Touama

التوامة

Rural commune in the cercle of Touama, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
11,401
Since 2014
+1.4%from 11,243 in 2014
Density
104people per km², 109.5 km²
Households
2,761
Foreign residents
27
Rank
643643rd most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 40 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 84.7% to 99.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Amskroud. Darija: 57.1% here, 49.9% there; aged 65 and over: 11.7% here, 12.2% there; running water: 99.5% here, 93.1% there.

Compare it with Amskroud

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42086

How it changed

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

Touama +1.4%

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
39.3%aged 10 and over49.6% in 201450.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.8%13.8% in 201429.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.2%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.69children per woman2.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.7%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.5%of settled households84.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Touama: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over4.1%
3.5%70–743.1%
4.3%65–694.4%
4.7%60–644.7%
4.3%55–594.5%
5.1%50–546.0%
6.1%45–496.9%
6.5%40–446.9%
6.9%35–396.6%
6.4%30–346.6%
6.3%25–295.6%
7.5%20–246.2%
7.7%15–198.3%
9.7%10–149.8%
9.2%5–99.2%
7.8%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.5%
  • Darija57.1%
  • Tamazight4.6%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.2%
  • French47.6%
  • English13.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh12.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Taxi35.3%
  • On foot25.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.6%
  • Bus7.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.8%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.6%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
27023.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14152.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2181.5 per business
Public services
119
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce67.4%
  • Services23.4%
  • Industry9.2%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.9%
  • 2 to 313.5%
  • 4 to 93.5%
  • 10 to 492.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.4%
  • 2011–201941.8%
  • 2001–201015.6%
  • 1991–20005.0%
  • 1981–19905.0%
  • 1956–19804.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Touama’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 37 douars in 4 fractions, with 11,401 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت امكرAit Amker12 douars · 3,702 people
ايت علي منصورAit Ali MansourGrouped1669———
ويسكدوOuiskdouIn parts883260.10.53.9
ايت ازݣارAit IzguarIn parts2551,0892.31.03.4
تيزي بولهناTizi BoulahnaIn parts662504.92.96.6
ايت احمانAït HmaneGrouped361560.70.95.7
ايت تغزوتAit TaghzouteIn parts351660.71.05.3
أݣوݣOuggougGrouped432150.71.87.9
ايت بركةAït BarkaGrouped974010.81.67.4
أنمرAnamarGrouped602291.01.09.0
توفليحتTouflihtGrouped1074460.52.011.5
إفرضباونIferd BaounGrouped632710.50.64.0
أفراوAfraouGrouped1784———
تحسانتTahsant10 douars · 2,565 people
ايت واحليليAït OuahaliliIn parts1054230.51.27.1
ايت عبد اللهAït AbdallahGrouped502160.42.16.8
إمعادنImaadeneIn parts632500.40.28.0
أقصريAqsriGrouped25119———
ايت العسريAit LasriIn parts883820.21.06.4
ايت حمادAït HammadGrouped391736.00.07.9
تقيوتTakiwtGrouped351761.02.08.0
أيت عادلAit AadelIn parts763520.01.86.7
ايت واكليمAit OuaklimGrouped432000.11.79.2
تغبالوتTarhbaloutGrouped642740.40.57.0
التوامةTouama6 douars · 3,568 people
التوامة (أوكار)TouamaGrouped662421.40.72.4
أدنديمAdandimeGrouped421740.82.03.3
ايغريسAyghrisIn parts883521.52.72.8
ايت علا اوسليمانAit Alla AouslimaneGrouped1365480.21.21.2
لربعةLarbaaIn parts1104000.10.23.6
التوامة المركزTouama CentreIn parts4681,8520.21.11.5
تمغتزدانTamrat Tezdane9 douars · 1,566 people
تمغتزدانTamrat TezdaneIn parts1635946.30.310.7
أماسينAmassineGrouped421695.10.110.8
أيت تادلةAit TadlaGrouped19103———
الشرفاء أماسينChorfa AmissineGrouped1161———
أيت واشتوݣAit OuachtoukGrouped830———
تدارينTadarineGrouped652923.60.024.5
سيدي بلخيرSidi BelkhirIn parts341504.21.325.2
فم أماسينFoum AmassineIn parts27112———
بواشحنBouachhenGrouped1155———

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
07.041.11.27
As digits
070411127
Slug
touama
OpenStreetMap
3535339
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("touama");

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