Ameur Chamalia

عامر الشمالية

Rural commune in the cercle of Kceibya, province of Sidi Slimane, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 21,998
Since 2014: +13.6%from 19,369 in 2014
Density: 122people per km², 180.8 km²
Households: 3,842
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 273273rd most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 11 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 Ameur Chamalia.

Ameur Chamalia +13.6%

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: 40.6%aged 10 and over53.4% in 201449.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.7%4.2% in 201433.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.1%aged 15 and over53.4% in 20145.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 86.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.46children per woman2.22 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average6.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 2.9%of settled households12.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ameur Chamalia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.7%	75 and over	2.0%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
1.8%	65–69	2.1%
3.3%	60–64	3.3%
3.0%	55–59	3.2%
4.0%	50–54	4.3%
5.9%	45–49	4.5%
6.9%	40–44	6.3%
6.9%	35–39	7.1%
7.5%	30–34	7.2%
6.6%	25–29	6.0%
8.1%	20–24	8.1%
9.2%	15–19	9.5%
11.7%	10–14	11.6%
11.9%	5–9	12.2%
10.1%	0–4	10.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.1%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French31.5%
English4.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot49.7%
Employer’s transport11.9%
Bike or motorcycle6.0%
Private car4.2%
Taxi3.8%
Bus1.3%

Can’t read or write: 53.4%aged 10 and over40.6% in 202465.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 4.2%22.7% in 20249.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.4%aged 15 and over35.1% in 202417.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.22children per woman2.46 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.9people on average5.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 12.6%of settled households2.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ameur Chamalia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.5%	75 and over	1.6%
1.1%	70–74	1.5%
1.5%	65–69	1.4%
2.0%	60–64	2.6%
2.4%	55–59	3.0%
4.3%	50–54	3.8%
4.3%	45–49	4.0%
4.8%	40–44	5.7%
6.9%	35–39	5.9%
8.0%	30–34	7.7%
8.7%	25–29	9.4%
9.9%	20–24	9.4%
9.9%	15–19	8.3%
10.6%	10–14	11.1%
11.1%	5–9	11.1%
13.0%	0–4	13.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tamazight0.5%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only57.0%
Arabic and French35.3%
Arabic, French and English7.2%
Other combinations0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot68.7%
Taxi6.4%
Bus5.1%
Bike or motorcycle2.6%
Private car2.5%
Employer’s transport2.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood68.2%
Another province8.3%
No fixed place8.0%
At home6.7%
Another commune4.8%
Another in the commune0.8%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour43.8%
Farming and fishing24.3%
Crafts and skilled trades12.7%
Labouring and small trades7.3%
Clerical work5.5%
Trade and broking2.9%
Machine operating1.7%
Not classified0.8%
Managers and senior professionals0.7%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma80.0%
Primary14.4%
Lower secondary3.6%
Upper secondary1.4%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 24711.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 15864.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2501.6 per business
Public services: 78
Associations: 11in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce60.8%
Services27.8%
Industry5.7%
Construction5.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person63.3%
2 to 331.0%
4 to 95.7%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.9%
2011–201944.9%
2001–201014.6%
1991–20005.1%
1981–19901.3%
1956–19801.3%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 04.491.03.17
As digits: 044910317
Slug: ameur-chamalia
Record: /api/communes/04.491.03.17.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 4830108

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ameur-chamalia");

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