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Ain Lehjer

عين الحجر

Rural commune in the cercle of El Aioun, province of Taourirt, Oriental.

Population, 2024
7,692
Since 2014
−7.0%from 8,272 in 2014
Density
16.8people per km², 458.6 km²
Households
1,751
Rank
938938th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 14 in its province

Next door in El Aioun Sidi Mellouk, 96.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 6.3% to 41.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Sbit. Running water: 41.6% here, 36.9% there; in the labour force: 33.4% here, 34.3% there; read French: 53.6% here, 54.0% there.

Compare it with Ain Sbit

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

65256

How it changed

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

Ain Lehjer −7.0%

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
48.2%aged 10 and over49.4% in 201458.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.8%9.0% in 201480.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.4%aged 15 and over49.2% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
83.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.13children per woman2.55 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
41.6%of settled households6.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Lehjer: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over4.1%
3.2%70–743.0%
4.0%65–693.3%
4.7%60–645.2%
4.3%55–594.8%
4.3%50–545.2%
6.8%45–496.7%
7.2%40–446.9%
6.6%35–396.9%
5.6%30–346.6%
6.2%25–296.5%
6.6%20–245.2%
8.1%15–197.3%
10.8%10–1410.6%
10.4%5–99.8%
8.0%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.8%
  • Tarifit50.6%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French53.6%
  • English10.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot37.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work33.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.3%
  • Informal transport5.8%
  • Private car4.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.0%
  • Taxi1.2%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10313.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3433.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2015.9 per business
Public services
66
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.1%
  • Industry44.1%
  • Services5.9%
  • Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person38.2%
  • 2 to 329.4%
  • 4 to 914.7%
  • 10 to 4917.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later20.6%
  • 2011–201926.5%
  • 2001–201023.5%
  • 1991–200017.6%
  • 1981–19908.8%
  • 1956–19802.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ain Lehjer’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,643 people. 49 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
أولاد سيدي الشيخ ولمهايةOulad Sidi Cheikh Oulmhaia14 douars · 2,183 people
أولاد سيدي التاجOulad Sidi EttajIn parts913911.02.03.8
أولاد سيدي محمدOulad Sidi MohamedDispersed2173———
أولاد سيد الحاج أحمدOulad Sidi El Hadj AhmedIn parts25105———
أولاد سيدي عبد الحاكمOulad Sidi Abd El HakemIn parts371621.01.78.2
الزوايدZouaïdDispersed814000.82.016.2
أولاد عمرانOulad AmraneDispersed735———
لمدافعيةLemdafaiyaDispersed25115———
أولاد أبرازOulad BrazDispersed1697———
الحرميينHarmiyineDispersed1045———
أولاد عبيدOulad AbidGrouped1984———
لمعاتيكLemaatigGrouped421———
لغواطLeghouatIn parts743031.61.89.2
أولاد كطيبOulad GtibIn parts421711.11.16.8
أولاد بوشاربOulad BoucharebDispersed411811.01.56.3
حديينHadiine8 douars · 3,344 people
أولاد عبوOulad AbbouIn parts381483.56.023.2
أولاد رابحOulad RabihIn parts924283.73.021.1
أولاد عمرو بن موسىOulad Amer Ben MoussaIn parts984561.41.914.3
أولاد علي بن حدوOulad Ali Ben HaddouIn parts632972.52.420.8
أولاد موسى بن قدورOulad Moussa Ben KaddourIn parts1225211.52.314.5
أمحمديينMhamdiyineIn parts562670.21.112.6
أولاد محمد بن قدورOulad Mohamed Ben KaddourIn parts1908711.42.115.3
هريينHriineIn parts823561.42.013.3
السجع وبني وكيلEssja Oubni Oukil14 douars · 2,116 people
أولاد بن يوسفOulad Ben YoussefDispersed391631.01.53.0
أولاد بوعزةOulad BouazzaIn parts1785———
أولاد برحوOulad BarrahouDispersed13———
مغيزيراتMghizratIn parts622501.21.814.3
أولاد أيوبOulad AyyoubDispersed1134540.11.93.1
أولاد عيادOulad AyyadDispersed1463———
أولاد نابتOulad NabetDispersed2497———
أولاد قدورOulad KaddourIn parts29118———
أولاد يحيىOulad YahyaDispersed532301.52.05.1
أولاد مسعودOulad MassaoudDispersed2595———
أولاد بوناجيOulad BounajiGrouped773150.42.318.3
لبسايسLebsayesDispersed732———
أولاد بن سليمانOulad Ben SlimaneDispersed361391.03.113.6
أولاد خليفة المعذرOulad Khlifa El MadrDispersed2072———

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
02.533.07.03
As digits
025330703
Slug
ain-lehjer
OpenStreetMap
2528356
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-lehjer");

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