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

Where it is

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

BoudnibAmellagouAghbalou-N'kerdousTadighoustLkhengErrachidiaChorfa M'daghraAoufousSidi AliEt-TaousEs-SfalatBni M'hamed-SijelmassaEs-SifaEr-RtebAarab Sebbah ZizArfoudAarab Sebbah GherisJorfFeznaGheris Es-SoufliGoulmimaGheris El OulouiMelaabTinejdadFerkla El OuliaFerkla Es-SouflaEr-RissaniMoulay Ali Cherif

How it changed

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

Oued Naam +6.9%

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
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.

Oued Naam: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.9%
2.1%70–743.2%
3.1%65–693.3%
4.2%60–644.5%
4.4%55–594.3%
4.8%50–545.1%
5.8%45–496.0%
5.9%40–447.0%
5.2%35–395.6%
5.6%30–345.9%
4.8%25–296.0%
5.9%20–245.5%
9.6%15–198.0%
12.5%10–1411.1%
12.0%5–910.2%
10.5%0–49.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija92.7%
  • Tamazight44.2%
  • Tachelhit7.0%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French40.3%
  • English10.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh5.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Employer’s transport38.0%
  • On foot31.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle17.3%
  • Private car2.8%
  • Taxi1.9%
  • Bus0.6%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce78.6%
  • Services14.3%
  • Industry7.1%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.3%
  • 2 to 37.1%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 493.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later46.4%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–20107.1%
  • 1991–200017.9%
  • 1981–19903.6%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.201.07.09
As digits
082010709
Slug
oued-naam
Record
/api/communes/08.201.07.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.201.07.09/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2827115
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oued-naam");

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