Ouled Salmane

اولاد سلمان

Rural commune in the cercle of Gzoula, province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
16,457
Since 2014
−3.1%from 16,979 in 2014
Density
74.2people per km², 221.7 km²
Households
3,889
Foreign residents
1
Rank
392392nd most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 25 in its province

Next door in Safi, 95.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.5%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 60.9% to 40.9%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Shoul. Running water: 1.5% here, 10.7% there; read French: 35.3% here, 33.0% there; can’t read or write: 41.9% here, 41.6% there.

Compare it with Shoul

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 Ouled Salmane.

Ouled Salmane −3.1%

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
41.9%aged 10 and over54.8% in 201451.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.0%2.9% in 201424.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.9%aged 15 and over60.9% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.04children per woman2.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.6%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.5%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Salmane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.4%75 and over4.7%
2.9%70–743.2%
3.4%65–693.4%
4.6%60–644.6%
3.9%55–594.2%
4.9%50–545.2%
5.3%45–495.8%
5.7%40–445.9%
6.2%35–395.8%
7.2%30–345.7%
7.1%25–296.0%
7.8%20–247.4%
9.2%15–199.4%
9.9%10–1410.1%
9.7%5–99.9%
7.8%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French35.3%
  • English5.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot37.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.1%
  • Bus9.9%
  • Taxi9.7%
  • Informal transport5.6%
  • Another way3.6%
  • Employer’s transport3.3%
  • Private car2.1%
  • Animal1.9%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
40324.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8922.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
90310.1 per business
Public services
310
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce76.4%
  • Industry20.2%
  • Services3.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.9%
  • 2 to 34.5%
  • 4 to 91.1%
  • 10 to 492.2%
  • 50 and over2.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.3%
  • 2011–201932.6%
  • 2001–201028.1%
  • 1991–200011.2%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled Salmane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 43 douars in 5 fractions, with 16,449 people. 8 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
العجاينEl Ajaine11 douars · 3,914 people
شراݣةChragaIn parts1747321.32.413.1
الدعاكرةDaakraIn parts1526871.02.514.2
الكتيفاتKetifatIn parts622672.72.810.2
لعريشاتArichatIn parts1044105.42.19.0
التلالسةTlalsaIn parts1516323.02.15.3
اولاد علي بن عمرOulad Ali Ben OmarIn parts2488———
العليوات البابرةAliouat El BabraDispersed572521.11.38.6
الفريجاتLefrijatIn parts461766.42.47.5
البريميينLebrimiyineIn parts1980———
الونانسةOunansaIn parts1084583.22.85.9
لمعاشاتLemaachatIn parts29132———
اولاد بركةOulad Barka7 douars · 3,013 people
الحرشLahrachIn parts1064591.41.33.9
العويساتLaaouissatIn parts723361.02.02.1
الحجيراتLahjirateIn parts893862.81.66.3
اولاد عبد الواسعOuled AbdelouassaaIn parts823232.72.35.3
اولاد الصغيرOulad SghayerIn parts1918173.11.84.8
اولاد بن منصورOulad Ben MansourIn parts853921.01.63.1
اولاد بن رقيةOulad Ben RkiaIn parts783001.92.23.0
البروكاتEl Broukat7 douars · 2,542 people
اولاد عبد القادرOulad AbdelkaderIn parts522181.30.53.2
الترارزةTrarzaIn parts1084935.11.88.9
اولاد بن شريفةOulad Ben ChrifaIn parts1807842.42.86.8
النعيميينNaimiyineDispersed492181.60.28.6
البيضانBidaneIn parts522222.02.36.2
اولاد بلقاضي0uled BelkadiGrouped361691.01.08.0
احمرAmarIn parts1074383.33.47.4
اغيات الغابةAghyat El Ghaba12 douars · 3,627 people
فرارةFerraraIn parts2329260.21.812.2
اولاد بن داوودOulad Ben DaoudIn parts733014.01.315.0
اولاد ميلودOulad MiloudIn parts562241.71.416.5
الغزاونةLarhzaounaIn parts441702.61.814.9
اولاد بوزيدOulad BouzidIn parts953830.62.415.3
الريايفةRyayfaIn parts562522.11.313.9
العباداتEl AbadatIn parts843590.72.218.5
اولاد بوطريطيشOulad BoutritichDispersed472231.51.88.2
المجامعةLemjamaaGrouped341301.12.013.9
اولاد عليOulad AliGrouped2284———
البلاعدةEl BeladaIn parts662363.92.313.6
اولاد خلف اللهOulad Khelf AllahIn parts993391.00.917.6
الضويواتDouayouate6 douars · 3,353 people
الحمامشةLahmamchaIn parts3621,5580.91.74.0
الضويواتDouayouateIn parts1044391.81.45.1
زاوية سيدي سعيدZaouiat Sidi SaidGrouped401800.91.11.1
اولاد علي مومنOulad Ali MoumenIn parts883421.42.44.4
اولاد اعمارة الرحاحلةOulad Amara RhahlaIn parts1236085.12.45.2
المعيزاتLemaizatDispersed492260.42.52.6

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
07.431.07.13
As digits
074310713
Slug
ouled-salmane
OpenStreetMap
2827797
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-salmane");

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