Amejjaou
امجاو
Rural commune in the cercle of Driouch Nord, province of Driouch, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 4,177
- Since 2014
- −16.3%from 4,988 in 2014
- Density
- 31.6people per km², 132.3 km²
- Households
- 1,087
- Foreign residents
- 106
- Rank
- 1,2851,285th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 23 in its province
Next door in Iaazzanene, 68.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.5%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 25.3% to 52.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Compare it with other communes
One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.
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 Amejjaou.
Amejjaou −16.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 48.0%aged 10 and over53.8% in 201457.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 52.7%25.3% in 201453.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 25.0%aged 15 and over37.7% in 20143.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.94children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 18.6%of people9.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.8people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 1.5%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4% | 75 and over | 5.4% | ||
| 3.2% | 70–74 | 3.5% | ||
| 5.7% | 65–69 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.0% | 60–64 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.4% | 55–59 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.9% | 50–54 | 6.6% | ||
| 5.5% | 45–49 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.2% | 40–44 | 7.5% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.5% | 30–34 | 6.0% | ||
| 4.9% | 25–29 | 4.8% | ||
| 4.6% | 20–24 | 5.2% | ||
| 7.8% | 15–19 | 5.5% | ||
| 9.3% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 8.1% | ||
| 7.0% | 0–4 | 6.0% | ||
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
- 53.8%aged 10 and over48.0% in 202468.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 25.3%52.7% in 202471.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 37.7%aged 15 and over25.0% in 20244.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.97children per woman1.94 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 9.2%of people18.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.0%of settled households1.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7% | 75 and over | 5.3% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 3.4% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 5.2% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.6% | 50–54 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.6% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.0% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 9.1% | 25–29 | 8.8% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.3% | 15–19 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.9% | 10–14 | 6.4% | ||
| 8.5% | 5–9 | 6.5% | ||
| 9.3% | 0–4 | 8.7% | ||
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
- 12028.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2823.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 521.9 per business
- Public services
- 91
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
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.
Douars
Amejjaou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 34 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,083 people. 94 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| امجاو الشرقيةAmejjaou Charqia18 douars · 2,643 people | ||||||
| بوشفاري (بوندوحة)Bouchfari (Boundouha) | Grouped | 69 | 223 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| أفزا (تازروت)Afza | Dispersed | 52 | 205 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| تاليوينTaliouine | Grouped | 5 | 27 | — | — | — |
| عين كرموسAin Karmousse | Grouped | 10 | 31 | — | — | — |
| فدان إسريFeddane Isri | Grouped | 29 | 118 | — | — | — |
| شملالةChmlala | Grouped | 181 | 688 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| اولاد زهرةOulad Zahra | Dispersed | 17 | 71 | — | — | — |
| اولاد عبد اللهOulad Abdellah | Dispersed | 34 | 149 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 6.5 |
| إشباباIchbaba | Grouped | 17 | 72 | — | — | — |
| إشعطافIchataf | Grouped | 27 | 100 | — | — | — |
| إمسعوداImsaouda | Grouped | 6 | 26 | — | — | — |
| لغديرةLaghdira | Grouped | 19 | 57 | — | — | — |
| إصلحيواIslhioua | Grouped | 46 | 175 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| توجيرانToujouirane | Grouped | 13 | 48 | — | — | — |
| أجنادةAjnada | In parts | 93 | 333 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| تيكرمينTikrmine | Grouped | 72 | 276 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 12.8 |
| تيزي اتغاطTizi Atghat | Grouped | 9 | 43 | — | — | — |
| الدرعDrâa | Grouped | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| امجاو تشوكتAmejjaou Tachoukt11 douars · 1,035 people | ||||||
| علوانة (اخرباشن)Alouana (Akhrbachen) | Grouped | 30 | 101 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| لعزيبLaazib | Grouped | 20 | 103 | — | — | — |
| تماسينتThmassint | Grouped | 14 | 44 | — | — | — |
| إزعوماIzaouma | Grouped | 24 | 82 | — | — | — |
| أولاد حدو افارسOulad Haddou Fares | Grouped | 40 | 160 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| إيناواIynaoua | Dispersed | 41 | 145 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| أولاد ادريسOulad Dris | Grouped | 8 | 35 | — | — | — |
| تاريستTarist | Grouped | 21 | 90 | — | — | — |
| سعدانSadan | Grouped | 44 | 154 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| أولاد احساينOulad el Hosséin | In parts | 27 | 103 | — | — | — |
| تخابشتTkhabchet | Grouped | 7 | 18 | — | — | — |
| أمجاو الغربيةAmejjaou Gharbia5 douars · 405 people | ||||||
| إبنعيساتاIbnaissata | Grouped | 39 | 161 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 7.0 |
| إبعيراIbaira | Grouped | 12 | 42 | — | — | — |
| إحميداتاIhmidata | Grouped | 31 | 103 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| تفرحونتTaferhount | Grouped | 12 | 42 | — | — | — |
| إموساتاImoussata | Grouped | 17 | 57 | — | — | — |
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
02.167.15.05- As digits
021671505- Slug
amejjaou- Census figures
/api/communes/02.167.15.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.167.15.05/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.167.15.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.167.15.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2428514
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("amejjaou");