Aghbal
أغبال
Rural commune in the cercle of Ahfir, province of Berkane, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 16,113
- Since 2014
- +8.1%from 14,908 in 2014
- Density
- 104people per km², 155.5 km²
- Households
- 4,288
- Foreign residents
- 21
- Rank
- 408408th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 16 in its province
Next door in Ahfir, 99.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 35.1%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 5.5% to 35.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Badhaj. Aged 65 and over: 12.1% here, 11.8% there; running water: 87.4% here, 97.2% there; household size: 3.8 here, 4.0 there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Aghbal.
Aghbal +8.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 30.1%aged 10 and over38.8% in 201440.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 35.2%14.8% in 201435.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 38.4%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20149.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.97children per woman1.98 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.4%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 87.4%of settled households79.1% 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 | 4.3% | ||
| 3.3% | 70–74 | 3.3% | ||
| 5.2% | 65–69 | 4.7% | ||
| 6.6% | 60–64 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.0% | 55–59 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.4% | 50–54 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.6% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 7.1% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.6% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.2% | 25–29 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.4% | 20–24 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 15–19 | 6.7% | ||
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 8.5% | ||
| 6.0% | 0–4 | 6.2% | ||
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
- 38.8%aged 10 and over30.1% in 202451.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.8%35.2% in 202435.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 43.4%aged 15 and over38.4% in 20248.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.98children per woman1.97 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.8%of people7.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 79.1%of settled households87.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3% | 75 and over | 3.7% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.7% | 55–59 | 5.2% | ||
| 6.6% | 50–54 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.4% | 45–49 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.9% | 40–44 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.1% | 35–39 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.3% | 25–29 | 7.7% | ||
| 8.6% | 20–24 | 8.4% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.8% | 10–14 | 7.6% | ||
| 8.1% | 5–9 | 7.3% | ||
| 9.5% | 0–4 | 9.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
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
- 20612.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 11957.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2101.8 per business
- Public services
- 87
- Associations
- 0in 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.
Douars
Aghbal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 62 douars in 7 fractions, with 16,081 people. 32 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| تيزي الوساطةTizi El Oussata9 douars · 2,125 people | ||||||
| جعرانJaarane | Grouped | 79 | 305 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 4.9 |
| سيدي ميمونSidi Mimoune | Grouped | 31 | 110 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| أغرم التحاتةIghrem Thata | Dispersed | 41 | 151 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 5.0 |
| الصوادق الفاكاSouadak Fouaga | Dispersed | 34 | 128 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| أولاد يجوOulad Yajjou | Grouped | 26 | 101 | — | — | — |
| لعظامةLaadama | Grouped | 27 | 104 | — | — | — |
| لحراركةHrarga | Dispersed | 99 | 348 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| المحصرEl Mahsar | Dispersed | 42 | 165 | 0.4 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| الشلوح (النحاسية)Chlouh (Ennhassia) | Grouped | 236 | 713 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| أولاد المنكارOulad El Mankar13 douars · 4,702 people | ||||||
| حماموشنHmamouchen | Dispersed | 45 | 179 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 6.0 |
| اولاد سيدي اسليمانOuled Sidi Slimane | Dispersed | 25 | 114 | — | — | — |
| خزاننKhouzanen | Dispersed | 71 | 265 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| اولاد بن عودةOulad Ben Aouda | Grouped | 64 | 225 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| اولاد علي بن دحمانOulad Ali Ben Dahmane | Dispersed | 15 | 49 | — | — | — |
