Oued Ed-Dahab

وادي الذهب

Province in the région of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab.

Population, 2024: 195,467
Since 2014: +53.7%
Households: 51,740
Communes: 7
Area: 68,072 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Dakhla 165,463
Grew the most: Gleibat El Foula +226.7%
Shrank the most: Bir Anzarane −52.6%
Densest: Dakhla 2,857 people per km²

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 14.8%aged 10 and over22.2% in 201419.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.5%10.2% in 201423.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 61.0%aged 15 and over62.3% in 201424.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.24children per woman2.91 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.3%of people2.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.4people on average3.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 87.2%of settled households85.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oued Ed-Dahab: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
0.6%	75 and over	0.8%
0.7%	70–74	0.8%
1.3%	65–69	1.2%
2.4%	60–64	2.1%
3.7%	55–59	2.7%
5.7%	50–54	3.9%
7.3%	45–49	5.4%
8.8%	40–44	7.0%
9.2%	35–39	8.3%
10.1%	30–34	10.0%
10.9%	25–29	10.0%
9.6%	20–24	9.2%
6.9%	15–19	7.9%
7.1%	10–14	9.6%
7.8%	5–9	10.7%
7.8%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija90.4%
Tachelhit15.4%
Hassania12.3%
Tamazight7.2%
Tarifit0.3%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic96.5%
French52.8%
English16.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.1%
Taxi17.1%
Employer’s transport13.8%
Private car12.0%
Bike or motorcycle7.4%
Bus1.1%

Can’t read or write: 22.2%aged 10 and over14.8% in 202428.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.2%10.5% in 202429.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 62.3%aged 15 and over61.0% in 202425.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 98.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.91children per woman2.24 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 2.4%of people2.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average3.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 85.4%of settled households87.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oued Ed-Dahab: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
0.5%	75 and over	0.7%
0.5%	70–74	0.5%
0.6%	65–69	0.6%
1.4%	60–64	1.3%
2.8%	55–59	2.0%
4.6%	50–54	3.3%
5.8%	45–49	4.4%
8.5%	40–44	6.2%
10.1%	35–39	8.0%
11.4%	30–34	9.8%
11.0%	25–29	10.6%
9.8%	20–24	10.4%
7.3%	15–19	8.8%
7.6%	10–14	9.8%
8.1%	5–9	10.8%
9.9%	0–4	12.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija89.9%
Hassania18.0%
Tachelhit17.6%
Tamazight4.6%
Tarifit0.4%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only41.5%
Arabic and French40.6%
Arabic, French and English13.5%
Other combinations4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot52.1%
Taxi15.8%
Private car8.2%
Bike or motorcycle6.9%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Bus0.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another in the commune39.0%
Their own neighbourhood36.0%
No fixed place10.1%
Another commune4.0%
At home1.6%
Somewhere else1.1%
Another province0.6%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour33.0%
Crafts and skilled trades14.9%
Clerical work13.7%
Labouring and small trades12.9%
Farming and fishing7.1%
Trade and broking6.2%
Managers and senior professionals4.8%
Machine operating3.5%
Technicians2.4%
Not classified1.4%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma52.3%
Primary22.7%
Lower secondary13.8%
Upper secondary7.8%
DEUG or Licence2.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.7%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Oued Ed-Dahab’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 47,492
Standing empty: 7.6%5.2% vacant2.4% a second home
Precarious: 2.8%1.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 97.9%97.7% on the water mains97.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 3.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house82.2%
Apartment13.6%
Other1.8%
Slum or basic house1.0%
Villa0.7%
Traditional house0.6%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years87.4%
20 to 49 years11.8%
50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 8,12741.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7,64094.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 19,1132.5 per business
Public services: 399
Associations: 88in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce57.7%
Services28.5%
Industry10.9%
Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person60.9%
2 to 330.2%
4 to 96.4%
10 to 492.1%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.5%
2011–201949.5%
2001–201012.4%
1991–20003.9%
1981–19900.8%
1956–19800.9%
Before 19560.1%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Dakhla	urban	165,463	+55.7%	2,857
El Argoub	rural	12,182	+111.5%	1.3
Gleibat El Foula	rural	7,155	+226.7%	0.6
Oum Dreyga	rural	3,714	+18.1%	0.4
Imlili	rural	3,345	+6.2%	0.2
Bir Anzarane	rural	2,962	−52.6%	0.4
Mijik	rural	646	—	0

In the data

Code: 12.391
As digits: 12391
Record: /api/provinces/12.391.json
Communes: /api/provinces/12.391/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/12.391/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/12.391/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/12.391/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/12.391/housing.json

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