Al Hamra
الحمراء
Rural commune in the cercle of Tétouan, province of Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 11,877
- Since 2014
- +6.8%from 11,118 in 2014
- Density
- 86.5people per km², 137.3 km²
- Households
- 2,399
- Rank
- 608608th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 22 in its province
Next door in Zinat, 7.8% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 44.6%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 48.1% to 63.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moulay Bousselham. Unemployment: 6.9% here, 8.8% there; running water: 16.6% here, 15.4% there; Darija: 99.5% here, 98.3% there.
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 Al Hamra.
Al Hamra +6.8%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 34.0%aged 10 and over44.3% in 201443.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.9%13.0% in 20147.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 63.0%aged 15 and over48.1% in 201442.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.96children per woman2.88 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.6%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 16.6%of settled households10.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 1.6% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.1% | 55–59 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.4% | 45–49 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.2% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.8% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 8.1% | 25–29 | 8.1% | ||
| 8.9% | 20–24 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.7% | 15–19 | 9.9% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 10.5% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 11.3% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 8.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 44.3%aged 10 and over34.0% in 202456.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.0%6.9% in 202451.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 48.1%aged 15 and over63.0% in 20249.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 90.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.88children per woman1.96 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.9%of people4.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.5people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 10.7%of settled households16.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 2.3% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 1.5% | ||
| 2.3% | 60–64 | 2.0% | ||
| 2.7% | 55–59 | 2.3% | ||
| 4.1% | 50–54 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.4% | 45–49 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.2% | 40–44 | 5.2% | ||
| 6.2% | 35–39 | 5.9% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 8.4% | 25–29 | 8.6% | ||
| 10.5% | 20–24 | 10.5% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 11.5% | ||
| 11.0% | 10–14 | 11.1% | ||
| 10.1% | 5–9 | 11.0% | ||
| 11.2% | 0–4 | 11.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 37431.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 21056.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3121.5 per business
- Public services
- 148
- Associations
- 16in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of workers who are unpaid family workers is 34.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 37.9%. Zaouiat Sidi Kacem is furthest from it, at 8.5%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Al Hamra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,877 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| بني عليBni Ali5 douars · 4,633 people | ||||||
| أزمورAzemmour | Grouped | 34 | 174 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| بواتوBouattou | In parts | 96 | 484 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 8.8 |
| أشكرادAchekrade | In parts | 385 | 1,789 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 8.8 |
| بني موسىBni Moussa | In parts | 241 | 1,089 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| بني عمرانBni Amrane | In parts | 206 | 1,097 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 16.8 |
| الحمراءAl Hamra6 douars · 7,192 people | ||||||
| قرية الحمراءKaria El Hamra | In parts | 767 | 3,784 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| إسوماتنIssoumatene | In parts | 178 | 871 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| بوعاونBouaaoune | In parts | 113 | 582 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| بطارةBetara | In parts | 86 | 538 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| الواديينEl Ouédiyine | In parts | 99 | 484 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| إفقيرنAfkirène | In parts | 183 | 933 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune4 douars · 52 people | ||||||
| طونتTonet | Dispersed | 4 | 11 | — | — | — |
| الحيوطLahyote | In parts | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
| أغلمانAghlmane | Grouped | 3 | 18 | — | — | — |
| إعيادنIayaden | Grouped | 3 | 17 | — | — | — |
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
01.571.05.01- As digits
015710501- Slug
al-hamra- Census figures
/api/communes/01.571.05.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.571.05.01/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/01.571.05.01/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.571.05.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.571.05.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2533871
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("al-hamra");