Akhfennir

أخفنير

Rural commune in the cercle of Tarfaya, province of Tarfaya, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024: 2,841
Since 2014: +24.6%from 2,280 in 2014
Density: 1people per km², 2,736.5 km²
Households: 822
Foreign residents: 18
Rank: 1,3911,391st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 5 in its province

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 Akhfennir.

Akhfennir +24.6%

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: 23.9%aged 10 and over31.1% in 201431.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.7%7.1% in 201413.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.9%aged 15 and over54.4% in 201411.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.84children per woman3.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.1%of people3.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.5people on average3.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 91.5%of settled households78.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Akhfennir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.3%	75 and over	1.5%
2.0%	70–74	1.5%
2.7%	65–69	3.0%
4.2%	60–64	2.5%
4.8%	55–59	3.1%
5.9%	50–54	4.1%
5.6%	45–49	5.9%
7.7%	40–44	6.7%
7.8%	35–39	8.2%
7.4%	30–34	8.5%
8.8%	25–29	8.1%
7.1%	20–24	8.8%
7.0%	15–19	7.2%
7.9%	10–14	9.4%
10.8%	5–9	10.8%
9.1%	0–4	10.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija86.5%
Hassania42.7%
Tachelhit21.2%
Tamazight0.7%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.8%
French52.5%
English18.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.1%
Private car11.9%
Bike or motorcycle11.1%
Employer’s transport9.6%
Taxi0.1%
Bus0.1%

Can’t read or write: 31.1%aged 10 and over23.9% in 202443.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.1%7.7% in 202416.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 54.4%aged 15 and over47.9% in 202411.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.75children per woman2.84 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.1%of people2.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average3.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 78.3%of settled households91.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Akhfennir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.3%	75 and over	2.6%
0.7%	70–74	0.7%
1.0%	65–69	0.7%
2.9%	60–64	2.2%
3.7%	55–59	4.1%
5.1%	50–54	3.5%
6.6%	45–49	4.1%
6.2%	40–44	5.6%
8.9%	35–39	7.9%
9.6%	30–34	9.2%
12.0%	25–29	11.2%
9.0%	20–24	9.8%
8.2%	15–19	8.9%
6.5%	10–14	9.0%
7.7%	5–9	8.9%
9.6%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija71.3%
Hassania53.6%
Tachelhit15.5%
Tamazight0.6%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only46.5%
Arabic and French39.6%
Arabic, French and English12.2%
Other combinations1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot75.1%
Taxi8.1%
Bike or motorcycle5.3%
Private car3.9%
Bus2.3%
Employer’s transport1.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood46.8%
Another in the commune29.3%
No fixed place18.2%
At home1.4%
Another province1.2%
Another commune0.7%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing21.7%
Clerical work21.2%
Crafts and skilled trades17.8%
Farm and fishing labour13.1%
Labouring and small trades12.0%
Trade and broking6.1%
Managers and senior professionals4.1%
Technicians2.4%
Machine operating0.9%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma61.9%
Primary22.9%
Lower secondary9.2%
Upper secondary3.5%
DEUG or Licence2.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.4%
Not declared0.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 14551.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12183.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2832.3 per business
Public services: 21
Associations: 3in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce51.2%
Services43.8%
Industry3.3%
Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person47.9%
2 to 338.8%
4 to 99.9%
10 to 493.3%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later21.5%
2011–201945.5%
2001–201021.5%
1991–20008.3%
1981–19902.5%
1956–19800.8%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 11.537.05.01
As digits: 115370501
Slug: akhfennir
Record: /api/communes/11.537.05.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/11.537.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/11.537.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/11.537.05.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/11.537.05.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2891051

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("akhfennir");

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