Al Bahraoyine

البحراويين

Rural commune in the cercle of Fahs, province of Fahs-Anjra, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 15,491
Since 2014: +83.0%from 8,465 in 2014
Density: 310people per km², 49.9 km²
Households: 3,912
Foreign residents: 16
Rank: 429429th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 7 in its province

Next door in Malloussa, 2.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 76.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 31.1% to 85.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: My Abdellah. Aged 65 and over: 5.6% here, 5.1% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.6% here, 31.6% there; in the labour force: 43.1% here, 43.4% there.

Compare it with My Abdellah

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 Al Bahraoyine.

Al Bahraoyine +83.0%

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: 19.9%aged 10 and over34.4% in 201425.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.6%17.1% in 201418.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.1%aged 15 and over46.7% in 201411.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.32children per woman2.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.0%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 85.8%of settled households31.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Al Bahraoyine: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.8%	75 and over	1.8%
1.6%	70–74	1.5%
2.2%	65–69	2.1%
3.6%	60–64	3.3%
3.4%	55–59	2.9%
4.7%	50–54	3.9%
6.0%	45–49	5.9%
7.4%	40–44	7.0%
7.8%	35–39	8.4%
7.7%	30–34	7.7%
6.6%	25–29	7.9%
6.9%	20–24	7.3%
8.8%	15–19	8.4%
10.5%	10–14	10.8%
11.3%	5–9	10.8%
9.8%	0–4	10.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tarifit2.7%
Tachelhit1.6%
Tamazight0.5%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French35.7%
English8.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot33.5%
Employer’s transport23.4%
Bus12.8%
Private car10.2%
Taxi7.4%
Bike or motorcycle5.5%
Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
Another way1.4%
Informal transport1.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 34.4%aged 10 and over19.9% in 202443.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.1%14.6% in 202434.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.7%aged 15 and over43.1% in 202415.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.06children per woman2.32 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.2%of people3.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 31.1%of settled households85.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Al Bahraoyine: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.4%
1.7%	70–74	1.2%
1.8%	65–69	1.4%
3.0%	60–64	2.8%
3.4%	55–59	3.5%
5.1%	50–54	4.3%
4.7%	45–49	4.0%
6.1%	40–44	6.0%
7.1%	35–39	7.8%
8.0%	30–34	8.7%
8.1%	25–29	9.6%
9.2%	20–24	9.1%
8.6%	15–19	8.1%
8.7%	10–14	9.1%
11.0%	5–9	10.1%
11.3%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tarifit2.7%
Tachelhit0.9%
Tamazight0.5%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only60.3%
Arabic and French30.8%
Arabic, French and English4.9%
Other combinations4.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot32.8%
Bus27.4%
Taxi14.1%
Private car8.8%
Another way4.1%
Employer’s transport3.5%
Not stated3.5%
Bike or motorcycle2.9%
Works at home2.7%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood33.4%
Another province26.8%
No fixed place20.8%
Another commune10.6%
Not stated3.1%
At home2.7%
Another in the commune1.9%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades34.4%
Labouring and small trades19.7%
Machine operating17.5%
Clerical work11.8%
Trade and broking4.9%
Farming and fishing4.3%
Farm and fishing labour2.3%
Managers and senior professionals2.0%
Not classified1.7%
Technicians1.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma67.6%
Primary22.3%
Lower secondary6.8%
Upper secondary2.3%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 28118.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 21375.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,3126.2 per business
Public services: 48
Associations: 20in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce51.6%
Industry23.9%
Services21.1%
Construction3.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person78.4%
2 to 312.7%
4 to 93.8%
10 to 494.2%
50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later70.4%
2011–201923.5%
2001–20102.3%
1991–20001.4%
1981–19901.9%
1956–19800.5%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Al Bahraoyine’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 4 fractions, with 15,457 people. 34 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
النوينويشNouinouich2 douars · 5,038 people
المنارEl Manar	Dispersed	748	2,796	0.3	1.1	4.3
النوينويشNouinouich	Grouped	595	2,242	0.3	0.4	1.1
بني واسينBni Ouassine1 douar · 6,300 people
بني واسينBni Ouassine	In parts	1,527	6,300	0.2	1.0	8.1
بني مجملBeni Mejmel3 douars · 1,290 people
فدان السعيديFeddane Saidi	Grouped	167	672	0.2	0.9	5.0
بني مجملBeni Mejmel	Grouped	108	447	0.4	1.0	5.3
بني مسعودBni Massaoud	Grouped	39	171	0.0	0.9	5.0
عين زيتونةAïn Zéitoune2 douars · 2,829 people
فدان شابوFeddane Chabou	In parts	658	2,555	0.2	0.8	2.3
عين زيتونةAïn Zéitoune	Grouped	70	274	0.0	1.0	4.8

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

In the data

Files and code

Code: 01.227.05.01
As digits: 012270501
Slug: al-bahraoyine
Record: /api/communes/01.227.05.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.227.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.227.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.227.05.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.227.05.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.227.05.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.227.05.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2763071

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