| القلعةEl Kelaa | Dispersed | 379 | 1,486 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| تيزي لفاكاTizi Louffaga | Dispersed | 68 | 247 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| بوعمالة الفاكاBouamala Lafaga | Dispersed | 102 | 389 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| غرماونIgharmaouene | Grouped | 45 | 184 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| أولاد البالي الفاكاOulad El Bali Lafaga | Dispersed | 193 | 709 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| البساتينEl Bsatine | In parts | 54 | 182 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| لقمرةLakmra | Dispersed | 65 | 273 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| أولاد بنعزةOulad Benaza | Dispersed | 102 | 400 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| تيزي تحاتةTizi Tahata8 douars · 923 people | ||||||
| أوشانن تحاتةOuchanene Thata | Grouped | 44 | 143 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| اولاد علي اوعبداللهOulad Abdellah | Grouped | 39 | 175 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| اولاد بنعبيدOulad Ben Abid | Grouped | 38 | 136 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| عديينAddiyine | Grouped | 24 | 78 | — | — | — |
| اولاد المهديOulad El Mehdi | Grouped | 5 | 13 | — | — | — |
| بوحياينBouhyaine | Grouped | 13 | 29 | — | — | — |
| أولاد إبراهيمOulad Brahim | Grouped | 65 | 250 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| لمزاغبةLemzaghba | Grouped | 22 | 99 | — | — | — |
| تغجيرتTaghjirt16 douars · 1,266 people | ||||||
| بني تالستBni Talast | Grouped | 4 | 26 | — | — | — |
| نجاجرةNjajra | Grouped | 2 | 6 | — | — | — |
| بنهارنBen Harene | Grouped | 9 | 36 | — | — | — |
| بني يحيىBni Yahya | Grouped | 10 | 45 | — | — | — |
| اغرم الفاكا (الرحامنة)Ighrem Louffaga (Rehamna) | Dispersed | 11 | 36 | — | — | — |
| تغرابت الفاكاTagharabt Louffaga | Dispersed | 13 | 57 | — | — | — |
| بوهلالنBou Helalene | Grouped | 18 | 67 | — | — | — |
| الدوزDouz | Grouped | 4 | 5 | — | — | — |
| تغرابت تحاتةTagharabt Tahata | Dispersed | 16 | 62 | — | — | — |
| بوعلاين تحاتةBoualaine Tahata | Dispersed | 8 | 28 | — | — | — |
| اولاد سليمانOulad Slimane | Grouped | 15 | 63 | — | — | — |
| أوشانن لفاكةOuchinene Louffaga | Grouped | 10 | 49 | — | — | — |
| لبشاريرBcharir | Grouped | 1 | 10 | — | — | — |
| لمقاقرةLamkakra | Dispersed | 20 | 80 | — | — | — |
| بوعمالة تحاتةBouammala Thata | Dispersed | 89 | 320 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| عيشونAïchoun | Dispersed | 94 | 376 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| أغبال المركزAghbal Centre1 douar · 412 people | ||||||
| أغبال المركز (تجزئة أغبال)Aghbal Centre (Lotissement Aghbal) | In parts | 114 | 412 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| اولاد البالي تحاتة (زيدور)Oulad El Bali Tahata (Zidour)10 douars · 5,119 people | ||||||
| الزيدورZidour | Grouped | 753 | 2,806 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| الصوادق التحاتةSwadaq Thata | Grouped | 11 | 46 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الميراويOulad El Miraouy | Grouped | 39 | 142 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| لخرارقةKherarka | Dispersed | 44 | 170 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 4.4 |
| الدحامنةDehamna | In parts | 304 | 1,232 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| تجزئة العمرانLotissement El Amrane | In parts | 102 | 312 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| تجزئة ليلاسLotissement Lilas | In parts | 38 | 146 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| تجزئة المرزوقيLotissement El Marzouki | In parts | 48 | 177 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| تجزئة الأملLotissement Al Amal | In parts | 15 | 48 | — | — | — |
| تجزئة الرياضLotissement Riyad | In parts | 12 | 40 | — | — | — |
| المريسEl Mers5 douars · 1,534 people | ||||||
| لمريس المركزLamris Centre | Grouped | 229 | 871 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| أولاد بومعرف لهبابرةOulad Boumarf Lahbabra | Dispersed | 44 | 167 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| زاوية سيدي الهبريZaouia Sidi El Hbri | Grouped | 48 | 190 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 |
| بني گيلBni Guil | Grouped | 57 | 261 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| النحاسيةEnnhassia | Grouped | 13 | 45 | — | — | — |
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
02.113.03.01- As digits
021130301- Slug
aghbal- Census figures
/api/communes/02.113.03.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.113.03.01/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.113.03.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.113.03.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2447392
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("aghbal");