Outabouabane

أوطا بوعبان

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

Population, 2024
8,560
Since 2014
−13.2%from 9,856 in 2014
Density
71.9people per km², 119.1 km²
Households
1,912
Rank
855855th most populous of 1,503 communes34th of 49 in its province

Next door in Bouhlou, 90.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 5.2%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 84.2% to 97.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Ghiate. Running water: 5.2% here, 3.8% there; can’t read or write: 46.8% here, 46.8% there; higher education: 2.6% here, 1.7% there.

Compare it with El Ghiate

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 Outabouabane.

Outabouabane −13.2%

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
46.8%aged 10 and over58.0% in 201458.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.9%2.1% in 201418.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.7%aged 15 and over47.0% in 20145.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.31children per woman2.47 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
10.4%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.2%of settled households2.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Outabouabane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over3.8%
2.6%70–742.2%
3.4%65–693.3%
4.4%60–645.1%
4.4%55–594.6%
5.1%50–545.1%
5.4%45–495.4%
6.1%40–445.7%
7.0%35–396.9%
5.3%30–345.7%
5.3%25–295.6%
5.9%20–246.8%
9.1%15–199.5%
11.4%10–1410.6%
11.6%5–910.8%
9.5%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

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

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French39.4%
  • English8.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot47.7%
  • Animal22.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.8%
  • Informal transport5.0%
  • Private car3.3%
  • Taxi3.1%
  • Bus1.9%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.7%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13816.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4431.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
451.0 per business
Public services
94
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.8%
  • Services27.3%
  • Industry9.1%
  • Construction6.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person97.7%
  • 2 to 32.3%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.2%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–201031.8%
  • 1991–20009.1%
  • 1981–199015.9%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Outabouabane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,558 people. 2 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
اولاد بوزيانOulad Bouziane21 douars · 5,388 people
جنان عبو بن عامرJnan Abou BenamerGrouped1991———
عين عيسىAin AissaDispersed22106———
اجنان الطاهرJnane TaharGrouped1360———
سيدي علال العربيSidi Alal LaarbiIn parts713231.73.34.1
اولاد احمدOulad AhmedIn parts311612.34.04.6
اولاد اعمر بلحاجOulad Amer BelhajIn parts1064670.83.33.5
الراس البيضRass LbyedIn parts894181.61.81.9
عين مغمورAin MaghmourGrouped311512.92.92.9
اسطارAstarIn parts1004512.32.42.4
عين زهرةAin ZaharGrouped441765.93.79.8
الدويمةDouimaGrouped542325.61.49.8
الهويتةHouitaIn parts401695.42.210.0
سيدي بوقنادلSidi BouknedelGrouped663216.04.810.8
جبل اغلالJbel AghlalGrouped26113———
بوعرامBou ArramGrouped1044601.72.73.0
الشاشيةChachiaGrouped301443.12.45.8
الزرارقةez ZrarkaGrouped833433.52.310.1
المشمعينLemchamaiyinaGrouped612213.13.47.4
باب داوودBab DaoudGrouped2699———
بوسلهماتBousselhamatGrouped1466221.73.26.1
اوطا بوعبان المركزAouta Bouabane CentreGrouped622600.30.30.3
اولاد العروصيOulad Laaroussi10 douars · 3,170 people
القلعةel KelaaGrouped16108———
اولاد عبد الكريمOulad Abd el KrimIn parts16380313.42.116.6
اولاد العروصيOulad LaaroussiIn parts903937.62.39.2
المصابحةLemsabhaIn parts1124093.51.95.9
كدية قبازKoudiat KabbazGrouped984301.62.22.2
اولاد رحوOulad RahouIn parts341676.83.86.8
اولاد احسينOulad HsineIn parts452268.62.88.9
بشبعناتBchbanatGrouped2099———
بني راشدBni RachedGrouped954609.71.69.7
اولاد امحمدOulad MhammedGrouped1575———

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
03.531.09.19
As digits
035310919
Slug
outabouabane
OpenStreetMap
2805312
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("outabouabane");

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