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

Where it is

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

Ait Sebaa LajroufImmouzzer-KandarKandar Sidi KhiarLaanoussarAzzabaAhl Sidi LahcenRas TaboudaBir Tam-TamAghbalou AqorarBhalilSefrouSidi Youssef Ben AhmedTazoutaAin TimguenaiEl MenzelMtarnaghaOulad MkoudouRibate El KheirIrhzraneDar El HamraAdrejTafajight

How it changed

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

Ain Cheggag +39.7%

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
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.

Ain Cheggag: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.5%
2.3%70–742.0%
2.9%65–692.7%
3.8%60–644.3%
4.3%55–594.2%
5.3%50–544.8%
6.9%45–496.3%
7.3%40–447.8%
6.9%35–397.4%
6.1%30–347.0%
5.4%25–295.9%
6.6%20–247.2%
8.9%15–198.7%
11.2%10–1410.2%
10.9%5–910.3%
8.9%0–48.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.1%
  • Tamazight42.2%
  • Tachelhit2.9%
  • Tarifit1.5%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French53.0%
  • English15.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.7%
  • Employer’s transport8.8%
  • Private car7.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.6%
  • Taxi4.5%
  • Bus4.3%

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

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house79.6%
  • Slum or basic house6.6%
  • Apartment6.1%
  • Traditional house3.0%
  • Rural-type2.8%
  • Villa1.3%
  • Other0.7%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years82.4%
  • 20 to 49 years14.4%
  • 50 years or more3.2%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.4%
  • Services30.9%
  • Industry13.6%
  • Construction2.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person62.8%
  • 2 to 332.5%
  • 4 to 94.0%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later49.2%
  • 2011–201937.8%
  • 2001–20109.4%
  • 1991–20003.1%
  • 1981–19900.4%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ain Cheggag16,160

In the data

Code
03.451.05.01
As digits
034510501
Slug
ain-cheggag
Record
/api/communes/03.451.05.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.451.05.01/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2808812
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-cheggag");

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