Souaken

السواكن

Rural commune in the cercle of Oued El Makhazine, province of Larache, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 12,582
Since 2014: −0.4%from 12,632 in 2014
Density: 169people per km², 74.3 km²
Households: 2,699
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 564564th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 19 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Souaken −0.4%

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: 44.3%aged 10 and over50.2% in 201453.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.4%11.1% in 201419.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.7%aged 15 and over53.5% in 201410.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.52children per woman2.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 82.0%of settled households35.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Souaken: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.6%	75 and over	2.8%
2.1%	70–74	2.1%
2.8%	65–69	3.0%
3.5%	60–64	4.0%
3.5%	55–59	3.9%
4.4%	50–54	4.3%
5.3%	45–49	5.5%
6.6%	40–44	6.5%
7.3%	35–39	7.4%
6.7%	30–34	6.7%
6.7%	25–29	6.1%
7.1%	20–24	7.1%
9.3%	15–19	8.5%
11.0%	10–14	10.8%
10.7%	5–9	11.7%
10.3%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French22.5%
English3.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot40.1%
Employer’s transport13.2%
Taxi6.4%
Private car3.8%
Bike or motorcycle2.5%
Bus1.5%

Can’t read or write: 50.2%aged 10 and over44.3% in 202462.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.1%15.4% in 202437.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.5%aged 15 and over41.7% in 202420.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.60children per woman2.52 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 35.0%of settled households82.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Souaken: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.0%
1.5%	70–74	1.7%
1.5%	65–69	1.5%
2.6%	60–64	2.5%
3.1%	55–59	3.2%
3.9%	50–54	4.0%
3.8%	45–49	4.2%
4.7%	40–44	4.8%
5.5%	35–39	5.6%
7.4%	30–34	7.1%
9.3%	25–29	9.7%
10.6%	20–24	10.6%
11.0%	15–19	10.3%
11.9%	10–14	11.6%
9.9%	5–9	9.6%
11.2%	0–4	11.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.0%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French49.6%
Arabic only46.3%
Arabic, French and English3.6%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot75.3%
Bus7.1%
Taxi5.3%
Private car1.7%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Bike or motorcycle1.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood75.9%
Another commune9.5%
Another province8.1%
At home2.9%
No fixed place1.1%
Another in the commune0.8%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour42.8%
Farming and fishing30.6%
Crafts and skilled trades10.3%
Labouring and small trades7.2%
Trade and broking3.4%
Clerical work3.1%
Machine operating1.5%
Not classified0.6%
Technicians0.2%
Managers and senior professionals0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma82.2%
Primary14.3%
Lower secondary2.6%
Upper secondary0.7%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 19215.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 11459.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,83216.1 per business
Public services: 77
Associations: 1in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce76.3%
Services14.0%
Industry5.3%
Construction4.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person77.2%
2 to 37.9%
4 to 91.8%
10 to 492.6%
50 and over10.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later34.2%
2011–201940.4%
2001–201018.4%
1991–20004.4%
1981–19901.8%
1956–19800.9%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 01.331.11.12
As digits: 013311112
Slug: souaken
Record: /api/communes/01.331.11.12.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.331.11.12/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.331.11.12/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.331.11.12/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.331.11.12/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563442

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("souaken");

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