Shoul

السهول

Urban commune in the préfecture of Salé, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 24,913
Since 2014: +25.1%from 19,915 in 2014
Density: 62.1people per km², 401.5 km²
Households: 5,188
Foreign residents: 50
Rank: 230230th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 4 in its préfecture

Next door in Salé, 98.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.0%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 39.6% to 86.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Salmane. Running water: 10.7% here, 1.5% there; read French: 33.0% here, 35.3% there; can’t read or write: 41.6% here, 41.9% there.

Compare it with Ouled Salmane

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Villages and hamlets

El Arjate

How it changed

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

Shoul +25.1%

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: 41.6%aged 10 and over52.4% in 201452.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.8%10.8% in 201422.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.8%aged 15 and over50.9% in 20149.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.19children per woman2.53 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 10.7%of settled households4.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Shoul: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	4.4%
2.8%	70–74	3.0%
3.3%	65–69	3.2%
4.5%	60–64	4.1%
4.4%	55–59	4.4%
4.7%	50–54	4.9%
6.1%	45–49	5.9%
7.0%	40–44	6.8%
6.7%	35–39	6.8%
7.1%	30–34	6.1%
6.7%	25–29	6.1%
6.7%	20–24	7.1%
8.5%	15–19	8.6%
9.7%	10–14	9.6%
9.9%	5–9	9.8%
8.3%	0–4	9.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tachelhit1.0%
Tamazight0.5%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French33.0%
English6.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Doesn’t travel to work33.2%
On foot28.7%
Informal transport11.5%
Private car7.1%
Bike or motorcycle7.0%
Taxi5.0%
Employer’s transport4.2%
Bus1.2%
Animal1.2%
Another way0.6%
Tram0.2%
Train0.1%

Can’t read or write: 52.4%aged 10 and over41.6% in 202465.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.8%17.8% in 202427.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.9%aged 15 and over41.8% in 202416.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 88.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.53children per woman3.19 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.6%of people4.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 4.6%of settled households10.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Shoul: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	2.7%
2.0%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.6%
3.2%	60–64	3.0%
3.9%	55–59	3.8%
4.9%	50–54	4.6%
5.2%	45–49	5.1%
5.4%	40–44	5.3%
6.6%	35–39	6.6%
8.0%	30–34	8.2%
8.5%	25–29	8.2%
9.3%	20–24	7.9%
9.7%	15–19	9.4%
8.8%	10–14	9.8%
9.4%	5–9	9.9%
10.1%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit1.1%
Tamazight0.5%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French46.0%
Arabic only45.4%
Arabic, French and English7.9%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot71.5%
Taxi8.8%
Private car4.3%
Works at home4.0%
Bus3.3%
Bike or motorcycle2.9%
Another way2.5%
Not stated2.4%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood72.9%
No fixed place9.1%
Another commune6.6%
At home4.0%
Another in the commune2.3%
Another province2.3%
Not stated2.3%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour34.3%
Farming and fishing30.2%
Crafts and skilled trades9.2%
Labouring and small trades8.3%
Clerical work6.0%
Trade and broking5.3%
Machine operating3.9%
Managers and senior professionals1.2%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma74.8%
Primary17.5%
Lower secondary5.1%
Upper secondary1.8%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 33813.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 22065.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6543.0 per business
Public services: 109
Associations: 9in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 3counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce55.9%
Services30.9%
Industry12.7%
Construction0.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person43.6%
2 to 338.2%
4 to 913.2%
10 to 495.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later33.6%
2011–201939.5%
2001–201015.9%
1991–20006.4%
1981–19901.4%
1956–19803.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

