Oulad Mtaa

أولاد امطاع

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

Population, 2024
6,915
Since 2014
−0.3%from 6,937 in 2014
Density
111people per km², 62.2 km²
Households
1,722
Foreign residents
31
Rank
1,0131,013th most populous of 1,503 communes28th of 40 in its province

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 93.6% to 83.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Khemisset Chaouia. Aged 65 and over: 13.9% here, 13.6% there; running water: 94.6% here, 94.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.6% here, 25.7% there.

Compare it with Khemisset Chaouia

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42112

How it changed

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

Oulad Mtaa −0.3%

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
35.5%aged 10 and over43.6% in 201446.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.8%13.8% in 201439.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.1%aged 15 and over41.9% in 20144.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.55children per woman2.87 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.0%of people7.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.6%of settled households94.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Mtaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over5.3%
3.8%70–744.6%
4.6%65–694.8%
4.7%60–644.7%
5.4%55–594.6%
5.8%50–546.7%
6.2%45–496.4%
5.9%40–446.0%
5.9%35–395.6%
6.3%30–346.4%
5.8%25–295.5%
5.8%20–246.7%
7.7%15–196.8%
10.2%10–149.5%
9.2%5–99.4%
8.0%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit7.7%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French46.9%
  • English15.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle42.9%
  • On foot32.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.1%
  • Bus6.0%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Taxi1.4%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.0%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18426.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10858.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1231.1 per business
Public services
68
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.2%
  • Industry13.0%
  • Services10.2%
  • Construction4.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.7%
  • 2 to 38.3%
  • 4 to 90.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.5%
  • 2011–201941.7%
  • 2001–201013.9%
  • 1991–20007.4%
  • 1981–19903.7%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Mtaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,638 people. 277 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
أيت اشقيAyt Cheki13 douars · 4,771 people
الزݣاݣمةZgagmaIn parts1465771.71.02.1
أكادير الصفايحAgadir SfihGrouped1234———
أيت اشتيةAit ChtiaGrouped873592.71.72.7
تاسنةTassenaIn parts2529470.90.43.0
أيت لعورAit el AourIn parts1033980.11.51.5
أيت بواحمدAit BouhamedIn parts693230.31.21.2
أيت اشقيAyt ChekiGrouped873310.60.20.6
لعساكرةAl AssakraIn parts973642.92.13.0
أيت رزينAit RzineIn parts1054302.00.42.1
أحمريAhmriGrouped301054.04.04.0
الزاويةZaouiaIn parts1424700.31.30.9
سيدي لحسن أوحمادSidi Lahcen Ou HmadIn parts522130.22.22.2
سوق الاثنينSouk El AtnineGrouped532200.00.30.2
المرجةMerja7 douars · 1,757 people
أولاد الديبOulad EddibIn parts1084265.80.42.1
أولاد حسونOulad HassouneIn parts1224512.20.212.4
المريجةLamrijaGrouped351431.00.816.1
أولاد بوبكرOulad BoubkerIn parts893367.12.013.7
لعوينةLaaouinaGrouped532180.20.217.0
أيت عبد النورAit Abd NourGrouped341100.20.017.0
أيت علاAit AllaGrouped2173———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 110 people
عزيب الكعارنةAzib Al KarnaGrouped25110———

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
07.041.05.15
As digits
070410515
Slug
oulad-mtaa
OpenStreetMap
3534187
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-mtaa");

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