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

Next door in Dar Gueddari, 97.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.9%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 4.2% to 22.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Bouchibet. Aged 0 to 14: 34.1% here, 33.8% there; running water: 2.9% here, 8.3% there; higher education: 2.8% here, 2.2% there.

Compare it with Bni Bouchibet

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

14206

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Informal transport10.0%
Doesn’t travel to work7.7%
Bike or motorcycle6.0%
Another way4.8%
Private car4.2%
Taxi3.8%
Bus1.3%
Animal0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Works at home6.7%
Taxi6.4%
Bus5.1%
Another way3.0%
Not stated2.7%
Bike or motorcycle2.6%
Private car2.5%
Employer’s transport2.0%
Train0.3%
Tram0.0%

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%
Not stated2.6%
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

More business figures

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%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households cooking with charcoal is 8.9%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across 5 of the 6 communes it borders, the median is 0.2%. Rmilat is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

Among rural communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 5%.

How these are picked

Douars

Ameur Chamalia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 5 fractions, with 21,998 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
زهانة الجنوبيةZhana Janoubia8 douars · 2,896 people
شرقاوةCharqawa	Grouped	69	501	0.9	1.4	12.3
الحنشةEl Hancha	Grouped	59	330	0.9	3.0	3.7
الرزايمRzaim	Grouped	111	696	1.0	1.2	6.4
العيايدةLaayayda	In parts	84	469	1.0	2.1	4.8
النخاخصةNkhakhsa	Grouped	28	150	—	—	—
لمصاغرةMuasra	In parts	25	126	—	—	—
العشاشبةEl Achachba	Grouped	7	35	—	—	—
زهانةZhana	In parts	120	589	1.0	2.0	8.8
العبابدةEl Ababda8 douars · 8,276 people
أولاد رحوOulad Rahou	Grouped	167	776	1.0	1.0	5.3
أولاد بلعيد الشرقيةOulad Belaid Charqia	Grouped	397	2,461	1.0	1.0	3.3
أولاد سيدي العايديOulad Sidi El Aidi	Grouped	115	731	1.6	1.7	3.8
الحفاريLahfari	Grouped	218	1,446	1.0	1.3	5.6
لݣرامزةLagramza	Grouped	88	529	1.0	1.1	3.4
أولاد بلعيد الغربيةOulad Belaid Gharbia	Grouped	173	1,041	1.2	1.5	3.8
البهالةBahala	Grouped	96	613	1.0	1.0	2.0
القلالشةEl Klalcha	Grouped	92	679	1.4	1.7	2.4
زهانة الشماليةZhana Chamalia7 douars · 4,959 people
أولاد امباركOuled Mbarek	Grouped	24	125	—	—	—
أولاد زايد (1)Oulad Zaid	Grouped	94	402	1.0	1.3	2.3
أولاد عمارOuled Hamar	Grouped	124	731	1.0	2.7	3.1
أولاد اوجيهOulad Oujih	Grouped	150	820	1.0	2.0	2.2
أولاد عرفةOulad Arfa	Grouped	183	992	1.0	1.4	9.7
أولاد الطاهر بن عليOuled Tahar Ben Ali	Grouped	306	1,505	1.0	1.5	5.3
أولاد زايد (2)Oulad Zaid (2)	Grouped	90	384	0.9	2.2	1.5
ابني فضلBni Fdal2 douars · 3,278 people
الثكنة العسكريةCaserne	Grouped	138	568	1.0	1.0	4.6
ابني فضلBni Fdal	In parts	510	2,710	1.0	1.8	5.7
أولاد انصرOulad Nacer7 douars · 2,589 people
دكالةDoukala	Grouped	122	836	1.7	1.8	8.8
أولاد بورحلةOulad Bourahla	Grouped	82	646	1.1	1.7	10.1
ارماضةRmada	In parts	41	255	2.1	2.1	13.8
أولاد العياشيOulad Laayachi	Grouped	77	490	1.0	1.2	16.4
أولاد الطالبOulad Taleb	Grouped	31	216	1.0	2.5	14.3
المغايتةMghayta	Grouped	10	43	—	—	—
البراهمةAl Brahma	Grouped	11	103	—	—	—

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: 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
Figures that stand out: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/insights.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/04.491.03.17/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 4830108

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