Ouizeght
ويزغت
Rural commune in the cercle of Missour, province of Boulemane, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 5,430
- Since 2014
- −5.5%from 5,743 in 2014
- Density
- 5.5people per km², 989.8 km²
- Households
- 1,212
- Rank
- 1,1611,161st most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 21 in its province
Next door in Gourrama, 38.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.2%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 9.3% to 52.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mazguitam. Unemployment: 52.6% here, 53.3% there; can’t read or write: 43.0% here, 45.4% there; higher education: 4.2% here, 4.0% there.
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 Ouizeght.
Ouizeght −5.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 43.0%aged 10 and over53.1% in 201454.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 52.6%9.3% in 201459.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.1%aged 15 and over61.0% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.12children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.7%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.5people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 53.1%of settled households9.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 4.1% | ||
| 3.0% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.0% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.2% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.2% | 25–29 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.7% | 20–24 | 6.6% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 11.3% | 10–14 | 10.5% | ||
| 9.3% | 5–9 | 10.3% | ||
| 9.5% | 0–4 | 8.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 53.1%aged 10 and over43.0% in 202466.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.3%52.6% in 202410.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 61.0%aged 15 and over34.1% in 202442.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 83.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.36children per woman3.12 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.9%of people6.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.4people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 9.9%of settled households53.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 2.1% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 2.9% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.4% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.3% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.5% | 40–44 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 8.0% | 25–29 | 9.2% | ||
| 8.7% | 20–24 | 8.5% | ||
| 10.2% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 10.7% | ||
| 11.8% | 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
- 7012.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 3651.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 561.6 per business
- Public services
- 34
- Associations
- 0in 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
Ouizeght’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 5 fractions, with 5,430 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| طكنتشةTagentatcha3 douars · 1,458 people | ||||||
| إغرم أوفلاAghram Oufalla | Grouped | 90 | 438 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 14.9 |
| طكنتشةTagentatcha | In parts | 146 | 650 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 9.1 |
| تاكوراستTagourast | Grouped | 82 | 370 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| ويزغتOuizeght7 douars · 973 people | ||||||
| حجرة أولاد دحوHajrat Oulad Dahou | Grouped | 106 | 404 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| أولاد عبوOulad Abbou | Grouped | 94 | 391 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
| أولاد يوسفOulad Youssef | Grouped | 9 | 37 | — | — | — |
| واد الجامعOued Jamaa | Dispersed | 13 | 75 | — | — | — |
| فرش الديبFrch Eddib | Grouped | 6 | 31 | — | — | — |
| عش لغرابOch Ghrab | Grouped | 6 | 27 | — | — | — |
| عين قطارةAin Qattara | Grouped | 2 | 8 | — | — | — |
| أولاد منصورOulad Mansour2 douars · 278 people | ||||||
| زبزكارZbzkar | Dispersed | 33 | 182 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 30.0 |
| كارسمGarsem | Dispersed | 22 | 96 | — | — | — |
| مكدولMagdoul7 douars · 1,996 people | ||||||
| الكرارمةEl Krarma | Grouped | 110 | 423 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 26.6 |
| مكدول أولاد دحوMagdoul Oulad Dahou | Grouped | 64 | 285 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| أم اللفاعOum Elloufa | Grouped | 27 | 130 | — | — | — |
| مكدول أولاد يوسفMagdoul Oulad Youssef | Grouped | 153 | 752 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| زروفةZroufa | Grouped | 4 | 21 | — | — | — |
| لبريجةBrija | Grouped | 84 | 347 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| واد الكرمOued Al Karam | Grouped | 11 | 38 | — | — | — |
| العطشانةAtchana3 douars · 725 people | ||||||
| عطشانةAtchana | Grouped | 52 | 254 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 21.6 |
| تادميةTadmaïa | In parts | 67 | 330 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 45.9 |
| تيكوتامينTikoutamine | Grouped | 31 | 141 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 13.3 |
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
03.131.05.03- As digits
031310503- Slug
ouizeght- Census figures
/api/communes/03.131.05.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.131.05.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.131.05.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.131.05.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2817785
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ouizeght");