Oum El Guerdane

أم الكردان

Rural commune in the cercle of Tata, province of Tata, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
3,143
Since 2014
−6.7%from 3,370 in 2014
Density
1.4people per km², 2,314.5 km²
Households
651
Rank
1,3741,374th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 20 in its province

Next door in Akka, 46.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.8%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 44.4% to 25.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

84024

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Oum El Guerdane.

Oum El Guerdane −6.7%

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
25.3%aged 10 and over31.9% in 201432.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.7%44.4% in 201452.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
22.4%aged 15 and over30.6% in 20144.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.18children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.7%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.8%of settled households96.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oum El Guerdane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over5.3%
4.4%70–743.6%
4.4%65–694.1%
3.2%60–643.3%
3.3%55–594.9%
5.9%50–544.8%
5.1%45–496.1%
5.8%40–446.9%
5.9%35–397.5%
5.5%30–347.5%
4.1%25–296.9%
5.3%20–246.1%
10.1%15–197.1%
11.7%10–149.8%
10.4%5–97.7%
11.2%0–48.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit40.0%
  • Hassania0.4%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French32.1%
  • English11.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work35.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle28.3%
  • On foot15.5%
  • Bus8.7%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Taxi4.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.9%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5918.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2237.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
401.8 per business
Public services
29
Associations
8in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce86.4%
  • Industry9.1%
  • Services4.5%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.9%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 94.5%
  • 10 to 494.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later4.5%
  • 2011–201986.4%
  • 2001–20109.1%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oum El Guerdane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 4 fractions, with 3,136 people. 7 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
تورسولتToursoult1 douar · 425 people
تورسولتToursoultGrouped984250.02.91.0
ام الكردانOum el Guerdane2 douars · 783 people
ام الكردانOum el GuerdaneGrouped703330.00.01.9
العيونLaâyouneIn parts874500.04.97.9
أنغريفAnaghrif2 douars · 1,152 people
انغريفAnaghrifGrouped1637830.11.01.0
جبايرJbayrGrouped733690.01.11.0
تازارتTazart1 douar · 776 people
تازارتTazartGrouped1587760.03.01.6

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.551.07.05
As digits
095510705
Slug
oum-el-guerdane
OpenStreetMap
2885801
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oum-el-guerdane");

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