Ain Zohra

عين الزهرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Driouch Sud, province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024: 8,705
Since 2014: −17.9%from 10,601 in 2014
Density: 27.9people per km², 312.5 km²
Households: 2,163
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 836836th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 23 in its province

Next door in Mazguitam, 51.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 11.7%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 83.8% to 69.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jemaat Moul Blad. In the labour force: 24.5% here, 23.0% there; unemployment: 37.3% here, 38.6% there; running water: 11.7% here, 15.6% there.

Compare it with Jemaat Moul Blad

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ain Zohra −17.9%

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: 47.4%aged 10 and over53.0% in 201457.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 37.3%35.7% in 20149.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 24.5%aged 15 and over37.3% in 20142.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.61children per woman1.74 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.5%of people10.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 11.7%of settled households10.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Zohra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
5.1%	75 and over	4.4%
3.4%	70–74	3.5%
3.1%	65–69	3.9%
4.1%	60–64	5.5%
3.8%	55–59	4.6%
4.4%	50–54	5.1%
4.9%	45–49	6.0%
6.1%	40–44	6.7%
7.2%	35–39	6.1%
5.9%	30–34	7.1%
6.0%	25–29	6.6%
6.9%	20–24	7.2%
9.4%	15–19	7.9%
11.1%	10–14	9.0%
10.6%	5–9	8.9%
8.0%	0–4	7.5%

Local languages used

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

Tarifit91.5%
Darija77.1%
Tachelhit0.7%
Tamazight0.7%
Hassania0.2%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French50.5%
English11.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot58.0%
Doesn’t travel to work13.3%
Private car11.7%
Bike or motorcycle10.0%
Employer’s transport2.9%
Another way1.5%
Informal transport1.2%
Bus0.9%
Taxi0.3%
Animal0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 53.0%aged 10 and over47.4% in 202465.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 35.7%37.3% in 202464.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.3%aged 15 and over24.5% in 20246.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 83.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.74children per woman1.61 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 10.2%of people6.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 10.7%of settled households11.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Zohra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.2%	75 and over	3.2%
1.7%	70–74	2.0%
2.0%	65–69	1.8%
3.4%	60–64	3.3%
3.0%	55–59	3.5%
3.9%	50–54	5.4%
3.7%	45–49	4.2%
4.6%	40–44	5.9%
4.9%	35–39	6.9%
7.7%	30–34	7.8%
9.1%	25–29	8.7%
9.8%	20–24	9.7%
11.4%	15–19	10.4%
11.4%	10–14	9.8%
9.6%	5–9	8.6%
9.7%	0–4	8.9%

Local languages used

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

Tarifit95.1%
Darija71.9%
Tachelhit0.8%
Tamazight0.6%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only63.6%
Arabic and French26.8%
Arabic, French and English5.0%
Other combinations4.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot68.2%
Private car10.9%
Not stated5.0%
Bike or motorcycle3.8%
Another way3.6%
Works at home2.9%
Bus2.7%
Taxi2.5%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood64.4%
Another in the commune17.7%
Not stated5.2%
No fixed place4.5%
Another commune3.1%
At home2.9%
Another province1.5%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades25.1%
Crafts and skilled trades20.4%
Farming and fishing13.9%
Farm and fishing labour12.7%
Trade and broking11.7%
Clerical work8.7%
Managers and senior professionals2.7%
Machine operating2.3%
Not classified1.7%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma84.5%
Primary9.6%
Lower secondary3.8%
Upper secondary1.4%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 27231.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 18166.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2541.4 per business
Public services: 89
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.7%
Services28.7%
Industry8.3%
Construction8.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person71.8%
2 to 324.3%
4 to 93.9%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later37.6%
2011–201940.3%
2001–201013.3%
1991–20006.1%
1981–19902.8%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ain Zohra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 4 fractions, with 8,704 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
اولاد داوود، إبن عيساتاOulad Daoud Ben Aissata2 douars · 575 people
ابنعيساتاIbn Aïsset	In parts	91	340	0.6	1.7	4.9
ايت علاAit Alla	Grouped	64	235	0.5	1.2	5.1
لفطاطشةLefetatcha4 douars · 2,326 people
اولاد عيسىOulad Aïssa	Dispersed	101	421	1.0	2.2	13.8
اولاد علي بنحدوOulad Ali Ben Haddou	Dispersed	49	160	0.5	1.3	18.0
اولاد محند اوعليOulad Mohand Ou Ali	In parts	97	397	0.8	3.0	7.7
اولاد امحندOulad M'Hand	In parts	322	1,348	0.4	2.8	5.5
أولاد داوود، أولاد حقون، الزاويةOulad Daoud Oulad Hakoun Zaouia2 douars · 1,167 people
أولاد حقونOulad Hakoun	Grouped	148	556	0.2	1.0	4.7
الزاوية (زاوية سيدي عبد القادر)Ez Zaouia Sidi Abd El Kader	Grouped	151	611	0.6	0.8	5.5
أولاد داوود الشرقيةOulad Daoud Charqia8 douars · 4,636 people
أولاد ميمونOulad Mimoune	In parts	233	1,074	0.4	2.5	3.0
أولاد عبد اللهOulad Abdellah	Grouped	123	460	1.2	2.5	3.2
أولاد الناصرOulad Ennasar	Grouped	60	212	0.6	3.0	6.7
أولاد عليOulad Aali	Grouped	87	353	1.8	2.1	2.1
أولاد سيدي عثمانOulad Sidi Outeman	Grouped	188	754	0.1	2.7	2.7
المركزCentre	Grouped	294	1,041	0.4	0.6	0.6
أولاد طالبOulad Taleb	Dispersed	53	295	0.6	2.0	6.9
إغوماتاIghoumata	In parts	102	447	1.2	2.3	8.6

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 02.167.17.01
As digits: 021671701
Slug: ain-zohra
Record: /api/communes/02.167.17.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/02.167.17.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/02.167.17.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/02.167.17.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/02.167.17.01/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/02.167.17.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2432167

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