Oued Naam
وادي النعام
Rural commune in the cercle of Errachidia, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 5,708
- Since 2014
- +6.9%from 5,340 in 2014
- Density
- 1.4people per km², 4,115.8 km²
- Households
- 1,198
- Rank
- 1,1351,135th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 29 in its province
Next door in Boudnib, 93.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 35.2%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 1.2% to 35.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Khallouf. Aged 0 to 14: 32.7% here, 33.3% there; household size: 4.8 here, 4.8 there; in the labour force: 31.6% here, 33.7% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
52014
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Oued Naam.
Oued Naam +6.9%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 32.3%aged 10 and over41.4% in 201440.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 20.9%15.1% in 201418.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 31.6%aged 15 and over34.9% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.95children per woman3.72 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 79.2%of settled households72.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 4.9% | ||
| 2.1% | 70–74 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.1% | 65–69 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.4% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.8% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.9% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 5.2% | 35–39 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.6% | 30–34 | 5.9% | ||
| 4.8% | 25–29 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.9% | 20–24 | 5.5% | ||
| 9.6% | 15–19 | 8.0% | ||
| 12.5% | 10–14 | 11.1% | ||
| 12.0% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 9.4% | ||
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
- 41.4%aged 10 and over32.3% in 202449.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 15.1%20.9% in 202456.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.9%aged 15 and over31.6% in 20248.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 83.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.72children per woman2.95 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.1%of people6.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 72.4%of settled households79.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 3.3% | ||
| 2.6% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.2% | 45–49 | 5.0% | ||
| 5.4% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.0% | 30–34 | 7.6% | ||
| 5.8% | 25–29 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.3% | 20–24 | 7.2% | ||
| 8.6% | 15–19 | 7.6% | ||
| 9.7% | 10–14 | 8.9% | ||
| 11.0% | 5–9 | 9.4% | ||
| 15.5% | 0–4 | 11.8% | ||
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
- 6711.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2841.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 411.5 per business
- Public services
- 27
- Associations
- 12in 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
Oued Naam’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,024 people. 684 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| قصور الشمالKsour Ecchmal3 douars · 1,700 people | ||||||
| قصر تزكارتKsar Tazougart | Grouped | 259 | 1,232 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 13.3 |
| قصر القدوسةKsar Kaddoussa | Grouped | 86 | 363 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| قصر الكرعان الجديدKsar El Gouraane Jdid | Grouped | 22 | 105 | — | — | — |
| الشرفاءChorfa3 douars · 1,693 people | ||||||
| قصر بوذنيبKsar Boudnib | Grouped | 122 | 548 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| قصر الطاوسKsar Et Taous | Grouped | 166 | 784 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| قصر أولاد عليKsar Oulad Ali | Grouped | 85 | 361 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 8.7 |
| المرابطينAl Mrabtine2 douars · 1,631 people | ||||||
| قصر السهليKsar Sahli | Grouped | 231 | 1,080 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| قصر بن اوزيمKsar Ben Aouzim | In parts | 116 | 551 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
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
08.201.07.09- As digits
082010709- Slug
oued-naam- Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.07.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.07.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.07.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.201.07.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2827115
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("oued-naam");