Ain Lahsan

عين لحصن

Rural commune in the cercle of Jebala, province of Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
7,450
Since 2014
+10.5%from 6,742 in 2014
Density
90.9people per km², 82 km²
Households
1,888
Rank
966966th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 22 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.1% to 22.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lambarkiyne. Higher education: 2.8% here, 3.4% there; Darija: 99.4% here, 99.4% there; unemployment: 17.4% here, 21.1% there.

Compare it with Lambarkiyne

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

93054

How it changed

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

Ain Lahsan +10.5%

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
32.6%aged 10 and over43.9% in 201441.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.4%10.4% in 20145.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.2%aged 15 and over42.2% in 201413.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.72children per woman2.88 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.7%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
22.6%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Lahsan: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over3.7%
2.5%70–742.4%
3.0%65–692.5%
3.6%60–643.9%
4.2%55–594.5%
5.3%50–545.1%
5.6%45–496.1%
5.8%40–446.6%
6.6%35–396.2%
7.8%30–348.0%
6.8%25–296.0%
8.2%20–247.7%
8.4%15–197.9%
9.6%10–1410.3%
9.8%5–99.9%
9.1%0–49.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French23.7%
  • English4.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work33.1%
  • Informal transport10.1%
  • Taxi9.5%
  • Bus3.9%
  • Private car2.3%
  • Employer’s transport2.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.8%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18725.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7741.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2222.9 per business
Public services
102
Associations
8in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.8%
  • Services29.9%
  • Industry11.7%
  • Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.1%
  • 2 to 326.0%
  • 4 to 913.0%
  • 10 to 493.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.3%
  • 2011–201932.5%
  • 2001–201022.1%
  • 1991–200010.4%
  • 1981–19903.9%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19561.3%

Douars

Ain Lahsan’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,450 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بومطاشBoumtach8 douars · 3,539 people
اعزيب عين لعلاقAzib Ain el AlakIn parts3891,5820.51.410.2
فشكارةFechkaraDispersed1907581.04.413.4
الحريفEl HarifDispersed1959———
عين لعلاقAïn el AlakDispersed733021.21.34.7
اغدير الحاجGhdir El HajIn parts511961.02.33.1
تجالةTajalaIn parts803041.02.62.9
الفندقEl FendekDispersed27107———
مݣاݣرةMgagraIn parts572311.01.53.7
عين لحصنAin Lahsan7 douars · 3,911 people
بوريانBouriyaneIn parts4251,6830.62.16.9
دار الغابةDar El GhabaDispersed903371.61.27.0
لحظيةLahdiyaDispersed1024001.02.86.1
ازكاريةZkariyaDispersed1074210.81.15.0
علالشAalalechIn parts1064250.91.410.6
توايتشTouitechDispersed853152.12.92.9
لسنادLasnadDispersed873302.01.15.9

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
01.571.03.01
As digits
015710301
Slug
ain-lahsan
OpenStreetMap
2563431
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-lahsan");

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