Amgala
امكالة
Rural commune in the cercle of Es-Semara, province of Es-Semara, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.
- Population, 2024
- 4,102
- Since 2014
- +39.3%from 2,945 in 2014
- Density
- 0.4people per km², 10,086.6 km²
- Households
- 83
- Foreign residents
- 4
- Rank
- 1,2981,298th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 6 in its province
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
72005
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Amgala.
Amgala +39.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 9.5%aged 10 and over61.4% in 201412.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 0.0%4.2% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.4%aged 15 and over62.3% in 20147.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 85.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.27children per woman8.21 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.1%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.4people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 21.6%of settled households26.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8% | 75 and over | 5.0% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 5.0% | ||
| 3.3% | 65–69 | 5.0% | ||
| 5.5% | 60–64 | 6.9% | ||
| 5.0% | 55–59 | 1.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 50–54 | 4.0% | ||
| 8.3% | 45–49 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.3% | 40–44 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.2% | 35–39 | 4.0% | ||
| 8.8% | 30–34 | 6.9% | ||
| 4.4% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 7.7% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.9% | 15–19 | 9.9% | ||
| 6.1% | 10–14 | 6.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 5–9 | 8.9% | ||
| 4.4% | 0–4 | 3.0% | ||
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
- 61.4%aged 10 and over9.5% in 202469.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.2%0.0% in 20240.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 62.3%aged 15 and over47.4% in 202413.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 8.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 8.21children per woman1.27 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.7%of people2.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average3.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 26.7%of settled households21.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6% | 75 and over | 4.3% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 4.9% | 65–69 | 0.0% | ||
| 1.6% | 60–64 | 4.3% | ||
| 0.0% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 3.3% | 50–54 | 0.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 45–49 | 0.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 40–44 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.2% | 35–39 | 6.5% | ||
| 16.4% | 30–34 | 6.5% | ||
| 9.8% | 25–29 | 8.7% | ||
| 8.2% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 4.9% | 15–19 | 15.2% | ||
| 4.9% | 10–14 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.2% | 5–9 | 15.2% | ||
| 9.8% | 0–4 | 13.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
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
- 71.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 114.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 11.0 per business
- Public services
- 6
- Associations
- 0in 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
Amgala’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 1 douar in 1 fraction, with 256 people. 3,846 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 | ||||
| أمكالةAmgala1 douar · 256 people | ||||||
| أمكالة المركزAmgala Centre | Grouped | 74 | 256 | 1.1 | 70.0 | 70.0 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
11.221.03.01- As digits
112210301- Slug
amgala- Census figures
/api/communes/11.221.03.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/11.221.03.01/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/11.221.03.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/11.221.03.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 3666591
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("amgala");