Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab

الداخلة-وادي الذهب

One of Morocco’s 12 régions.

Population, 2024: 219,965
Since 2014: +50.1%
Households: 54,161
Communes: 13
Provinces and préfectures: 2
Area: 129,121 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 over22.3% in 201419.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.6%10.1% in 201423.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 60.9%aged 15 and over62.8% in 201423.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.25children per woman2.91 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.2%of people2.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.4people on average3.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 86.1%of settled households84.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dakhla-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%
2.5%	60–64	2.1%
3.7%	55–59	2.7%
5.7%	50–54	3.9%
7.3%	45–49	5.3%
8.8%	40–44	7.0%
9.2%	35–39	8.3%
10.1%	30–34	10.0%
10.8%	25–29	10.0%
9.6%	20–24	9.2%
6.9%	15–19	7.9%
7.2%	10–14	9.6%
7.8%	5–9	10.8%
7.8%	0–4	10.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija90.2%
Tachelhit15.6%
Hassania12.9%
Tamazight7.1%
Tarifit0.3%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

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

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.5%
Taxi16.8%
Employer’s transport13.6%
Private car12.0%
Bike or motorcycle7.4%
Bus1.1%

Can’t read or write: 22.3%aged 10 and over14.8% in 202428.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.1%10.6% in 202429.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 62.8%aged 15 and over60.9% in 202425.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 98.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.91children per woman2.25 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 2.4%of people2.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average3.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 84.5%of settled households86.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Dakhla-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	0.7%
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%
10.3%	35–39	8.0%
11.5%	30–34	9.8%
11.2%	25–29	10.6%
9.8%	20–24	10.4%
7.3%	15–19	8.7%
7.4%	10–14	9.8%
8.0%	5–9	10.8%
9.8%	0–4	12.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija89.5%
Hassania18.7%
Tachelhit17.9%
Tamazight4.6%
Tarifit0.4%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only41.7%
Arabic and French40.5%
Arabic, French and English13.4%
Other combinations4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot53.0%
Taxi15.3%
Private car8.1%
Bike or motorcycle6.8%
Employer’s transport5.1%
Bus0.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another in the commune38.0%
Their own neighbourhood37.4%
No fixed place9.9%
Another commune4.0%
At home1.7%
Somewhere else1.1%
Another province0.7%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour33.2%
Crafts and skilled trades14.7%
Clerical work14.0%
Labouring and small trades12.9%
Farming and fishing7.2%
Trade and broking6.0%
Managers and senior professionals4.8%
Machine operating3.4%
Technicians2.4%
Not classified1.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma52.5%
Primary22.7%
Lower secondary13.7%
Upper secondary7.7%
DEUG or Licence2.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.7%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 48,629
Standing empty: 8.2%5.7% vacant2.5% a second home
Precarious: 2.9%1.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 97.9%97.5% on the water mains97.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 5.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house82.1%
Apartment13.5%
Other1.9%
Slum or basic house1.0%
Villa0.7%
Traditional house0.6%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years87.7%
20 to 49 years11.6%
50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 8,42738.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7,86093.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 19,5722.5 per business
Public services: 478
Associations: 89in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce57.8%
Services28.5%
Industry10.8%
Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person60.8%
2 to 330.4%
4 to 96.4%
10 to 492.0%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.9%
2011–201949.2%
2001–201012.4%
1991–20003.8%
1981–19900.8%
1956–19800.9%
Before 19560.1%

Provinces and préfectures

Province or préfecture	Type	Population, 2024	Communes
Oued Ed-Dahab	province	195,467	7
Aousserd	province	24,498	6

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
Bir Gandouz	rural	9,183	+98.6%	0.8
Tichla	rural	6,735	+17.3%	0.5
Aousserd	rural	3,855	−33.8%	0.3
Lagouira	urban	3,127	—	12.8
Aghouinite	rural	1,006	—	0.1
Zoug	rural	592	—	0.1

In the data

Code: 12
As digits: 12
Record: /api/regions/12.json
Communes: /api/regions/12/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/regions/12/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/regions/12/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/regions/12/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/regions/12/housing.json

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