Oulad Dahou

أولاد دحو

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait-Melloul, préfecture of Inezgane-Aït Melloul, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 15,697
Since 2014: +7.6%from 14,587 in 2014
Density: 230people per km², 68.1 km²
Households: 3,982
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 419419th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 6 in its préfecture

Next door in Drargua, 71.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.8%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Hanchane. Running water: 97.1% here, 92.4% there; higher education: 8.4% here, 9.5% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.6% here, 26.2% there.

Compare it with El Hanchane

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Oulad Dahou +7.6%

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: 30.5%aged 10 and over38.5% in 201439.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.0%14.2% in 201431.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.8%aged 15 and over41.7% in 201412.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.12children per woman1.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.1%of settled households93.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Dahou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	4.0%
2.2%	70–74	2.6%
3.2%	65–69	3.5%
5.2%	60–64	4.4%
5.0%	55–59	4.9%
6.4%	50–54	6.4%
6.9%	45–49	7.5%
7.0%	40–44	7.3%
6.0%	35–39	7.2%
6.5%	30–34	6.8%
5.9%	25–29	5.6%
6.5%	20–24	7.1%
8.7%	15–19	8.4%
9.6%	10–14	9.4%
9.9%	5–9	8.4%
7.6%	0–4	6.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija94.5%
Tachelhit24.9%
Hassania3.2%
Tamazight0.8%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French55.4%
English16.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle33.4%
On foot18.3%
Employer’s transport15.1%
Private car11.3%
Doesn’t travel to work9.1%
Taxi5.3%
Bus5.2%
Informal transport1.7%
Another way0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 38.5%aged 10 and over30.5% in 202450.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.2%22.0% in 202422.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.7%aged 15 and over38.8% in 202411.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 98.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.66children per woman2.12 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people4.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 93.1%of settled households97.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Dahou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.8%	75 and over	2.7%
1.9%	70–74	2.2%
1.9%	65–69	2.0%
3.0%	60–64	2.9%
4.0%	55–59	3.7%
5.6%	50–54	5.1%
6.0%	45–49	5.7%
6.8%	40–44	7.3%
7.7%	35–39	8.0%
8.2%	30–34	8.6%
7.6%	25–29	8.5%
8.5%	20–24	8.7%
8.8%	15–19	8.4%
8.5%	10–14	7.9%
9.0%	5–9	8.8%
9.7%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.1%
Tachelhit22.2%
Hassania4.2%
Tamazight0.4%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French44.2%
Arabic only33.7%
Arabic, French and English17.5%
Other combinations4.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle34.0%
On foot25.9%
Bus10.0%
Taxi8.4%
Private car8.2%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Another way3.9%
Not stated2.7%
Works at home1.7%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood36.2%
Another province21.9%
Another in the commune14.6%
No fixed place12.7%
Another commune9.5%
Not stated2.7%
At home1.7%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour40.3%
Crafts and skilled trades13.7%
Labouring and small trades12.8%
Clerical work9.8%
Machine operating6.9%
Trade and broking5.8%
Farming and fishing5.1%
Managers and senior professionals2.7%
Technicians2.0%
Not classified0.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma61.3%
Primary20.9%
Lower secondary10.6%
Upper secondary4.8%
DEUG or Licence2.3%
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: 28218.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20873.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 5092.4 per business
Public services: 57
Associations: 17in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce76.9%
Services14.4%
Industry7.7%
Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person85.6%
2 to 311.1%
4 to 91.9%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over1.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later29.3%
2011–201937.5%
2001–201013.9%
1991–200014.9%
1981–19901.9%
1956–19802.4%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Dahou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 10 fractions, with 15,697 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
لخرارزةKhrarza2 douars · 1,363 people
علي أو براهيمAli Ou Brahim	Grouped	137	557	0.0	0.1	2.0
لخرارزةKhrarza	Grouped	191	806	0.9	0.9	1.8
اولاد سمانOulad Semmane1 douar · 1,839 people
اولاد سمانOulad Semmane	Grouped	460	1,839	0.0	0.1	0.4
ايت أمغارAit Amghar2 douars · 2,107 people
ايت أمغارAit Amghar	Grouped	263	1,031	0.3	1.5	3.9
أولاد عليOulad Ali	Dispersed	264	1,076	1.0	2.9	5.4
الجرفJerf1 douar · 938 people
الجرفJerf	Grouped	235	938	0.0	0.0	2.9
الدياباتDiabate2 douars · 2,110 people
الدياباتDiabate	Grouped	392	1,521	1.0	1.3	4.1
أولاد عبوOulad Abbou	Dispersed	147	589	0.4	0.9	2.4
تملالتTamlalte2 douars · 831 people
تملالتTamlalte	Dispersed	71	277	0.1	0.6	9.9
أروArou	Dispersed	129	554	0.3	0.9	9.0
دار بن عليDar Ben Ali3 douars · 2,180 people
دار بن عليDar Ben Ali	Grouped	238	877	0.2	0.6	5.4
علي بن هديAli Ben Haddi	Dispersed	184	706	0.3	1.8	3.5
حي العربHay Al Arab	Dispersed	139	597	0.1	1.3	2.1
عين النخلةAin Ennakhla2 douars · 2,247 people
عين النخلةAin Ennakhla	Grouped	358	1,369	1.0	1.0	4.3
السحباتSehabate	Grouped	236	878	0.0	0.9	3.1
أيت علا الجرفAit Alla Jorf1 douar · 975 people
أيت علا الجرفAit Alla Jorf	Grouped	253	975	0.4	0.4	3.0
البيضEl Bid1 douar · 1,107 people
البيضEl Bid	Grouped	285	1,107	0.1	0.2	3.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 09.273.05.19
As digits: 092730519
Slug: oulad-dahou
Record: /api/communes/09.273.05.19.json
Boundary: /api/communes/09.273.05.19/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/09.273.05.19/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/09.273.05.19/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/09.273.05.19/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/09.273.05.19/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2758291

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-dahou");

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