Oued Malha
واد ملحة
Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Ahmed, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 12,075
- Since 2014
- −11.5%from 13,639 in 2014
- Density
- 104people per km², 115.9 km²
- Households
- 2,638
- Rank
- 594594th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 28 in its province
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 73.4% to 88.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Beddouza. Running water: 0.0% here, 10.2% there; read French: 21.7% here, 25.8% there; unemployment: 8.0% here, 11.6% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Oued Malha.
Oued Malha −11.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 36.7%aged 10 and over47.5% in 201448.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 8.0%5.0% in 20144.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 45.4%aged 15 and over48.6% in 201413.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.81children per woman2.17 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.0%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.0%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2% | 75 and over | 2.6% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 6.4% | 45–49 | 5.4% | ||
| 7.2% | 40–44 | 6.4% | ||
| 8.4% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 7.6% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.7% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.6% | 20–24 | 7.1% | ||
| 9.5% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 11.0% | 10–14 | 11.6% | ||
| 9.8% | 5–9 | 10.6% | ||
| 8.7% | 0–4 | 9.6% | ||
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
- 47.5%aged 10 and over36.7% in 202463.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.0%8.0% in 20249.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 48.6%aged 15 and over45.4% in 202412.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 85.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.17children per woman2.81 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.1%of people4.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.4people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.0%of settled households0.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0% | 75 and over | 2.0% | ||
| 1.3% | 70–74 | 1.2% | ||
| 1.1% | 65–69 | 1.2% | ||
| 2.2% | 60–64 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.1% | 55–59 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.4% | 50–54 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.3% | 45–49 | 3.4% | ||
| 5.0% | 40–44 | 4.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 9.8% | 25–29 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.4% | 20–24 | 11.2% | ||
| 11.8% | 15–19 | 11.4% | ||
| 11.9% | 10–14 | 12.0% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 11.1% | ||
| 11.5% | 0–4 | 11.5% | ||
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
- 25521.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 13452.5% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1711.3 per business
- Public services
- 120
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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
Oued Malha’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 4 fractions, with 12,075 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| كيكثKikt7 douars · 3,605 people | ||||||
| مواسMaouas | In parts | 107 | 487 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 18.3 |
| أمزادجيكAmzadjek | Grouped | 79 | 347 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 13.8 |
| أسمسادAsemsad | In parts | 151 | 658 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| أزلافAzlaf | In parts | 123 | 537 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 21.0 |
| بوسلامBoussellame | In parts | 228 | 940 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 16.3 |
| البلاطEl Blat | In parts | 71 | 322 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 15.9 |
| الهوتة الكحلةAl Haouta Kahla | Grouped | 75 | 314 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 18.1 |
| بني مستراBni Mestra5 douars · 2,955 people | ||||||
| عنقودAnkoûd | In parts | 247 | 1,112 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 10.8 |
| بوجعادBou Jaad | In parts | 92 | 492 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 14.1 |
| احليمتAhlimate | In parts | 115 | 551 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| امعلاAmala | Dispersed | 100 | 480 | 10.1 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| تاركيستTarkist | In parts | 71 | 320 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| ادوارAdouar6 douars · 2,467 people | ||||||
| الزمامرةZmamra | In parts | 130 | 579 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| ادوارAdouar | Grouped | 155 | 719 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| بونونBounoune | Grouped | 139 | 643 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| القلعةEl Kelâa | Grouped | 26 | 151 | — | — | — |
| اسمارةAsmara | In parts | 18 | 102 | — | — | — |
| الخوخEl Khokh | In parts | 56 | 273 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| فرقة مركز واد ملحةFerkat Centre Oued Malha8 douars · 3,048 people | ||||||
| زاوية سيدي يوسفZaouia Sidi Youssef | In parts | 101 | 470 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 12.4 |
| زريفنZarifen | Grouped | 41 | 195 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 6.8 |
| بوغياتBoughyat | In parts | 64 | 281 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 8.3 |
| غربالGharbal | In parts | 195 | 879 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| بوسدونBoussadoune | Grouped | 31 | 146 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| أعلالشAlalech | Grouped | 25 | 125 | — | — | — |
| تازةTaza | In parts | 130 | 651 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| مركز واد ملحةCentre Oued Malha | Grouped | 68 | 301 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
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
01.151.06.21- As digits
011510621- Slug
oued-malha- Census figures
/api/communes/01.151.06.21/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.151.06.21/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.151.06.21/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2563410
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("oued-malha");