Ouirgane

ويركان

Rural commune in the cercle of Asni, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 7,687
Since 2014: −0.5%from 7,727 in 2014
Density: 49.5people per km², 155.3 km²
Households: 1,830
Foreign residents: 7
Rank: 939939th most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 40 in its province

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 92.7% to 62.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tinzart. In the labour force: 32.5% here, 33.3% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.2% here, 26.5% there; aged 65 and over: 10.1% here, 10.6% there.

Compare it with Tinzart

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42173

How it changed

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

Ouirgane −0.5%

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: 40.3%aged 10 and over49.7% in 201452.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.4%11.0% in 20143.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 32.5%aged 15 and over47.2% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.57children per woman3.08 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.1%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 72.6%of settled households92.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouirgane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	3.9%
3.2%	70–74	2.6%
3.8%	65–69	3.9%
3.5%	60–64	4.7%
4.2%	55–59	5.1%
5.2%	50–54	5.8%
5.3%	45–49	6.3%
6.6%	40–44	6.4%
6.1%	35–39	7.3%
7.7%	30–34	6.8%
7.1%	25–29	5.5%
8.2%	20–24	6.3%
10.0%	15–19	9.3%
10.3%	10–14	9.0%
8.5%	5–9	9.4%
7.4%	0–4	7.8%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit98.4%
Darija37.7%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French46.5%
English9.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.3%
Bike or motorcycle11.1%
Doesn’t travel to work6.1%
Informal transport5.3%
Bus5.2%
Taxi3.1%
Private car1.8%
Employer’s transport1.5%
Another way0.8%
Animal0.6%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 49.7%aged 10 and over40.3% in 202462.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.0%6.4% in 202430.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.2%aged 15 and over32.5% in 202415.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.08children per woman2.57 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.0%of people4.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 92.3%of settled households72.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouirgane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.1%
1.7%	70–74	1.7%
2.0%	65–69	1.8%
3.6%	60–64	3.4%
4.1%	55–59	3.7%
4.2%	50–54	4.9%
4.0%	45–49	5.1%
5.8%	40–44	6.2%
5.9%	35–39	7.1%
7.3%	30–34	6.7%
7.7%	25–29	8.0%
8.2%	20–24	8.6%
10.5%	15–19	9.8%
10.5%	10–14	10.2%
11.2%	5–9	10.7%
10.9%	0–4	10.1%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit98.1%
Darija29.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only60.4%
Arabic and French29.2%
Arabic, French and English9.1%
Other combinations1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot77.5%
Taxi5.6%
Bike or motorcycle4.9%
Not stated4.3%
Another way2.9%
Private car2.0%
Bus1.3%
Employer’s transport1.3%
Works at home0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood61.9%
Another province11.9%
Another commune7.4%
Another in the commune7.3%
No fixed place5.6%
Not stated4.4%
Somewhere else1.3%
At home0.2%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades24.4%
Farm and fishing labour22.3%
Farming and fishing19.2%
Crafts and skilled trades12.5%
Clerical work12.3%
Trade and broking3.8%
Machine operating2.5%
Not classified1.2%
Managers and senior professionals1.0%
Technicians0.8%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma72.5%
Primary19.2%
Lower secondary5.3%
Upper secondary2.3%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 15520.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 9360.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2462.6 per business
Public services: 62
Associations: 0in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Services54.8%
Commerce31.2%
Industry14.0%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person57.0%
2 to 329.0%
4 to 910.8%
10 to 493.2%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later26.9%
2011–201952.7%
2001–20108.6%
1991–20001.1%
1981–19902.2%
1956–19806.5%
Before 19562.2%

Douars

Ouirgane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,663 people. 24 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ماريغةMarigha2 douars · 1,148 people
تينزرتTinzert	Grouped	108	469	1.0	1.0	7.0
ماريغة العلياMarigha El Oulia	Grouped	184	679	0.9	1.9	3.0
أزاضنAzaden11 douars · 3,138 people
تاسا ويرݣانTassa Ouirgane	In parts	88	401	0.0	1.1	8.0
ازرفسانAzerfsane	Grouped	12	68	—	—	—
أيت حربAit Harbe	Grouped	55	245	1.0	1.1	18.0
واوݣموتOuaougmout	Grouped	33	146	1.0	1.0	17.9
تدارتTaddert	Grouped	33	159	3.0	2.0	20.0
تاحليوينTahliouine	Grouped	42	168	1.0	1.0	18.9
تيزيانTiziane	Grouped	54	235	2.9	1.0	19.0
تيزي زوݣاغتTizi Zougouart	Grouped	80	388	5.0	2.0	22.0
تيزي اوسمTizi Oussem	In parts	138	641	0.2	0.7	34.9
اد عيسىId Aissa	Grouped	88	454	0.0	1.0	26.5
أݣينانAgouinane	Grouped	48	233	0.0	0.0	20.0
سد ويرݣانBarrage Ouirgane5 douars · 2,287 people
أنرازAnraz	Grouped	64	240	4.0	1.0	4.0
تورورطTorort	Grouped	85	384	0.1	1.0	7.0
درب ويرݣانDerb Wirgane	In parts	326	1,227	0.9	1.8	1.8
أݣنيAgnie	Grouped	84	284	3.9	1.2	3.9
تخفيستTikhfist	Grouped	36	152	7.0	3.0	7.0
البراكةEl Braka3 douars · 1,090 people
البراكةEl Braka	Grouped	129	480	0.9	1.3	2.2
لعزيبLaazib	Grouped	96	417	1.0	2.8	3.7
تلعزيبتTalazibt	Grouped	47	193	1.9	5.6	6.6

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: 07.041.07.11
As digits: 070410711
Slug: ouirgane
Record: /api/communes/07.041.07.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.041.07.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.041.07.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.041.07.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.041.07.11/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.041.07.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.041.07.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 3535462

In JavaScript

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