46.3people per km², 169.1 km²
Households
1,698
Rank
924924th most populous of 1,503 communes39th of 49 in its province

Next door in Oulad Ayyad, 94.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.8%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Sbaita. Can’t read or write: 48.5% here, 45.9% there; unemployment: 12.8% here, 15.2% there; higher education: 1.8% here, 3.3% there.

Compare it with Oulad Sbaita

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 Jemaa.

Oued Jemaa −14.9%

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
48.5%aged 10 and over58.0% in 201459.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.8%8.8% in 201422.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.2%aged 15 and over46.5% in 20141.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.09children per woman2.55 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.3%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.8%of settled households2.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oued Jemaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over3.4%
3.2%70–743.0%
3.4%65–693.3%
4.1%60–644.4%
4.3%55–594.0%
5.2%50–545.5%
5.6%45–496.4%
6.4%40–446.3%
6.3%35–396.8%
6.0%30–345.9%
5.8%25–294.8%
6.8%20–245.3%
9.5%15–199.9%
10.1%10–1411.3%
10.7%5–910.0%
8.8%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French22.3%
  • English4.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.1%
  • Animal27.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.4%
  • Taxi3.5%
  • Informal transport2.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Private car1.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.6%
  • Bus0.1%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14818.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4832.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
611.3 per business
Public services
100
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.3%
  • Services27.1%
  • Industry14.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.3%
  • 2 to 316.7%
  • 4 to 92.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.0%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–201033.3%
  • 1991–200016.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oued Jemaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,804 people. 21 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الدوامةEddouama13 douars · 3,633 people
الحمازةLahmazaDispersed1275407.90.469.5
عين شجرةAin ChajraDispersed28———
المفاتيحMafatihIn parts1235484.21.128.7
ايغيلاتAyghilatDispersed662643.34.249.6
غفدايةGhafdayaDispersed1764———
اولاد العربي الصافOulad Larbi Es SafDispersed1042———
اولاد العربي اريافةOulad El Arbi RiafaDispersed381676.11.110.0
بوركباتBourekbeteIn parts26120———
مراقةMerakaGrouped1085006.01.010.0
اولاد لحسنOulad LahcenIn parts793853.82.610.0
قشاشةKachachaDispersed1315892.01.99.8
اولاد عزيزOulad AzizDispersed451928.02.010.0
القريةEl KariaDispersed462147.92.18.9
واد اللبنOued Ellbn14 douars · 4,171 people
الكعدة الحمراءEl Gaada El HamraGrouped631———
جبيل سعودJbiel SaoudIn parts1737791.22.83.7
صديناSaddinaIn parts2296———
زمورةez ZemmourIn parts2095———
عبد الجليلاتAbd JlilateGrouped28140———
كعالاتKaalateDispersed623043.03.012.0
دار البيضاDar El BaidaIn parts723791.72.18.6
اولاد رحوOulad RahhouIn parts1587611.11.112.0
الزواوقةZouaoukaIn parts512373.03.013.0
اولاد عبوOulad AbbouDispersed1793———
العراباتArabatIn parts612774.00.615.0
عين مالحةAin MalhaDispersed20101———
لكعاوشةLakaouchaIn parts12259315.31.227.4
الصحيفةes SehifaIn parts6828514.51.933.3

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
03.531.09.13
As digits
035310913
Slug
oued-jemaa
OpenStreetMap
2805336
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oued-jemaa");

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