Oulad Yaacoub

أولاد يعكوب

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Ahl El Ghaba, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
6,791
Since 2014
−4.9%from 7,143 in 2014
Density
70.1people per km², 96.9 km²
Households
1,547
Rank
1,0301,030th most populous of 1,503 communes34th of 43 in its province

Next door in Znada, 68.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 8.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 5.0% to 57.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Orjane. In the labour force: 31.3% here, 31.2% there; Darija: 99.1% here, 99.4% there; higher education: 3.4% here, 4.6% there.

Compare it with El Orjane

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 Yaacoub.

Oulad Yaacoub −4.9%

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
36.0%aged 10 and over48.3% in 201444.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
57.2%5.0% in 201445.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.3%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.04children per woman2.73 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.7%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.3%of settled households61.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Yaacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.0%
2.3%70–742.5%
3.3%65–693.2%
4.6%60–644.1%
5.1%55–593.6%
4.8%50–545.2%
5.9%45–496.3%
5.8%40–447.0%
6.0%35–395.0%
4.8%30–346.5%
5.5%25–296.5%
5.6%20–246.1%
11.0%15–199.3%
12.6%10–1412.2%
11.5%5–911.6%
8.4%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit0.6%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French10.2%
  • English1.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle32.0%
  • On foot25.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work17.4%
  • Informal transport5.4%
  • Employer’s transport5.2%
  • Private car4.7%
  • Another way4.5%
  • Taxi3.6%
  • Animal1.1%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13219.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8765.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1241.4 per business
Public services
33
Associations
12in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce70.1%
  • Services16.1%
  • Industry13.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.9%
  • 2 to 311.5%
  • 4 to 94.6%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.3%
  • 2011–201934.5%
  • 2001–201018.4%
  • 1991–200011.5%
  • 1981–19902.3%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Yaacoub’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,791 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد يعقوبOulad Yacoub10 douars · 6,678 people
أولاد الغازيOulad RhaziGrouped6262,7110.00.41.6
أولاد الحضريOulad el HadriGrouped502520.11.02.0
أولاد علي بن عامرOd Ali Ben AmmarIn parts994220.00.80.9
أولاد اشعيبOulad ChaïbIn parts2338900.01.11.8
البرارجةel BerarjaGrouped1938440.00.03.0
أولاد اسلامةOulad SlamaGrouped1206080.00.13.6
الشرفاء أولاد سيدي بوعنانChorfa Od Sd BouananeGrouped1135300.00.15.4
أولاد سي الطيبيOulad Si TaibiGrouped25148———
انزالةNzalaGrouped562360.00.010.0
العربAl ArabGrouped937———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune3 douars · 113 people
آيت سي دحانAit Si DahhaneGrouped1253———
أولاد ناصرOulad NacerIn parts319———
أيت الدهبيAit EddhbiGrouped841———

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
07.191.11.31
As digits
071911131
Slug
oulad-yaacoub
OpenStreetMap
2881953
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-yaacoub");

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