The villages and hamlets of Shoul’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 38 douars in 8 fractions, with 22,281 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الجياهنةJiahna7 douars · 6,419 people
الحموميينLhammoumiyine	Dispersed	168	756	0.8	2.6	5.9
أولاد بنعليOulad Ben Ali	Dispersed	502	1,954	0.2	0.9	1.5
الخلفيينEl Khalifiyine	Dispersed	294	1,333	0.3	2.9	5.3
الكعابةEl Kaaba	Dispersed	189	821	0.6	2.6	5.1
الرواونةRouaouna	Dispersed	21	88	—	—	—
العباضلةEl Aabadla	Dispersed	127	542	0.8	3.0	9.1
الرويشاتRouichat	Dispersed	206	925	0.5	1.8	4.1
الجوانبEl Jouaneb6 douars · 4,070 people
أولاد كاملOulad Kamel	Dispersed	152	620	0.2	2.8	6.8
أولاد عكيلOulad Aguil	Dispersed	65	308	1.1	2.8	21.9
بني عبد الليBni Abd Elli	Dispersed	78	331	3.9	9.3	14.2
بني برورBani Brour	Dispersed	272	1,076	0.5	5.2	17.1
أولاد بورزين 02Oulad Bourzine	Dispersed	206	929	0.2	1.7	19.3
أولاد بورزين 01Oulad Bourzine 01	Dispersed	184	806	1.1	5.1	18.3
أولاد اعزيزOulad Aziz7 douars · 2,611 people
لهيايضةLhyayda	Dispersed	94	422	1.4	2.9	3.5
لشياخLechiakh	Dispersed	105	524	4.0	4.7	7.0
اولاد عيسىOulad Aissa	Dispersed	35	142	1.9	2.8	15.3
اولاد معلاOulad Maalla	Dispersed	125	553	1.8	6.7	19.8
الدعاكرةDaakra	Dispersed	73	292	2.3	4.5	13.8
العرجاويينEl Arjaouyine	Dispersed	91	369	2.2	2.3	2.3
اولاد داوودOulad Daoud	Dispersed	78	309	3.0	10.7	10.0
العزوزيينEl Azouziine5 douars · 2,047 people
اولاد الراضيOulad Radi	Dispersed	142	670	1.0	3.1	18.2
لعيايشةEl Aayaicha	Dispersed	133	641	0.9	2.9	24.2
الدحامنةDhamna	Dispersed	49	213	1.2	4.0	20.5
لمفالحةLamfalha	Dispersed	94	409	1.2	4.7	21.4
أولاد عيسىOulaad Aissa	Dispersed	27	114	—	—	—
اولاد علوانOulad Alouane4 douars · 2,330 people
الزلالجةEzzlalja	Dispersed	76	364	0.8	4.1	9.8
لمفالحةLamfalha	Dispersed	159	715	0.7	5.1	9.7
أولاد الشرقيOulad Chrki	Dispersed	98	468	0.6	8.3	8.6
أولاد يحيىOulad Yahya	Dispersed	168	783	1.3	5.8	12.4
اولاد عيسىOulad Aissa3 douars · 2,219 people
الجياهنة أولاد عيسىJiahna Oulad Aissa	Dispersed	171	781	1.7	3.1	6.1
أولاد عيسىOulad Aissa	Dispersed	260	1,050	1.8	3.3	14.0
لهيايضة أولاد عيسىLhyaydat Oulad Aissa	Dispersed	83	388	1.6	2.9	5.9
الجبابرةJbabra3 douars · 1,191 people
احصاينHssine	Dispersed	140	544	0.9	2.3	15.3
المحارزةLamharza	Dispersed	61	225	1.6	2.9	15.0
المساعدةLamsaada	Dispersed	111	422	0.5	6.4	20.0
اولاد جابرOulad Jaber3 douars · 1,394 people
أولاد جابرOulad Jaber	Dispersed	332	1,321	1.4	4.4	11.8
أولاد يحيىOulad Yahya	Dispersed	1	3	—	—	—
سمقالةSemkala	Dispersed	18	70	—	—	—

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: 04.441.01.11
As digits: 044410111
Slug: shoul
Record: /api/communes/04.441.01.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.441.01.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.441.01.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.441.01.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.441.01.11/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/04.441.01.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/04.441.01.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2498880

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("shoul");

Report an error on this page