Afra
أفرا
Rural commune in the cercle of Agdz, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 7,554
- Since 2014
- −15.5%from 8,939 in 2014
- Density
- 9.8people per km², 770.1 km²
- Households
- 1,369
- Rank
- 952952nd most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 25 in its province
Next door in Oulad Yahia Lagraire, 10.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 48.8%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.0% to 28.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tamda Noumercid. Household size: 5.5 here, 5.3 there; running water: 94.9% here, 85.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.2% here, 30.6% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
- Afella N'dra
- Ait Sedrate Sahl El-Gharbia
- Mezguita
- Oulad Yahia Lagraire
- Skoura Ahl El Oust
- Tamezmoute
- Tansifte
Postcode
47076
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Afra.
Afra −15.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 33.8%aged 10 and over42.8% in 201445.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 28.0%10.0% in 201434.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 25.6%aged 15 and over38.2% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.70children per woman2.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.7%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.5people on average7.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 94.9%of settled households87.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3% | 75 and over | 4.5% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.4% | 65–69 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 3.6% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.8% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 40–44 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 30–34 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 6.2% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 7.8% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 9.5% | ||
| 12.5% | 10–14 | 10.4% | ||
| 10.7% | 5–9 | 10.1% | ||
| 9.2% | 0–4 | 7.7% | ||
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
- 42.8%aged 10 and over33.8% in 202456.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 10.0%28.0% in 202416.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 38.2%aged 15 and over25.6% in 202413.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 93.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.83children per woman2.70 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people6.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 7.8people on average5.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 87.3%of settled households94.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 2.6% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.6% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 4.0% | ||
| 3.3% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 3.5% | 45–49 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.1% | 40–44 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.8% | 25–29 | 7.4% | ||
| 10.7% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 10.2% | 15–19 | 10.4% | ||
| 11.7% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 11.1% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 12.1% | 0–4 | 11.4% | ||
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 12716.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5543.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 591.1 per business
- Public services
- 51
- Associations
- 21in premises of their own
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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of workers who are cooperative members or partners is 19.0%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across 6 of the 7 communes it borders, the median is 1.5%. Tamezmoute is furthest from it, at 0.4%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Afra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,554 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أفرا الشماليةAfra Chamalia13 douars · 4,472 people | ||||||
| أيت حمو او سعيدAit Hammou Oussaid | Grouped | 64 | 383 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| تاركا المالTarga et Mal | Grouped | 64 | 334 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.9 |
| أيت ملكتAit Melkt | Grouped | 76 | 394 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| إمزودارImzoudare | Grouped | 15 | 80 | — | — | — |
| أيت اسحاقAit Ishaq | Grouped | 72 | 368 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| أيت خلفونAit Khalfoune | Grouped | 119 | 700 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| أيت أودينارAit Oudinare | In parts | 67 | 494 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| زاوية سيدي محمد اويوسفZaouit Sidi Med Ou Youssef | Grouped | 50 | 238 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| أيت واحيAit Wahi | Grouped | 25 | 126 | — | — | — |
| أيت لحسنAit Lahcen | Grouped | 66 | 300 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| أيت عبد اللهAit Abdellah | Grouped | 108 | 612 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| أيت ساكتAit Sakete | Grouped | 28 | 145 | — | — | — |
| طرا ملولTra Melloul | Dispersed | 45 | 298 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 23.9 |
| أفرا الجنوبيةAfra Janoubia5 douars · 3,082 people | ||||||
| حارة تامكاسلتHarte Tamkasselte | Grouped | 62 | 276 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| تامكاسلتTamkasselt | Grouped | 90 | 425 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| إغرغرIgharghare | Grouped | 119 | 655 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 13.4 |
| اركيونArguioûn | Grouped | 31 | 143 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| تيميضرتTimidart | Grouped | 268 | 1,583 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
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
08.587.03.03- As digits
085870303- Slug
afra- Census figures
/api/communes/08.587.03.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.587.03.03/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/08.587.03.03/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.587.03.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.587.03.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2884952
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("afra");