Timoulay

تيمولاي

Rural commune in the cercle of Bouizakarne, province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
4,873
Since 2014
−8.5%from 5,325 in 2014
Density
18.9people per km², 257.9 km²
Households
1,197
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,2171,217th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 20 in its province

Next door in Sidi Abdellah Ou Belaid, 9.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 94.4%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.2% to 34.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 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 Timoulay.

Timoulay −8.5%

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
32.8%aged 10 and over36.7% in 201447.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.6%23.5% in 201438.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
25.5%aged 15 and over34.4% in 20143.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.33children per woman2.39 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.2%of people7.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.4%of settled households89.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Timoulay: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.3%75 and over6.6%
3.1%70–743.9%
4.5%65–694.3%
4.5%60–646.0%
4.8%55–596.4%
5.6%50–545.4%
6.5%45–497.1%
6.0%40–447.2%
5.4%35–396.1%
5.1%30–345.3%
5.2%25–295.3%
7.3%20–246.0%
9.7%15–198.5%
11.4%10–149.1%
9.4%5–97.5%
6.2%0–45.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.0%
  • Darija27.9%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Hassania0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.6%
  • French67.1%
  • English21.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh14.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.0%
  • Taxi16.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.0%
  • Private car12.4%
  • Employer’s transport4.2%
  • Bus2.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17836.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11966.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1431.2 per business
Public services
47
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce66.4%
  • Services16.8%
  • Industry11.8%
  • Construction5.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.2%
  • 2 to 316.8%
  • 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 later28.6%
  • 2011–201937.8%
  • 2001–201012.6%
  • 1991–200015.1%
  • 1981–19903.4%
  • 1956–19802.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Timoulay’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,873 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تيمولاي إزدارTimoulay Izder2 douars · 2,319 people
تيمولاي ازدارTimoulay IzderGrouped5192,1761.01.11.1
تالعينتTalainteGrouped301431.21.11.2
تيمولاي اوفلاTimoulay Oufella2 douars · 1,506 people
تيمولاي اوفلاTimoulay OufellaGrouped3031,1280.61.22.4
اد هيطId HitGrouped863780.91.83.7
ايت جرارAït Jerrar1 douar · 497 people
ايت جرارAït JerrarGrouped1234971.01.13.2
إغرغارIgherghar4 douars · 551 people
تسلانTislaneGrouped1657———
اكامAkamGrouped1449———
اغرغارIghergharGrouped622661.21.21.2
اغرمIghremGrouped441791.01.01.0

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
10.261.03.13
As digits
102610313
Slug
timoulay
OpenStreetMap
2885856
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("timoulay");

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