Oujda-Angad

وجدة-أنجاد

Préfecture in the région of Oriental.

Population, 2024: 572,454
Since 2014: +3.7%
Households: 148,929
Communes: 11
Area: 1,845 km²

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

Most populous: Oujda 506,224
Grew the most: Isly +52.9%
Shrank the most: Bni Khaled −7.5%
Densest: Oujda 5,226 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: 18.1%aged 10 and over23.3% in 201424.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 31.1%25.7% in 201437.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.7%aged 15 and over45.4% in 201417.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.58children per woman2.00 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.2%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.8%of settled households92.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oujda-Angad: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.6%	75 and over	4.5%
3.4%	70–74	3.2%
4.9%	65–69	4.4%
5.9%	60–64	6.1%
5.5%	55–59	6.1%
5.7%	50–54	6.4%
5.7%	45–49	6.5%
6.6%	40–44	6.7%
6.5%	35–39	6.4%
6.6%	30–34	6.8%
6.5%	25–29	6.9%
7.2%	20–24	7.2%
7.8%	15–19	7.3%
9.3%	10–14	8.4%
8.5%	5–9	7.6%
6.2%	0–4	5.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.8%
Tachelhit4.5%
Tarifit3.2%
Tamazight2.7%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French65.7%
English22.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot29.7%
Bike or motorcycle22.4%
Private car20.7%
Bus6.7%
Taxi6.3%
Employer’s transport4.0%

Can’t read or write: 23.3%aged 10 and over18.1% in 202431.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 25.7%31.1% in 202444.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.4%aged 15 and over39.7% in 202419.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.00children per woman1.58 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.0%of people5.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 92.2%of settled households96.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oujda-Angad: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.0%	75 and over	3.6%
1.8%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.2%
4.0%	60–64	3.8%
5.4%	55–59	4.9%
6.3%	50–54	6.5%
6.0%	45–49	6.7%
6.2%	40–44	7.0%
6.4%	35–39	7.1%
7.5%	30–34	7.4%
8.1%	25–29	7.6%
9.3%	20–24	8.7%
8.8%	15–19	8.5%
8.2%	10–14	7.7%
7.9%	5–9	7.5%
9.2%	0–4	8.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tarifit5.4%
Tachelhit3.8%
Tamazight2.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.6%
Arabic only25.1%
Arabic, French and English22.0%
Other combinations2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot37.1%
Bike or motorcycle19.2%
Private car16.7%
Bus8.3%
Taxi6.0%
Employer’s transport2.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another in the commune43.4%
Their own neighbourhood22.3%
No fixed place19.3%
At home4.3%
Another commune3.6%
Another province2.6%
Somewhere else0.9%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades24.7%
Labouring and small trades17.8%
Clerical work17.0%
Trade and broking11.2%
Managers and senior professionals10.4%
Technicians4.8%
Machine operating4.7%
Farm and fishing labour3.9%
Farming and fishing3.1%
Not classified2.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma45.0%
Primary24.7%
Lower secondary15.9%
Upper secondary8.8%
DEUG or Licence4.3%
Master’s or doctorate1.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 191,561
Standing empty: 32.6%13.8% vacant18.8% a second home
Precarious: 0.5%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 98.5%97.2% on the water mains97.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house71.7%
Apartment14.9%
Traditional house8.5%
Villa4.3%
Other0.4%
Slum or basic house0.1%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years62.0%
20 to 49 years33.5%
50 years or more4.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 23,42840.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 21,67392.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 63,0402.9 per business
Public services: 1,312
Associations: 443in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 8counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce51.1%
Services31.3%
Industry12.2%
Construction5.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person48.5%
2 to 340.3%
4 to 98.7%
10 to 492.2%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later37.1%
2011–201935.2%
2001–201014.0%
1991–20007.6%
1981–19903.2%
1956–19802.6%
Before 19560.3%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Oujda	urban	506,224	+2.4%	5,226
Ahl Angad	rural	18,051	+27.2%	62.9
Bni Drar	urban	10,907	−0.3%	3,056
Isly	rural	10,256	+52.9%	49.5
Bni Khaled	rural	6,239	−7.5%	34.8
Sidi Moussa Lemhaya	rural	6,062	+48.1%	34.4
Ain Sfa	rural	4,426	−1.4%	12.6
Mestferki	rural	4,335	−1.0%	18.5
Sidi Boulenouar	rural	3,600	+4.3%	21.5
Bsara	rural	1,335	−6.5%	9.8
Naima	urban	1,019	−6.3%	197

In the data

Code: 02.411
As digits: 02411
Record: /api/provinces/02.411.json
Communes: /api/provinces/02.411/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/02.411/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/02.411/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/02.411/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/02.411/housing.json

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