Abbou Lakhal

عبو لكحل

Rural commune in the cercle of Figuig, province of Figuig, Oriental.

Population, 2024
1,790
Since 2014
−11.3%from 2,017 in 2014
Density
1people per km², 1,758.6 km²
Households
295
Rank
1,4471,447th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 13 in its province

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

61005

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Abbou Lakhal.

Abbou Lakhal −11.3%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

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

Can’t read or write
46.8%aged 10 and over57.6% in 201457.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
8.5%19.0% in 201412.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.6%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
86.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.87children per woman3.90 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.5%of people2.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.1people on average6.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
6.4%of settled households8.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Abbou Lakhal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over1.6%
1.1%70–741.0%
2.4%65–691.7%
2.2%60–642.5%
2.4%55–593.2%
2.2%50–543.8%
5.0%45–495.0%
3.9%40–443.5%
5.7%35–395.5%
7.7%30–347.3%
8.8%25–297.2%
7.4%20–247.1%
10.2%15–1910.1%
13.0%10–1414.8%
14.2%5–913.0%
11.4%0–412.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.8%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French16.5%
  • English0.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work30.2%
  • Informal transport8.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.0%
  • Private car1.4%
  • Bus0.2%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1810.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
00.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
0
Public services
18
Associations
0in premises of their own

Douars

Abbou Lakhal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 2 fractions, with 1,789 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لمريناتLamrinat5 douars · 568 people
عبو لكحل المركزAbbou Lakhel CentreGrouped22112———
بورمانةBourmanaDispersed25127———
لمريتLamritDispersed1790———
كروزKrouzDispersed845———
أدفيليةAdfiliaDispersed391941.54.016.3
أولاد عبد اللهOulad Abdellah7 douars · 1,221 people
العرجةEl ArjaDispersed1895———
الحلوفEl HalloufDispersed1181———
لمحيرثةLamhirtaDispersed352023.15.354.4
الخروعEl KhrouDispersed17157———
لملاليحLamlalihDispersed26173———
الشافعEcchafaDispersed7045910.07.152.7
جبل المعيزJbel Al MaizDispersed754———

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
02.251.05.01
As digits
022510501
Slug
abbou-lakhal
OpenStreetMap
2527828
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("abbou-lakhal");

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