Oulad Nouel

أولاد نوال

Rural commune in the cercle of Ouargha, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
11,578
Since 2014
+1.8%from 11,371 in 2014
Density
83.9people per km², 138 km²
Households
2,670
Rank
631631st most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 29 in its province

Next door in Khnichet, 89.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.7% to 34.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bouhouda. Read French: 27.7% here, 31.8% there; in the labour force: 33.3% here, 32.7% there; can’t read or write: 41.5% here, 43.2% there.

Compare it with Bouhouda

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 Nouel.

Oulad Nouel +1.8%

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
41.5%aged 10 and over48.6% in 201451.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
34.7%8.7% in 201457.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.3%aged 15 and over43.3% in 20143.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.56children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.6%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.1%of settled households0.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Nouel: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.0%
2.4%70–742.4%
2.9%65–692.9%
4.4%60–644.3%
4.0%55–594.2%
5.2%50–544.7%
6.1%45–496.0%
7.5%40–447.3%
7.7%35–397.0%
6.0%30–346.8%
5.5%25–295.9%
6.6%20–246.9%
8.4%15–199.4%
11.0%10–1410.3%
10.7%5–910.7%
9.0%0–48.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.7%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French27.7%
  • English5.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.0%
  • Informal transport19.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.4%
  • Taxi4.3%
  • Bus2.1%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Private car0.8%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.4%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
19416.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6232.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
861.4 per business
Public services
120
Associations
12in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.6%
  • Services17.7%
  • Industry9.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person98.4%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 491.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.3%
  • 2011–201943.5%
  • 2001–201017.7%
  • 1991–20006.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Nouel’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 30 douars in 5 fractions, with 11,562 people. 16 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
سوق الجمعةSouk Jemaa8 douars · 2,147 people
أولاد بوعبانOulad BouabaneGrouped1738650.10.210.1
الوطاسيEl WattassiGrouped636———
اولاد مسلم الحمومينOulad Msallem El HmoumineIn parts682870.00.03.9
الكرادةel KradaGrouped1452———
قرية الكرافصKaria El KrafsIn parts1105030.61.49.2
المريبعel MribaDispersed29137———
الضعاف الغباريDaaf LaghbariGrouped401464.60.721.0
عين احميدةAin HmidaDispersed26121———
ولاد نوالOulad Nouel7 douars · 2,172 people
أولاد جلولOulad JelloulGrouped994191.11.812.8
أولاد موسىOulad MoussaGrouped1295921.02.113.0
عزيب درقاوةAzib DerkawaGrouped391851.01.012.0
عزيب البقاليAzib El BaqqaliGrouped1567———
زهير لعنانزةZehir LaananzaGrouped321621.02.013.0
الگدادرةGuedadraGrouped532401.01.012.1
أولاد نوالOulad NoualGrouped1155070.90.96.4
الضعافDaaf6 douars · 1,133 people
العمامرةel AmamraGrouped682760.11.626.7
الضعاف ولاد عليDaaf Oulad AliGrouped522080.00.555.9
الضعاف لحفيرةDaaf LahfiraGrouped572450.00.056.0
الزمامرةZmamraGrouped311373.00.447.8
العواوشةLaouaouchaGrouped2297———
الضعاف أولاد بن الجيلاليDaaf Oulad Ben JilaliGrouped371704.54.933.7
فدودةFidouda4 douars · 2,909 people
أولاد قدورOulad KaddourGrouped522430.83.24.3
لبشارةel BcharaGrouped451720.82.14.0
محيرشةMahirchaGrouped833621.01.53.4
قرية الدواديKaria ed DouadiGrouped5332,1320.31.22.8
أولاد سيدي اعمرOuled Sidi Amer5 douars · 3,201 people
أولاد سيدي اعمرOuled Sidi AmerGrouped2079061.31.49.9
أولاد زيانOulad ZiyyaneGrouped683291.02.311.3
أولاد إيشوOulad YechouGrouped1286340.22.814.6
الفضول الحشاشنةEl Fdoul El HchachnaGrouped1375630.71.214.9
الگدارةGeddaraGrouped2007690.61.414.2

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
04.481.07.11
As digits
044810711
Slug
oulad-nouel
OpenStreetMap
2827069
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-nouel");

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