Oulad Yahia Lagraire

أولاد يحيى لكراير

Rural commune in the cercle of Agdz, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
10,686
Since 2014
−11.1%from 12,019 in 2014
Density
17.8people per km², 601.9 km²
Households
1,791
Rank
692692nd most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 25 in its province

Next door in Taftechna, 61.5% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 10.3%.

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 84.1% to 98.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tissint. In the labour force: 22.6% here, 23.6% there; running water: 96.4% here, 97.5% there; unemployment: 15.5% here, 12.8% there.

Compare it with Tissint

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 Yahia Lagraire.

Oulad Yahia Lagraire −11.1%

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
32.1%aged 10 and over44.9% in 201441.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.5%27.0% in 201416.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
22.6%aged 15 and over36.6% in 20141.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
89.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.68children per woman2.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.5%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.0people on average10.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.4%of settled households91.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Yahia Lagraire: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.1%
2.8%70–743.0%
2.4%65–693.0%
2.7%60–643.5%
2.2%55–593.0%
4.0%50–544.2%
4.2%45–494.9%
5.5%40–446.8%
5.4%35–396.5%
6.7%30–346.7%
7.0%25–296.6%
8.1%20–248.4%
11.0%15–1910.3%
12.7%10–1411.5%
11.5%5–910.0%
10.9%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit2.5%
  • Tamazight2.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French10.3%
  • English3.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot60.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.2%
  • Taxi10.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.4%
  • Bus4.1%
  • Private car3.9%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13612.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6346.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
731.2 per business
Public services
55
Associations
18in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce71.4%
  • Services22.2%
  • Industry3.2%
  • Construction3.2%

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 later36.5%
  • 2011–201936.5%
  • 2001–201015.9%
  • 1991–200011.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

Average household size went from 10.2 people in 2014 to 6.0 people in 2024, a far bigger fall than in other communes.

Across the 6 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is −2.2 people. Tansifte is furthest from it, at −1.6 people.

Across Morocco, it went from 4.6 to 3.9 people.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 5%.

How these are picked

Douars

Oulad Yahia Lagraire’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 1 fraction, with 10,686 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد يحيOulad Yahia16 douars · 10,686 people
أولاد عثمانOuled AtmanGrouped2601,3161.21.24.9
تينكزىTinegzaGrouped1215711.01.14.0
اولاد مقدمOulad MgdemGrouped1478081.51.74.0
اولاد موسىOulad MoussaGrouped834381.01.12.2
اولاد ملوكOulad M"lloukGrouped955481.21.01.4
إيكداونIgdaounGrouped634851.01.01.0
الكرايرEl KrayrGrouped26197———
اولاد سليمانOuled SlimaneGrouped2281,2623.71.11.2
السواكنSouakenGrouped924631.01.01.0
عكوبتAagoubtGrouped1026831.11.23.2
اولاد مساعدOulad M'SadGrouped2181,3911.01.13.9
تيمسلاTimslaGrouped1641,10850.01.75.0
ايفريونAfryouneGrouped5339860.01.05.0
تاعقيلتTakiltGrouped423159.31.49.8
العويناتEl AouinatGrouped19102———
زاوية تيمسلاZaouia timaslaGrouped7860160.01.45.0

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
08.587.03.27
As digits
085870327
Slug
oulad-yahia-lagraire
OpenStreetMap
2884976
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-yahia-lagraire");

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