Ourtzarh

أورتزاغ

Rural commune in the cercle of Rhafsai, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
13,256
Since 2014
−7.8%from 14,381 in 2014
Density
82.1people per km², 161.5 km²
Households
3,635
Rank
536536th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 49 in its province

Where it is

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

El BibaneOudkaTaounateAin MediounaKissaneTafrantTaboudaSidi Yahia Bni ZeroualRhafsaiThar Es-SoukBni Ounjel TafraoutTameditBouhoudaGalazZrizerBouadelRghiouaFennassa Bab El HitSidi MokhfiKhlalfaAin MaatoufBni OulidRas El OuedTissaAin AichaEl BsabsaOulad DaoudBouaroussLouljaSidi El AbedBouchabelJbabraKaria Ba MohamedMoulay AbdelkrimMoulay BouchtaRhouaziSidi M'hamed Ben LahcenMessassaOutabouabaneAin LegdahOulad AyyadOued JemaaBni SnousMkansaMezraouaTimezganaRatbaSidi Haj M'hamed

How it changed

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

Ourtzarh −7.8%

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
39.2%aged 10 and over44.0% in 201452.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
27.9%12.3% in 201420.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.4%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20144.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.77children per woman2.30 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.7%of people7.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
17.9%of settled households10.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ourtzarh: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.2%75 and over5.3%
2.7%70–743.4%
4.1%65–693.6%
5.3%60–645.2%
5.6%55–595.0%
6.0%50–546.6%
6.6%45–495.9%
6.0%40–446.7%
5.9%35–396.7%
5.0%30–345.7%
4.8%25–295.4%
5.8%20–246.3%
9.6%15–198.2%
10.2%10–149.8%
9.4%5–99.1%
7.8%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.5%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French27.2%
  • English7.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot47.4%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Employer’s transport4.0%
  • Bus3.5%
  • Taxi2.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.1%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ourtzarh’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
736
Standing empty
18.2%8.3% vacant9.9% a second home
Precarious
9.9%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
81.4%95.2% on the water mains96.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
15.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house88.2%
  • Rural-type9.0%
  • Traditional house1.5%
  • Other0.8%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years47.0%
  • 20 to 49 years42.9%
  • 50 years or more10.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
37528.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
21156.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3051.4 per business
Public services
161
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.7%
  • Services38.4%
  • Industry8.5%
  • Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person74.4%
  • 2 to 322.3%
  • 4 to 92.8%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.9%
  • 2011–201930.8%
  • 2001–201023.2%
  • 1991–200012.3%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19802.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ourtzarh2,075

In the data

Code
03.531.03.09
As digits
035310309
Slug
ourtzarh
Record
/api/communes/03.531.03.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.531.03.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.531.03.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.531.03.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.531.03.09/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.531.03.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
3549821
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ourtzarh");

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