Ait Belkacem

آيت بلقاسم

Rural commune in the cercle of Tiflet, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
4,396
Since 2014
−1.6%from 4,466 in 2014
Density
31.8people per km², 138.3 km²
Households
1,124
Rank
1,2621,262nd most populous of 1,503 communes32nd of 35 in its province

Next door in Shoul, 33.0% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 75.0%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 79.6% to 59.8%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

Its province, 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 Ait Belkacem.

Ait Belkacem −1.6%

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
43.2%aged 10 and over50.8% in 201457.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.4%10.6% in 201415.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.5%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20143.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.26children per woman2.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.3%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
10.9%of settled households6.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Belkacem: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over6.4%
2.3%70–743.9%
3.1%65–693.2%
5.4%60–645.9%
5.9%55–595.8%
7.0%50–545.1%
7.8%45–496.2%
6.6%40–447.3%
7.4%35–396.4%
6.2%30–345.1%
4.4%25–295.7%
5.3%20–245.8%
7.9%15–197.5%
9.7%10–149.9%
8.7%5–98.0%
7.4%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tamazight62.9%
  • Tachelhit7.0%
  • Tarifit0.8%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French75.0%
  • English10.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work57.8%
  • On foot24.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.6%
  • Informal transport3.5%
  • Private car2.4%
  • Employer’s transport1.6%
  • Taxi1.4%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5011.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2754.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2137.9 per business
Public services
22
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry51.9%
  • Commerce18.5%
  • Construction14.8%
  • Services14.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person48.1%
  • 2 to 314.8%
  • 4 to 93.7%
  • 10 to 4929.6%
  • 50 and over3.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.2%
  • 2011–201937.0%
  • 2001–201022.2%
  • 1991–200018.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Belkacem’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,394 people. 2 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
ايت يعقوبAit Yacoub7 douars · 2,239 people
الفرازةEl FrazaDispersed662581.13.37.1
ايت محمد اوعبد اللهAït Mhammed AbdallahDispersed752922.44.35.9
ايت اعليAit AliDispersed561980.61.94.9
ايت موسى الغربيةAit Moussa GharbiaDispersed902820.01.21.6
ايت ايدير الوديناتAit Idir LoudinatDispersed742752.42.66.0
ايت حمو زكريAït Hammou ZekriDispersed612100.03.93.9
ايت موسى الشرفيةAit Moussa EcchrfiaDispersed1707241.42.75.2
ايت بلعربيAït Belarb4 douars · 2,155 people
ايت بلعربيAït BelarbDispersed2328941.72.66.5
ايت بنحسيAit Ben HassiDispersed883480.93.75.2
ايت عثمانAit AthmaneDispersed1496491.62.53.3
ايت ايدير سيدي محمودAit Idir Sidi MahmoudDispersed632643.13.15.4

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.291.09.03
As digits
042910903
Slug
ait-belkacem
OpenStreetMap
2808235
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-belkacem");

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