Ain Chair

عين الشعير

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

Population, 2024
1,501
Since 2014
−3.4%from 1,554 in 2014
Density
11.7people per km², 128.7 km²
Households
397
Rank
1,4541,454th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 13 in its province

Where it is

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

FiguigTendraraMaatarkaTalsintBoumeriemeBouchaoueneBouarfaAbbou LakhalAin ChouaterBouananeBni TadjiteBni Guil

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ain Chair −3.4%

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
32.4%aged 10 and over43.6% in 201439.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.2%26.2% in 201434.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.0%aged 15 and over40.2% in 20146.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman1.79 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.0%of people9.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
74.7%of settled households70.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Chair: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.1%75 and over4.0%
2.9%70–742.2%
3.6%65–694.8%
4.0%60–645.0%
4.9%55–595.4%
5.3%50–544.2%
5.3%45–496.7%
6.2%40–447.6%
7.1%35–398.0%
7.1%30–345.8%
7.6%25–296.8%
4.6%20–245.4%
7.5%15–198.0%
10.7%10–148.5%
10.0%5–910.7%
8.2%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.9%
  • Tamazight31.4%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French73.5%
  • English23.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.5%
  • Bus5.3%
  • Private car4.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Taxi0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2114.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
733.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
81.1 per business
Public services
13
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce42.9%
  • Services28.6%
  • Industry14.3%
  • Construction14.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.7%
  • 2 to 314.3%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.9%
  • 2011–201957.1%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
02.251.03.13
As digits
022510313
Slug
ain-chair
Record
/api/communes/02.251.03.13.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.251.03.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.251.03.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.251.03.13/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.251.03.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
5955988
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-chair");

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