Ait Kamra

آيت قمرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Ouriaghel Gharbia, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
8,269
Since 2014
+7.6%from 7,685 in 2014
Density
95.7people per km², 86.4 km²
Households
1,957
Foreign residents
2
Rank
877877th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 36 in its province

Next door in Rouadi, 23.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 91.1%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.7% to 35.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ben Taieb. Household size: 3.8 here, 3.9 there; higher education: 7.1% here, 7.0% there; can’t read or write: 32.9% here, 33.3% there.

Compare it with Ben Taieb

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 Kamra.

Ait Kamra +7.6%

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
32.9%aged 10 and over44.6% in 201444.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
37.6%13.4% in 201451.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.9%aged 15 and over39.1% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.81children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.1%of settled households63.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Kamra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over4.1%
2.6%70–742.3%
3.8%65–694.4%
4.7%60–646.3%
4.7%55–595.9%
5.6%50–545.8%
6.2%45–496.2%
7.5%40–445.7%
7.2%35–397.3%
7.8%30–346.5%
5.8%25–296.8%
5.0%20–246.4%
6.3%15–196.4%
10.1%10–148.4%
11.2%5–910.0%
8.7%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit82.5%
  • Darija34.6%
  • Tachelhit1.7%
  • Tamazight1.3%
  • Hassania0.3%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic96.7%
  • French47.3%
  • English13.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh9.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work21.4%
  • Taxi12.9%
  • Informal transport10.3%
  • Private car9.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.1%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Another way1.4%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
958
Standing empty
36.1%13.2% vacant23.0% a second home
Precarious
0.4%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
78.5%84.8% on the water mains85.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.0%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house62.6%
  • Apartment35.0%
  • Traditional house1.6%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Other0.3%
  • Rural-type0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years93.7%
  • 20 to 49 years5.9%
  • 50 years or more0.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20424.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
13968.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4673.4 per business
Public services
64
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.6%
  • Services32.4%
  • Industry10.8%
  • Construction7.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.6%
  • 2 to 323.0%
  • 4 to 95.0%
  • 10 to 492.9%
  • 50 and over1.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.9%
  • 2011–201945.3%
  • 2001–201011.5%
  • 1991–20005.8%
  • 1981–19904.3%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.7%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households getting rid of waste some other way is 51.5%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across 6 of the 7 communes it borders, the median is 5.6%. Rouadi is furthest from it, at 0.6%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Urban centres

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

Ait Kamra3,140

Douars

Ait Kamra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 6 fractions, with 5,129 people. Another 3,140 live in Ait Kamra, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
آيت قمرةAit Kamra2 douars · 1,103 people
آيت قمرةAit KamraIn parts1556362.02.42.4
ايت مسعودAït MassaoudGrouped1194672.81.33.7
آيت زكريAit Zekri4 douars · 1,497 people
آيت زكريAit ZekriGrouped772994.80.79.7
تيزي عياشTizi AyacheGrouped2086———
تزاغينTazaghineGrouped1735731.12.02.3
آيت داوودAit DaoudDispersed1435391.42.96.2
بوهمBouhème1 douar · 761 people
بوهمBouhèmeIn parts2067611.61.95.9
إزفزافنIzafzafen1 douar · 1,013 people
إزفزافنIzafzafenIn parts2381,0131.01.86.0
إدالوحنIdalouhen1 douar · 271 people
إدالوحنIdalouhenIn parts732711.01.59.0
إغدارنIghadarène2 douars · 484 people
إغدارنIghadarèneIn parts522040.93.03.0
ثانوتTanoutIn parts762802.02.73.1

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
01.051.11.01
As digits
010511101
Slug
ait-kamra
OpenStreetMap
2440718
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-kamra");

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