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
Next door in Bni Garfett, 22.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 82.0%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 35.0% to 82.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Zarrad. Read French: 22.5% here, 24.8% there; aged 0 to 14: 32.1% here, 31.9% there; aged 65 and over: 7.7% here, 7.3% there.
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 Souaken.
Souaken −0.4%
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.
| 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%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- 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.
| 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%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
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
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of workers who are employers is 13.3%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 1.2%. Rissana Janoubia is furthest from it, at 0.3%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
The share of businesses with 50 people or more is 10.5%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 4.9%. Bni Garfett is furthest from it, at 0.0%.
Douars
Souaken’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 9 fractions, with 12,582 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| سوق الطلبةالشماليةSouk Ettlbaalchmalia2 douars · 1,104 people | ||||||
| أولاد بوجنون بونقابOulad Bou Jnoune Bounaqqab | Grouped | 107 | 569 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
| الجبيناتJbinate | Grouped | 116 | 535 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| أولاد جميل الجنوبيةOulad Gmil Janoubia1 douar · 1,009 people | ||||||
| أولاد جميل الجنوبيةOulad Gmil Janoubia | Grouped | 195 | 1,009 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.9 |
| أولاد جميل الشماليةOulad Gmil Chamalia1 douar · 1,872 people | ||||||
| أولاد جميل الشماليةOulad Gmil Chamalia | Grouped | 394 | 1,872 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 8.7 |
| السواكنSouken2 douars · 1,594 people | ||||||
| السواكنSouken | Grouped | 265 | 1,306 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| أولاد حدادOulad Haddad | Grouped | 55 | 288 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| جماعة السواكن الوسطىJmaa Souaken El Ousseta2 douars · 1,450 people | ||||||
| أولاد سالمOulad Salem | Grouped | 36 | 181 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| الدرابلةDrabla | In parts | 294 | 1,269 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| السواكن المخازنSouaken El Makhazine4 douars · 908 people | ||||||
| أولاد بوجنون طلاياOulad Bou Jnoune Tlaya | Grouped | 64 | 309 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| أولاد بوجنون الحرشOulad Bou Jnoune Lahrach | Grouped | 50 | 185 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| أولاد يشو الوراردةOulad Ichou El Ourarda | Grouped | 22 | 99 | — | — | — |
| العظومةEl Adouma | In parts | 77 | 315 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 21.8 |
| العمايرAamaïr5 douars · 2,331 people | ||||||
| العماير الطليقEl Amaïrer et Telik | Grouped | 289 | 1,176 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| العماير الكوحلEl Amaïr el Kouhal | Grouped | 149 | 646 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| الزنابلةEzznabla | In parts | 43 | 184 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 11.6 |
| أولاد مونسOulad Mounes | Grouped | 37 | 142 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 17.0 |
| أولاد بنعيادOulad Benayyad | Grouped | 42 | 183 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| السواكن الدهسSouaken Eddhs1 douar · 2,028 people | ||||||
| الموارعة سكومةEl Mouaraa Sekkoma | In parts | 400 | 2,028 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 8.0 |
| السواكن الشماليةSouaken Chamalia2 douars · 286 people | ||||||
| العذبEl Adeb | Grouped | 55 | 236 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| أولاد الشهبيOulad Chaehbi | Grouped | 9 | 50 | — | — | — |
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
01.331.11.12- As digits
013311112- Slug
souaken- Census figures
/api/communes/01.331.11.12/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.331.11.12/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/01.331.11.12/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.331.11.12/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.331.11.12/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2563442
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("souaken");