Guelmim-Oued Noun
كلميم-واد نون
One of Morocco’s 12 régions.
- Population, 2024
- 448,685
- Since 2014
- +3.4%
- Households
- 105,394
- Communes
- 53
- Provinces and préfectures
- 4
- Area
- 44,821 km²
Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.
- Most populous
- Guelmim 126,729
- Grew the most
- Al Mahbass +354.8%
- Shrank the most
- Zag −62.7%
- Densest
- Tan-Tan 3,455 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
- 26.2%aged 10 and over32.9% in 201435.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 31.5%27.1% in 201446.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 37.4%aged 15 and over40.1% in 201412.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.89children per woman2.26 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.6%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 86.6%of settled households79.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 3.9% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.4% | 65–69 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.4% | 60–64 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.5% | 55–59 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.0% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 7.2% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 7.6% | ||
| 6.2% | 25–29 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.7% | 20–24 | 7.1% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 7.7% | ||
| 10.1% | 10–14 | 9.2% | ||
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 9.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 7.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 32.9%aged 10 and over26.2% in 202444.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 27.1%31.5% in 202451.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.1%aged 15 and over37.4% in 202414.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.1%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.26children per woman1.89 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people4.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 79.3%of settled households86.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 2.8% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.4% | 60–64 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.1% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.2% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.1% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.5% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.4% | 30–34 | 8.4% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 9.8% | ||
| 9.5% | 15–19 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 8.3% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 9.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Guelmim-Oued Noun’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 103,998
- Standing empty
- 30.1%14.6% vacant15.5% a second home
- Precarious
- 0.8%0.1% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 87.1%95.3% on the water mains96.0% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 1.1%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 19,10742.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 14,81077.5% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 25,1071.7 per business
- Public services
- 3,647
- Associations
- 650in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 20counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Guelmim-Oued Noun’s rural communes hold 1,387 douars, with 119,158 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.
- Lycée
- 10.8 km33.7% of homes more than 10 km away
- Collège
- 7.5 km20.5% of homes more than 10 km away
- Health centre
- 5.9 km13.1% of homes more than 10 km away
- Paved road
- 1.2 km1.2% of homes more than 10 km away
- Primary school
- 1.8 km2.3% of homes more than 10 km away
Provinces and préfectures
Communes
| Commune | Type | Population, 2024 | Since 2014 | Per km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guelmim | urban | 126,729 | +7.1% | 2,241 |
| Tan-Tan | urban | 76,134 | +4.0% | 3,455 |
| Sidi Ifni | urban | 22,696 | +5.0% | 1,279 |
| Al Mahbass | rural | 19,139 | +354.8% | 4.4 |
| Bouizakarne | urban | 18,036 | +26.8% | 3,085 |
| Assa | urban | 15,601 | +7.1% | 333 |
| El Ouatia | urban | 14,258 | +53.4% | 542 |
| Ifrane Atlas Saghir | rural | 10,375 | −7.4% | 41.6 |
| Tioughza | rural | 10,007 | −5.4% | 34.4 |
| Mirleft | urban | 9,828 | +20.4% | 69.9 |
| Taghjijt | rural | 9,059 | −9.3% | 4.1 |
| Touizgui | rural | 6,787 | +35.2% | 3.1 |
| Sebt Ennabour | rural | 6,047 | −16.3% | 64.9 |
| Tighirt | rural | 5,840 | −11.6% | 36.1 |
| Lakhsas | urban | 5,603 | +18.5% | 531 |
| Sidi M'bark | rural | 4,898 | −19.8% | 18.4 |
| Timoulay | rural | 4,873 | −8.5% | 18.9 |
| Sidi H'saine Ou Ali | rural | 4,769 | −21.4% | 26.5 |
| Zag | urban | 4,756 | −62.7% | 1.4 |
| Ait Erkha | rural | 4,490 | −12.2% | 62.9 |
| Tagante | rural | 4,455 | +22.7% | 24 |
| Tangarfa | rural | 3,895 | −17.2% | 18.7 |
| Anfeg | rural | 3,803 | −25.0% | 18.2 |
| Sidi Abdellah Ou Belaid | rural | 3,524 | −25.1% | 20.4 |
| Fask | rural | 3,511 | −11.0% | 2.7 |
| Aouint Yghomane | rural | 3,370 | +10.8% | 3 |
| Ibdar | rural | 3,323 | −35.4% | 43.3 |
| Tnine Amellou | rural | 3,247 | −11.6% | 14.6 |
| Asrir | rural | 3,217 | −9.8% | 2.9 |
| Abaynou | rural | 3,038 | +25.4% | 8.7 |
| Aday | rural | 2,828 | −5.9% | 9.7 |
| Sbouya | rural | 2,772 | −29.7% | 7.9 |
| Boutrouch | rural | 2,693 | −26.2% | 21 |
| Arbaa Ait Abdellah | rural | 2,671 | −16.7% | 30.2 |
| Laqsabi Tagoust | rural | 2,592 | +7.4% | 8.5 |
| Aouint Lahna | rural | 2,588 | +8.2% | 2.4 |
| Mesti | rural | 2,533 | −13.6% | 13.6 |
| Imi-N'fast | rural | 1,962 | −20.4% | 10.6 |
| Msied | rural | 1,501 | +17.7% | 0.4 |
| Amtdi | rural | 1,137 | −22.8% | 2.9 |
| Labouirat | rural | 1,057 | −50.3% | 0.1 |
| Aferkat | rural | 978 | −33.0% | 2.2 |
| Ben Khlil | rural | 951 | +26.5% | 2.2 |
| Ait Boufoulen | rural | 941 | −10.0% | 9 |
| Echatea El Abied | rural | 928 | −19.9% | 1.1 |
| Taliouine Assaka | rural | 865 | −23.1% | 21 |
| Rass Oumlil | rural | 839 | −28.4% | 0.5 |
| Tiglit | rural | 798 | −14.2% | 1.5 |
| Tilemzoun | rural | 747 | −26.4% | 0.4 |
| Abteh | rural | 651 | +146.6% | 0.5 |
| Targa Wassay | rural | 635 | −25.9% | 6.5 |
| Labyar | rural | 433 | −20.7% | 1.5 |
| Chbika | rural | 277 | −14.5% | 0.2 |
In the data
- Code
10- As digits
10- Record
/api/regions/10.json- Boundary
/api/regions/10/boundary.geojson- Census figures
/api/regions/10/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/regions/10/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/regions/10/housing.json