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Ras El Oued

راس الواد

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

Population, 2024
13,299
Since 2014
−15.7%from 15,778 in 2014
Density
79.8people per km², 166.7 km²
Households
2,995
Rank
535535th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 49 in its province

Next door in Tissa, 69.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.1% to 15.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Sbaita. Read French: 24.8% here, 28.2% there; running water: 15.1% here, 19.4% there; can’t read or write: 49.2% here, 45.9% there.

Compare it with Oulad Sbaita

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

34232

How it changed

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

Ras El Oued −15.7%

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
49.2%aged 10 and over53.3% in 201460.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.0%6.2% in 201432.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.7%aged 15 and over45.1% in 20142.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.62children per woman3.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.5%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
15.1%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ras El Oued: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over3.8%
2.9%70–743.0%
3.8%65–693.2%
4.4%60–644.7%
4.3%55–594.5%
4.9%50–545.2%
6.2%45–495.7%
6.6%40–446.5%
6.2%35–396.4%
5.0%30–345.5%
5.3%25–295.3%
6.0%20–246.5%
9.7%15–199.2%
10.6%10–1410.5%
10.7%5–910.7%
9.2%0–49.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French24.8%
  • English5.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot77.4%
  • Taxi5.4%
  • Animal4.9%
  • Informal transport3.5%
  • Bus3.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.9%
  • Private car1.4%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.6%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
22917.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6026.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
661.1 per business
Public services
169
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.0%
  • Services28.3%
  • Industry21.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.0%
  • 2 to 310.0%
  • 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 later21.7%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201026.7%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19908.3%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ras El Oued’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 37 douars in 3 fractions, with 13,299 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد اجانةOulad Ajana13 douars · 5,976 people
العزارةLaazaraDispersed1689———
حد راس الوادHad Ras El OuedGrouped2008470.91.21.4
الكعدة الحمراءEl Gaada El HamraDispersed1195031.61.023.7
عين مرةAin MerraIn parts612491.75.37.1
اولاد راشدOulad RachedIn parts1094923.81.027.5
الكطابةEl KtabaDispersed612893.51.929.3
الغينيينEl GhiniineIn parts1195871.81.98.2
بير اعطةBir AtaIn parts1536951.42.711.3
الرزازكةAr RzazgaGrouped622541.31.017.7
الغزاونة الظهارLaghzaouna DharIn parts784145.63.97.3
اولاد اجانة الظهارOulad Ajana DharIn parts903813.42.514.4
بني فروكBni FroukGrouped1064734.46.39.6
زوامةZouamaIn parts1767030.12.34.3
مطالسةLemtalsa10 douars · 3,858 people
البراطلةBratlaDispersed1054380.81.112.7
كعدة الروانبGadet RouanabIn parts743419.00.010.0
قوابعةQouabaaIn parts13762513.21.325.8
اولاد الحاج قاسمOulad El Haj KacemIn parts482321.91.54.4
اولاد العسريOulad El AsriIn parts1606741.42.95.7
الكطاطعةEl KtalaaIn parts451992.81.69.7
بلعاجياتBelaajiyatIn parts633103.71.810.8
البورشel BorchDispersed332042.52.57.2
المقرةMkraDispersed27151———
دار عيادDar AyyadIn parts1326846.41.013.3
كولالةKoulala14 douars · 3,465 people
مغراوةMaghraouaIn parts471822.33.510.3
عوادةAouadaIn parts672969.83.721.7
كولالةKoulalaIn parts552399.62.820.0
اولاد المهديOulad MehdiIn parts562779.10.310.2
بكارBakkarIn parts501691.03.024.6
اولاد محمد مسعودOulad Mohammed MessaoudGrouped2370———
اولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdellahIn parts833403.64.54.6
ليبيارLibyarIn parts1446621.02.924.7
عين الخادمAin El KhademIn parts431861.03.025.0
القرامدةLeqramdaIn parts1013621.13.125.0
اولاد الخاديرOulad El KhadirIn parts381952.22.02.8
اولاد الحمومOulad HammoumIn parts311330.93.725.0
كدية المغاوتKoudiat LamghaouetIn parts381551.92.42.5
اولاد بوعزةOulad BouazzaGrouped451993.03.03.0

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
03.531.09.21
As digits
035310921
Slug
ras-el-oued
OpenStreetMap
2755011
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