Ain Cheggag
عين الشكاك
Rural commune in the cercle of Imouzzer-Kandar, province of Sefrou, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 28,584
- Since 2014
- +39.7%from 20,456 in 2014
- Density
- 261people per km², 109.5 km²
- Households
- 6,769
- Foreign residents
- 34
- Rank
- 198198th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 23 in its province
Next door in Laqsir, 39.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 95.3%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.9% to 21.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Boumoussa. Running water: 95.3% here, 97.3% there; aged 65 and over: 7.3% here, 7.3% there; read French: 53.0% here, 55.0% 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 Cheggag.
Ain Cheggag +39.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 31.0%aged 10 and over39.2% in 201440.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 21.2%6.9% in 201429.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.8%aged 15 and over50.4% in 201412.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.24children per woman2.29 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.6%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 95.3%of settled households87.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2% | 75 and over | 2.5% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 2.9% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.9% | 45–49 | 6.3% | ||
| 7.3% | 40–44 | 7.8% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.1% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 5.4% | 25–29 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.6% | 20–24 | 7.2% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 11.2% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.9% | 5–9 | 10.3% | ||
| 8.9% | 0–4 | 8.5% | ||
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
- 39.2%aged 10 and over31.0% in 202452.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.9%21.2% in 202410.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 50.4%aged 15 and over40.8% in 202420.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.29children per woman2.24 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.5%of people4.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 87.5%of settled households95.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 2.1% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.3% | 65–69 | 1.5% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 45–49 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 7.9% | 35–39 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.3% | 30–34 | 9.1% | ||
| 7.6% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.0% | 20–24 | 9.0% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 7.9% | ||
| 10.1% | 10–14 | 9.9% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 11.6% | 0–4 | 10.5% | ||
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 Ain Cheggag’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 4,913
- Standing empty
- 23.1%16.4% vacant6.7% a second home
- Precarious
- 10.0%6.6% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 66.1%91.2% on the water mains86.6% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 12.7%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
- 75526.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 66788.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1,0881.6 per business
- Public services
- 67
- Associations
- 21in 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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Ain Cheggag | 16,160 |
Douars
Ain Cheggag’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 6 fractions, with 12,424 people. Another 16,160 live in Ain Cheggag, 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 | ||||
| عين الشكاكAin Cheggag3 douars · 331 people | ||||||
| آيت بوفتين كركوكAit Bouftine Krkouk | In parts | 30 | 113 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| لفنيدق دندونLefnidek Dandoune | Dispersed | 38 | 135 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| الݣريعةEl Gria | Dispersed | 20 | 83 | — | — | — |
| آيت رحوAit Rahou5 douars · 3,609 people | ||||||
| آيت علي أوسعيد جنب التورAit Ali Ou Said Janbtore | Grouped | 172 | 825 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| آيت زربانAit Zarbane | Grouped | 48 | 226 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| جنان بن عقا آيت بوفتينJnan Ben Akka Ait Bouftine | In parts | 226 | 977 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| آيت بومرحوم فدانAit Boumerhoum Feddane | Grouped | 185 | 838 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 6.3 |
| آيت حساينAit Hssaine | Dispersed | 174 | 743 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| آيت علي بوبكرAit Ali Ou Boubker5 douars · 3,995 people | ||||||
| آيت علي بوبكرAit Ali Ou Boubker | In parts | 394 | 1,694 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| أعمودAmoud | In parts | 195 | 972 | 1.4 | 7.3 | 11.6 |
| ايت اعمر أويكوAit Amar Oukkou | In parts | 102 | 458 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| آيت إيلوسان بن صدوAit Iloussane Ben Sdou | In parts | 148 | 657 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| آيت يعقوبAit Yacoub | In parts | 53 | 214 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| الحوض آيت إيلوسانLhoud Ait Iloussane4 douars · 1,186 people | ||||||
| تجزأة الكولفTajzaa El Koulef | Grouped | 70 | 188 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 9.0 |
| آيت حميAit Himmi | In parts | 144 | 623 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| التعاونية العياشيةCoopérative El Ayachia | Grouped | 49 | 211 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 13.7 |
| دندون سهب أغربيDandoune Sehb Aghrbi | Dispersed | 41 | 164 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 |
| عين البيضاAin Bida3 douars · 2,783 people | ||||||
| آيت رحوAit Rahou | Grouped | 97 | 496 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| آيت علي أوحساينAit Ali Hsayn | Grouped | 319 | 1,367 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| عين البيضةAin El Beida | Grouped | 212 | 920 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| آيت عليAit Ali3 douars · 520 people | ||||||
| آيت عليAit Ali | Grouped | 90 | 385 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| الحوضLhoud | Dispersed | 9 | 40 | — | — | — |
| تاعروصتTaroust | Dispersed | 22 | 95 | — | — | — |
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
03.451.05.01- As digits
034510501- Slug
ain-cheggag- Census figures
/api/communes/03.451.05.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.451.05.01/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.451.05.01/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.451.05.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.451.05.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2808812
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ain-cheggag");