Oulad Amghar

أولاد أمغار

Rural commune in the cercle of Rif Nord, province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
5,755
Since 2014
−4.2%from 6,010 in 2014
Density
91.4people per km², 63 km²
Households
1,422
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,1291,129th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 23 in its province

Next door in Boudinar, 78.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 4.4%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 45.2% to 34.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Aguelmam Azegza. Running water: 4.4% here, 8.9% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.6% here, 25.7% there; read French: 35.6% here, 33.4% there.

Compare it with Aguelmam Azegza

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

62172

How it changed

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

Oulad Amghar −4.2%

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
47.3%aged 10 and over53.3% in 201458.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.5%28.6% in 201449.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.0%aged 15 and over45.2% in 20143.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.29children per woman1.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.0%of people8.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
4.4%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Amghar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.0%
2.7%70–742.6%
4.4%65–694.9%
5.0%60–645.5%
5.7%55–595.4%
5.4%50–546.8%
5.1%45–497.0%
7.1%40–446.8%
8.5%35–397.3%
6.8%30–346.8%
6.5%25–296.2%
6.1%20–245.7%
6.9%15–196.6%
9.2%10–148.5%
10.2%5–98.8%
7.5%0–47.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit97.9%
  • Darija33.7%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.1%
  • French35.6%
  • English8.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot54.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.3%
  • Bus9.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.7%
  • Private car8.0%
  • Taxi6.0%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%
  • Animal0.8%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10818.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4138.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
541.3 per business
Public services
67
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

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

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.0%
  • 2 to 317.1%
  • 4 to 94.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.0%
  • 2011–201934.1%
  • 2001–201019.5%
  • 1991–20004.9%
  • 1981–19909.8%
  • 1956–19809.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Amghar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 1 fraction, with 5,755 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد أمغارOulad Amghar15 douars · 5,755 people
إيَّار أوفاضيسIyar AoufadisDispersed26126———
تَكَرْياسْتْTakariasteDispersed25121———
لَعريLeariDispersed633040.00.97.0
تَمْرابحتTamrabehtDispersed27116———
أغير أجْلمامIghir AjlmamDispersed1978———
إعْبوتنIaabboutèneIn parts1164260.32.07.1
أولاد أمغارOulad AmgharGrouped1545601.01.11.4
تْريفةTrifaGrouped1043380.81.51.6
أيت عبد اللهAit AbdallahDispersed853110.42.35.6
إشْبانيينIchbanièneIn parts1104740.92.29.8
دار علي مسعودDar Ali MassaoudDispersed2069———
لَعْزيبLaazibIn parts2471,1011.62.415.7
تيغْزاTighzaDispersed712631.23.512.4
أجْديرAjdirIn parts1204980.21.56.6
بوجِبارBoujbarIn parts2359701.01.14.2

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
02.167.11.19
As digits
021671119
Slug
oulad-amghar
OpenStreetMap
2428502
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-amghar");

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