Oulad Chrif

أولاد الشريف

Rural commune in the cercle of Taza, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,882
Since 2014
−14.7%from 9,237 in 2014
Density
88people per km², 89.6 km²
Households
1,819
Rank
917917th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 38 in its province

Next door in Ghiata Al Gharbia, 72.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 7.9%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 3.0% to 49.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Hassi-Berkane. Unemployment: 49.1% here, 45.6% there; can’t read or write: 49.3% here, 45.4% there; in the labour force: 33.8% here, 33.0% there.

Compare it with Hassi-Berkane

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 Oulad Chrif.

Oulad Chrif −14.7%

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
49.3%aged 10 and over52.7% in 201463.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
49.1%3.0% in 201450.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.8%aged 15 and over43.9% in 20140.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.65children per woman2.15 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.4%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average6.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
7.9%of settled households2.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Chrif: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.6%
2.7%70–742.7%
3.6%65–693.3%
4.2%60–645.7%
4.0%55–594.1%
5.8%50–545.3%
5.3%45–495.3%
6.2%40–446.2%
7.4%35–397.6%
6.6%30–346.1%
5.6%25–295.8%
6.3%20–246.1%
8.9%15–199.8%
10.5%10–149.4%
10.0%5–910.2%
9.7%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French64.7%
  • English6.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot31.5%
  • Animal26.2%
  • Informal transport12.6%
  • Bus10.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.1%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Taxi1.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.1%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17121.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6940.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
811.2 per business
Public services
102
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce40.6%
  • Industry30.4%
  • Services24.6%
  • Construction4.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person95.7%
  • 2 to 31.4%
  • 4 to 92.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later0.0%
  • 2011–2019100.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Chrif’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,880 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد الشريف الشرقيةOulad Cherif Charqia8 douars · 3,931 people
ملايلة الشرقيةMelayla CharqiaIn parts1305452.43.413.3
بوجريدBou JeridIn parts1898051.81.712.5
ملايلة الغربيةMelayla GharbiaIn parts1074702.93.67.7
سيدي بويدوSidi BouyadouGrouped1426213.22.43.1
العمال السفليةEl Amal SefliaIn parts783822.03.38.9
الفحاصةEl FhassaGrouped27118———
احجيلةAhjilaIn parts1134983.11.23.8
العمال الفوقيةEl Amal El FoukiIn parts1054922.13.39.3
اولاد الشريف الغربيةOulad Cherif Gharbia6 douars · 3,949 people
الديابDiabIn parts1325611.83.26.8
المنادلةLamnadlaGrouped512071.51.87.8
المطاغرةMtarhraIn parts3051,3150.51.41.7
ݣنيطسGnitesDispersed452323.54.16.3
سيدي سرحانSidi SerhaneIn parts1325760.92.85.4
بني وازعBni OuazaaIn parts2611,0580.62.83.7

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
03.561.13.13
As digits
035611313
Slug
oulad-chrif
OpenStreetMap
3551347
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-chrif");

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