Zouada

زوادة

Rural commune in the cercle of Loukouss, province of Larache, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
25,289
Since 2014
+8.9%from 23,223 in 2014
Density
196people per km², 129.2 km²
Households
5,050
Foreign residents
3
Rank
226226th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 19 in its province

Next door in Ksar El Kebir, 99.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 28.1% to 40.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mkansa. Read French: 27.6% here, 23.1% there; aged 0 to 14: 33.1% here, 32.4% there; unemployment: 11.9% here, 13.1% there.

Compare it with Mkansa

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 Zouada.

Zouada +8.9%

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
38.2%aged 10 and over49.4% in 201448.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
11.9%9.2% in 201415.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.1%aged 15 and over46.4% in 201415.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.08children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.0people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
40.0%of settled households28.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zouada: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.8%75 and over2.4%
1.8%70–741.6%
2.3%65–692.5%
4.4%60–644.3%
3.3%55–593.7%
3.7%50–544.0%
4.5%45–495.5%
6.1%40–446.6%
8.3%35–397.7%
7.2%30–347.9%
6.8%25–297.2%
7.1%20–246.6%
8.8%15–197.6%
11.3%10–1410.3%
12.4%5–912.3%
10.1%0–49.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French27.6%
  • English6.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.2%
  • Employer’s transport27.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.6%
  • Taxi5.5%
  • Private car3.3%
  • Informal transport2.4%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Animal0.8%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
29411.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
20469.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,32411.4 per business
Public services
90
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.3%
  • Services26.5%
  • Industry10.8%
  • Construction2.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.6%
  • 2 to 311.3%
  • 4 to 96.9%
  • 10 to 495.4%
  • 50 and over4.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.5%
  • 2011–201939.2%
  • 2001–201019.1%
  • 1991–200012.7%
  • 1981–19903.4%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Zouada’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 13 fractions, with 25,286 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
زوادة الجنوبيZouada El Jnoubi2 douars · 2,163 people
الودينييينLaoudiniyineIn parts1568781.30.67.0
ابداوة قمقومBdaoua KamkoumGrouped2151,2856.01.26.2
حوض اللوكوسHoud Loukouss2 douars · 781 people
أولاد الغماري الغابةOulad Laghmari El GhabaGrouped783495.00.14.9
القواسمةQouasmaGrouped914320.90.85.0
سيدي سعيدSidi Said3 douars · 1,345 people
الديابEd DiabGrouped1155492.71.13.1
المراونةEl MraounaGrouped653063.20.23.4
المناكيبLamnakibGrouped944901.33.07.9
البراكتةEl Brakta1 douar · 1,582 people
البراكتةEl BraktaGrouped3191,5821.41.64.4
زوادة الجنوبيةZouada Janoubia2 douars · 1,991 people
أولاد رافعOuled RafaeIn parts3031,4691.51.72.4
الرحاحلةRehahlaGrouped975223.61.08.0
سيدي عمر الجندوبيSidi Omar El Jndoubi2 douars · 2,402 people
أولاد مانونOulad El MamounGrouped2881,5801.00.55.1
أولاد بوربيعOuled BourbiaaGrouped1378221.40.96.0
سيدي سلامةSidi Slama1 douar · 1,264 people
أولاد بوغنامOulad BoughnamGrouped2521,2641.01.011.0
أولاد مصباحOulad Masbah1 douar · 1,722 people
الفريحيينFrihyineGrouped3431,7220.80.910.8
الصنادلةÈs Snaddla4 douars · 4,281 people
عين العبيدAïn el AbidGrouped3631,7600.91.37.8
الصوالحSoualahGrouped1869050.74.07.3
الصنادلةÈs SnaddlaGrouped3271,5321.02.08.8
المريسةEl MrissaGrouped2684———
ركراكةRegraga4 douars · 2,854 people
الشقيقيينEcchkikiineGrouped2281,0940.31.18.4
أولاد باخشوOulad BoukhachouIn parts1226532.10.07.3
أولاد سعيدOulad SaidGrouped1426671.00.96.9
ركراكةRegragaGrouped944400.80.06.6
سيدي عيسىSidi Aissa2 douars · 2,023 people
اسحيسحاتAshishatGrouped1105760.82.25.0
الشليحاتChlihatGrouped2971,4470.31.95.1
مولاي التهاميMoulay Thami1 douar · 1,057 people
برواكةBerouagaGrouped2181,0572.01.28.0
سيدي مسعودSidi Massaoud1 douar · 1,821 people
المجاهدينMjahdineGrouped3841,8211.82.06.4

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
01.331.07.17
As digits
013310717
Slug
zouada
OpenStreetMap
2754181
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zouada");

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