Ain Beida
عين بيضاء
Rural commune in the cercle of Moqrissat, province of Ouezzane, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 10,368
- Since 2014
- −13.4%from 11,978 in 2014
- Density
- 46.8people per km², 221.4 km²
- Households
- 2,690
- Foreign residents
- 9
- Rank
- 721721st most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 17 in its province
Next door in Souk L'qolla, 8.0% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 48.4%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 52.7% to 38.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ratba. Running water: 14.3% here, 1.8% there; household size: 3.9 here, 3.9 there; Darija: 98.7% here, 97.8% 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 Ain Beida.
Ain Beida −13.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 35.1%aged 10 and over41.1% in 201448.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.2%8.0% in 20146.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 38.2%aged 15 and over52.7% in 20149.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 99.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.81children per woman2.32 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.2%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 14.3%of settled households11.3% 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 | 4.4% | ||
| 2.5% | 70–74 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.1% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.1% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.0% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 6.4% | 50–54 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.5% | 40–44 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.8% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 25–29 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.7% | 20–24 | 6.4% | ||
| 9.9% | 15–19 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.9% | 10–14 | 9.7% | ||
| 9.0% | 5–9 | 8.9% | ||
| 6.9% | 0–4 | 6.8% | ||
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
- 41.1%aged 10 and over35.1% in 202458.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 8.0%12.2% in 20249.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 52.7%aged 15 and over38.2% in 202430.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.32children per woman1.81 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.9%of people7.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 11.3%of settled households14.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 2.9% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.6% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 2.7% | 55–59 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.8% | 50–54 | 4.0% | ||
| 3.6% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.2% | 25–29 | 9.7% | ||
| 10.7% | 20–24 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.6% | 15–19 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 10.6% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 10.3% | ||
| 10.1% | 0–4 | 9.9% | ||
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
- 23923.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 9338.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1271.4 per business
- Public services
- 128
- Associations
- 18in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted 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
Ain Beida’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,359 people. 9 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 | ||||
| بني سلطانBni Soltane7 douars · 1,812 people | ||||||
| تيزيرانTizirane | In parts | 115 | 440 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 17.5 |
| فتراسFetrasse | In parts | 53 | 229 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| فج الحانوتFejelhanout | In parts | 53 | 192 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 9.4 |
| الماElma | Grouped | 26 | 71 | — | — | — |
| تزكانTizgane | Grouped | 8 | 20 | — | — | — |
| أمزارAmzir | In parts | 125 | 413 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 21.5 |
| ألقبAlkb | Grouped | 109 | 447 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 5.6 |
| بني يثنة الشماليةBni Ytna Chamalia13 douars · 1,515 people | ||||||
| فج الحانوتFejelhanout | Grouped | 79 | 298 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| أغبالوAghebalou | Grouped | 4 | 10 | — | — | — |
| القنطرةEl Kantra | Grouped | 19 | 72 | — | — | — |
| الكراكرةKrakra | Grouped | 6 | 25 | — | — | — |
| قلعة الصبانةKelaatsebbana | In parts | 44 | 190 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| تانجروTanjro | Grouped | 12 | 35 | — | — | — |
| ألبرةAlebra | Grouped | 14 | 39 | — | — | — |
| أزمورAzemmeur | Grouped | 26 | 92 | — | — | — |
| المريجاتMrijet | In parts | 46 | 226 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 16.9 |
| أولاد علالOulad Allal | Grouped | 66 | 219 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| فراحةFerraha | In parts | 51 | 160 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| الطراشلةTrachla | In parts | 28 | 107 | — | — | — |
| فج النسرFej Ennassar | Grouped | 12 | 42 | — | — | — |
| بني يثة االجنوبيةBni Ytat Aaljnoubia9 douars · 4,020 people | ||||||
| أمالوAmalou | Grouped | 132 | 549 | 21.4 | 0.2 | 22.2 |
| احريزAhriz | Grouped | 17 | 59 | — | — | — |
| المقاصبEl Mokassab | In parts | 217 | 994 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 13.6 |
| هرارةHarrara | In parts | 110 | 411 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 10.3 |
| بوكانوسBouganous | In parts | 48 | 178 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 13.8 |
| أحمارHammar | Grouped | 59 | 247 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
| تكمشتTakmachte | In parts | 72 | 306 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 11.7 |
| الواديينEl Ouadiyine | In parts | 299 | 1,169 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 15.6 |
| لعزايب آمالوLazayb Amalou | Grouped | 30 | 107 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 24.0 |
| بني روثنBni Routene6 douars · 2,583 people | ||||||
| قلعة بني روثنKelaa Beni Routene | In parts | 196 | 742 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 5.8 |
| اكرازنAgrazine | In parts | 222 | 847 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| الرويضةRoueda | In parts | 210 | 754 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| الزاويةEzzaouia | Grouped | 7 | 27 | — | — | — |
| الرقيعةRkiha | Grouped | 8 | 22 | — | — | — |
| الريحانةRihana | Grouped | 60 | 191 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 9.5 |
| مركز عين بيضاءCentre Ain Beida1 douar · 429 people | ||||||
| مركز عين بيضاءCentre Ain Beida | In parts | 107 | 429 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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
01.405.09.01- As digits
014050901- Slug
ain-beida- Census figures
/api/communes/01.405.09.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.405.09.01/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.405.09.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.405.09.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2563394
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ain-beida");