Afourar
أفورار
Rural commune in the cercle of Afourar, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.
- Population, 2024
- 20,215
- Since 2014
- −5.5%from 21,382 in 2014
- Density
- 394people per km², 51.3 km²
- Households
- 5,050
- Foreign residents
- 5
- Rank
- 304304th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 44 in its province
Next door in Timoulilt, 0.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 57.9%.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tahla. Read French: 72.0% here, 70.3% there; in the labour force: 30.9% here, 29.7% there; running water: 96.0% here, 98.9% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Afourar.
Afourar −5.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 25.9%aged 10 and over27.6% in 201434.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 25.0%17.9% in 201433.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 30.9%aged 15 and over38.9% in 201410.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.09children per woman1.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.2%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 96.0%of settled households89.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 4.1% | ||
| 3.6% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.7% | 65–69 | 3.4% | ||
| 6.1% | 60–64 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.5% | 55–59 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.9% | 45–49 | 6.6% | ||
| 4.9% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 4.9% | 25–29 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.4% | 20–24 | 7.2% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 8.1% | ||
| 10.8% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.5% | 5–9 | 8.3% | ||
| 7.5% | 0–4 | 6.7% | ||
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
- 27.6%aged 10 and over25.9% in 202437.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.9%25.0% in 202436.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 38.9%aged 15 and over30.9% in 202416.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 98.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.93children per woman2.09 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.8%of people6.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 89.8%of settled households96.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8% | 75 and over | 3.1% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 1.8% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 2.8% | ||
| 5.7% | 55–59 | 4.0% | ||
| 6.3% | 50–54 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.6% | 40–44 | 7.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 35–39 | 7.5% | ||
| 5.3% | 30–34 | 7.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 25–29 | 7.4% | ||
| 7.7% | 20–24 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.0% | 15–19 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 8.2% | ||
| 11.1% | 0–4 | 9.3% | ||
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 Afourar’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 3,860
- Standing empty
- 15.5%9.8% vacant5.7% a second home
- Precarious
- 1.7%0.5% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 72.9%95.7% on the water mains96.3% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 2.4%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
- 69434.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 58384.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1,0811.9 per business
- Public services
- 69
- Associations
- 42in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 2counted 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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Afourar | 12,981 |
Douars
Afourar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,234 people. Another 12,981 live in Afourar, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| افورار لوطاAfourar Louta6 douars · 2,960 people | ||||||
| ايت عموAit Ammou | In parts | 190 | 807 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| تيلزاطTilzat | Grouped | 13 | 69 | — | — | — |
| ايت علي اومحند (فوق الطريق)Ait Ali Mhand (Fouk Ettrik) | Grouped | 20 | 91 | — | — | — |
| ايت اعزىAit Azzi | In parts | 296 | 1,175 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| ايت علي اومحند (تحت الطريق)Ait Ali Mhand (Taht Ettrik) | Grouped | 93 | 417 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.8 |
| أيت شعيبAit Chaib | Grouped | 86 | 401 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| ايت اولغومAit Aoulghoum6 douars · 3,546 people | ||||||
| تورغيستTaoughist | Grouped | 69 | 287 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| ورلاغOurlagh | Grouped | 176 | 750 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| بن دريهمBen Drihoum | Grouped | 238 | 1,087 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| دومياDoumya | Grouped | 66 | 315 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| بوقلاتBouklat | Grouped | 219 | 942 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| تغبولاTaghboula | Grouped | 38 | 165 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| أفورار الشرقيةAfourar Charqia2 douars · 527 people | ||||||
| ثلاثTalat | Grouped | 52 | 208 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| انفكAnfag | Grouped | 65 | 319 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| أفورار الغربيةAfourar Gharbia1 douar · 201 people | ||||||
| تكانتTagant | Grouped | 48 | 201 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
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
05.081.11.01- As digits
050811101- Slug
afourar- Census figures
/api/communes/05.081.11.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.081.11.01/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.081.11.01/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.081.11.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/05.081.11.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2887189
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("afourar");