Akarma

عكرمة

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Bou Othmane, province of Rehamna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
4,795
Since 2014
−7.3%from 5,171 in 2014
Density
27.5people per km², 174.1 km²
Households
899
Rank
1,2211,221st most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 25 in its province

Next door in Sidi Boubker, 19.5% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 61.4%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 97.1% to 74.2%. 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.

Bordering communes

Postcode

43222

How it changed

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

Akarma −7.3%

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
50.2%aged 10 and over57.4% in 201459.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
7.7%4.5% in 201470.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.6%aged 15 and over50.2% in 20141.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.06children per woman2.89 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.3people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.1%of settled households74.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Akarma: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.9%
2.5%70–742.1%
3.0%65–693.2%
3.9%60–643.1%
3.4%55–594.1%
4.1%50–544.8%
5.3%45–495.6%
5.7%40–445.6%
5.5%35–397.3%
7.0%30–345.8%
8.9%25–296.1%
7.8%20–244.9%
8.6%15–198.8%
11.2%10–1412.1%
11.4%5–912.9%
8.6%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French61.4%
  • English8.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle34.0%
  • Taxi26.3%
  • On foot18.8%
  • Informal transport10.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.0%
  • Private car2.2%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Employer’s transport0.4%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6012.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1626.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
161.0 per business
Public services
44
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce100.0%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later6.3%
  • 2011–201962.5%
  • 2001–20106.3%
  • 1991–200018.8%
  • 1981–19906.3%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Akarma’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 1 fraction, with 4,795 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اعكرمةAkrma11 douars · 4,795 people
الدبيبزاتDbibzateIn parts1416301.11.33.7
طحنانةTahnanaGrouped612461.11.79.0
اولاد الزبير الحدادشةOulad Ezzbir HadadchaGrouped1374———
اولاد ازبير اولاد ناصرOulad Zbir Oulad NacerIn parts523031.01.23.3
اولاد امحمد الاحرارOulad Mhamed LahrarIn parts1649771.11.710.4
الدار الحمراءDar El HamraIn parts893884.50.914.5
الكواهيEl KouahiIn parts2541,5701.01.19.1
العريصةLaarisaIn parts592475.30.215.5
لݣلياتLaglyatGrouped1465———
بونخيلةBou NkhilaGrouped382271.92.27.6
الحفنات أولاد ازبيرEl Hafnat Oulad ZbirGrouped1468———

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
07.427.09.01
As digits
074270901
Slug
akarma
OpenStreetMap
2881848
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("akarma");

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