Ain Karma-Oued Rommane

عين كرمة-واد الرمان

Rural commune in the cercle of Ain Orma, préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
13,986
Since 2014
+1.1%from 13,828 in 2014
Density
57.4people per km², 243.6 km²
Households
3,254
Foreign residents
1
Rank
491491st most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Bab Tiouka, 3.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 48.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 33.0% to 48.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi El Aidi. Unemployment: 15.4% here, 14.4% there; higher education: 2.7% here, 3.6% there; Darija: 99.4% here, 98.9% there.

Compare it with Sidi El Aidi

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Karma-Oued Rommane.

Ain Karma-Oued Rommane +1.1%

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
34.8%aged 10 and over42.8% in 201444.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.4%11.7% in 201429.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.4%aged 15 and over44.7% in 20148.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.46children per woman2.25 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people7.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
79.7%of settled households65.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Karma-Oued Rommane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.0%
3.2%70–742.9%
3.4%65–693.2%
4.7%60–645.3%
5.8%55–595.7%
6.6%50–545.8%
6.6%45–496.6%
6.5%40–446.7%
6.0%35–396.8%
6.0%30–346.9%
5.6%25–295.6%
5.8%20–246.2%
7.9%15–197.5%
10.6%10–149.5%
9.7%5–99.5%
8.5%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tamazight3.6%
  • Tachelhit3.3%
  • Tarifit0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French42.1%
  • English6.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.9%
  • Taxi8.4%
  • Bus7.1%
  • Employer’s transport5.1%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.3%
  • Informal transport2.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.5%
  • Train0.5%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ain Karma-Oued Rommane’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
1,463
Standing empty
14.8%1.5% vacant13.3% a second home
Precarious
7.8%6.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
86.9%94.1% on the water mains92.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
15.1%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house86.5%
  • Slum or basic house6.0%
  • Traditional house4.4%
  • Rural-type1.5%
  • Villa1.1%
  • Other0.3%
  • Apartment0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years65.6%
  • 20 to 49 years31.1%
  • 50 years or more3.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
35225.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
22162.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3071.4 per business
Public services
126
Associations
5in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.1%
  • Services28.1%
  • Industry14.0%
  • Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.1%
  • 2 to 321.7%
  • 4 to 93.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.4%
  • 2011–201936.7%
  • 2001–201017.2%
  • 1991–20003.6%
  • 1981–19901.4%
  • 1956–19804.5%
  • Before 19562.3%

Urban centres

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

Ain Karma5,551

Douars

Ain Karma-Oued Rommane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 4 fractions, with 8,412 people. Another 5,551 live in Ain Karma, its urban centre, which has no douars. 23 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
سيدي جعفر عين كرمةSidi Jafar Ain Karma2 douars · 1,348 people
ايت بوعزةAit BouazzaIn parts1596772.33.616.4
اسماعلةSmaalaIn parts1536710.00.27.1
اولاد نصير الغربيةOulad Nsir Gharbia12 douars · 2,454 people
لمرازكةLemrazgaGrouped753000.10.23.4
لغشيوة تادلةLaghchiwa - TadlaGrouped1095021.00.017.7
عين الشاميAin EchamiGrouped37———
عزيب الحاج محمدAzib Lhaj MohamedGrouped1261———
عزيب الحاج الطاهرAzib El Haj TaharGrouped26127———
مياصةMiyassaGrouped784052.70.511.3
دوار الجديدDouar JdidGrouped24114———
سيدي الطيبيSidi TaibiGrouped26115———
خلطيKholtiGrouped1478———
تعاونية الانبعاثCoopérative El AnbaatGrouped672711.66.46.4
أيت بوكيلAit BoukilIn parts26109———
تاقورارتTaqourartGrouped753650.81.77.2
اولاد نصير الشرقيةOulad Nsir Charqia6 douars · 1,792 people
لمناصرةEl ManasraIn parts1295330.40.63.9
شواكر الشرايفChwaker - ChraifGrouped903880.00.11.0
عوينة الرمل (ايت لحسن)Aouyna Rmel (Ait Lahcen)In parts1565610.83.86.0
سيدي شتوانSidi ChatwaneDispersed1964———
تعاونية التحريرCoopérative EttahrirGrouped321280.20.811.9
اهل وازانAhl OuazaneDispersed311181.74.34.3
سيدي جعفر (1) واد الرمانSidi Jafar (1) Oued Rommane8 douars · 2,818 people
تعاونية سيدي المسرجCoopérative Sidi El MeserjIn parts994640.00.913.7
ملوانMelouaneGrouped1675———
لغنانمةLaghnamaGrouped662800.31.318.2
واد الرمانOued RommaneGrouped1871———
شنتوفية البهاليلChntoufia BhalilGrouped562290.00.314.1
البهاليل آيت قدورBhalil Ait KaddourIn parts1828220.22.114.9
ايت اسحاقAit IshaqIn parts1898170.60.611.7
ايت لحسن أو عمرAit Lahcen Ou OmarDispersed1260———

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
03.061.03.02
As digits
030610302
Slug
ain-karma-oued-rommane
OpenStreetMap
2813793
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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