Douars
The villages and hamlets of rural Morocco, and how far their homes are from a school, a health centre and a paved road, as the 2024 census counted them.
- Douars
- 33,189
- Fractions
- 5,203
- Communes with douars
- 1,279
- People
- 13,551,229
How far from home
A douar’s distance is HCP’s average over its homes, and these average them again over households. HCP gives no distances for a douar under 30 households, so they cover 95% of rural households.
- Lycée
- 12.1 km42.0% of homes more than 10 km away
- Collège
- 8.0 km25.7% of homes more than 10 km away
- Health centre
- 7.6 km23.3% of homes more than 10 km away
- Paved road
- 1.5 km1.7% of homes more than 10 km away
- Primary school
- 1.9 km0.6% of homes more than 10 km away
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- < 3 km
- 3–5 km
- 5–10 km
- 10–20 km
- 20–40 km
- 40+ km
- a town, or no douar figures
- no boundary
average distance from the commune’s rural homes, 2024
- < 3 km
- 3–5 km
- 5–10 km
- 10–20 km
- 20–40 km
- 40+ km
- a town, or no douar figures
- no boundary
average distance from the commune’s rural homes, 2024
- < 3 km
- 3–5 km
- 5–10 km
- 10–20 km
- 20–40 km
- 40+ km
- a town, or no douar figures
- no boundary
average distance from the commune’s rural homes, 2024
- < 0.5 km
- 0.5–1 km
- 1–2 km
- 2–5 km
- 5–10 km
- 10+ km
- a town, or no douar figures
- no boundary
average distance from the commune’s rural homes, 2024
1,502 communes, from the boundaries this API serves.Every commune, by région© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Furthest from a health centre
The communes whose rural homes are, on average, furthest from one.
| Commune | Health centre, km | Lycée, km |
|---|---|---|
| Bir Anzarane | 119.9 | 118.9 |
| Msied | 75.1 | 81.1 |
| Azrar | 62.6 | 75.4 |
| Imlili | 52.8 | 130.0 |
| Boumerieme | 47.9 | 56.6 |
| El Argoub | 47.7 | 59.3 |
| El Atef | 43.5 | 56.6 |
| Abbou Lakhal | 43.3 | 60.9 |
| Agadir Melloul | 42.5 | 57.3 |
| Sidi Ahmed Laaroussi | 40.7 | 40.7 |
In the far south, a douar can be a fishing village or a worksite camp rather than a village.
Find a douar
Douars are named in Arabic only, as HCP’s workbook names them.
Source: HCP, Population et ménages par douars, 2024. What each figure counts