Rghioua

ارغيوة

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

Population, 2024
3,666
Since 2014
−13.1%from 4,218 in 2014
Density
92.5people per km², 39.6 km²
Households
1,130
Rank
1,3311,331st most populous of 1,503 communes49th of 49 in its province

Next door in Taounate, 96.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 14.4% to 32.5%. 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.

How it changed

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

Rghioua −13.1%

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
34.4%aged 10 and over39.8% in 201450.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.5%14.4% in 201441.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
21.8%aged 15 and over38.5% in 20142.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.75children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
12.1%of people9.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.2people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.1%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Rghioua: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.7%75 and over7.4%
2.8%70–744.6%
3.3%65–695.2%
5.9%60–646.5%
8.1%55–597.2%
8.1%50–547.5%
7.7%45–497.6%
6.2%40–446.5%
4.4%35–397.0%
4.1%30–344.0%
4.6%25–293.0%
6.7%20–244.4%
7.9%15–197.9%
9.9%10–147.8%
8.5%5–97.5%
6.0%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French33.1%
  • English4.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.9%
  • Private car7.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.2%
  • Animal6.3%
  • Informal transport5.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.3%
  • Employer’s transport3.8%
  • Taxi3.1%
  • Another way2.2%
  • Bus0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
8021.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3948.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
501.3 per business
Public services
40
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.0%
  • Services30.8%
  • Industry10.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.7%
  • 2 to 35.1%
  • 4 to 95.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later2.6%
  • 2011–201961.5%
  • 2001–201030.8%
  • 1991–20005.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Rghioua’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 1 fraction, with 3,666 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ارغيوةRghioua6 douars · 3,666 people
باب واندارBab OuenderIn parts3371,0442.51.52.9
الرملةRemlaIn parts1725742.80.91.6
الظهرDharGrouped441643.00.13.0
العنصرEl AnsarIn parts1203493.21.81.9
بوعزونBouazouneIn parts1575002.61.31.9
الحجيينHajjièneIn parts3001,0350.61.32.8

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.07.17
As digits
035310717
Slug
rghioua
OpenStreetMap
2754986
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("rghioua");

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