Amghras

أمغراس

Rural commune in the cercle of Amizmiz, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,966
Since 2014
−3.2%from 6,160 in 2014
Density
79people per km², 75.5 km²
Households
1,492
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,1101,110th most populous of 1,503 communes31st of 40 in its province

Next door in Amizmiz, 75.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 4.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.2% to 31.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imi-Mqourn. Aged 65 and over: 13.6% here, 13.6% there; Darija: 50.8% here, 45.0% there; running water: 84.9% here, 97.5% there.

Compare it with Imi-Mqourn

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 Amghras.

Amghras −3.2%

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
45.3%aged 10 and over53.7% in 201455.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.9%6.2% in 201479.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.6%aged 15 and over45.6% in 20145.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.11children per woman2.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.2%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
84.9%of settled households75.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Amghras: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over5.4%
3.5%70–744.0%
4.3%65–695.3%
4.1%60–645.0%
4.4%55–594.6%
4.7%50–545.0%
5.7%45–495.5%
6.8%40–446.2%
6.6%35–397.0%
6.8%30–346.0%
6.2%25–295.5%
5.5%20–244.6%
8.3%15–198.8%
10.7%10–149.9%
9.2%5–99.9%
8.4%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.5%
  • Darija50.8%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French47.6%
  • English5.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot50.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.3%
  • Bus7.9%
  • Taxi4.2%
  • Informal transport2.4%
  • Private car2.2%
  • Animal1.4%
  • Employer’s transport0.5%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14023.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4632.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
741.6 per business
Public services
89
Associations
5in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce63.0%
  • Industry26.1%
  • Services10.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person91.3%
  • 2 to 34.3%
  • 4 to 92.2%
  • 10 to 492.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.1%
  • 2011–201932.6%
  • 2001–201021.7%
  • 1991–200013.0%
  • 1981–19904.3%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Amghras’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,919 people. 47 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
سبطارةSbtara13 douars · 2,010 people
أغبالوAghbalouIn parts1063720.60.75.2
إمين تلاثImi n’TalatGrouped1983———
أنزاضAnzadGrouped1352———
ثلاث نتغراست (شعبة الطريق)Talat Ntghrast (Chaaba Ettrik)In parts472095.60.66.2
تيزيTiziGrouped853403.90.14.1
ومسطOummasetGrouped28102———
أيت بوزيدAit BouzidGrouped732793.00.03.0
اغيل اسديدن (دراع رقيق)Ighil Asdiden (Dra Rkik)Grouped1554———
تݣضلتTigdeltIn parts341113.00.55.0
ايت سعيدAit SaidGrouped1869———
أيت بو عليAit Bou AliIn parts381693.31.110.3
إجوانIjouaneIn parts2184———
أيت الزيتونAit ZitounGrouped1686———
دناسةDnassa18 douars · 3,135 people
أمزيImziGrouped311314.01.05.0
أكنيAgniGrouped2889———
الزاويتEzzaouitIn parts562204.41.76.8
إزلاغنIzalagheneGrouped2696———
أيت إرغيطAit IrghitGrouped6429010.00.112.1
تيزكيTizguiIn parts672785.21.15.8
أنفكAnfagIn parts341133.62.95.6
أفلا إغيلAflla IghilGrouped2099———
أݣرسواكAguer SouakGrouped321211.02.02.0
امغراسAmghrasGrouped913160.90.74.9
تامسولتTamsoultGrouped582592.81.66.7
أيت بوبكرAit BoubkerGrouped431764.72.98.2
أيت احساينAit HssaineGrouped1660———
تزتورتTaza TourteGrouped411843.91.512.0
تفݣاغتTafgaghtIn parts963413.91.05.0
تغريوستTaghrioustGrouped1466———
سيدي حساينSidi HsaynIn parts672252.90.15.0
بوحنيفBouhnifDispersed1771———
تكاديرتTagadirt5 douars · 774 people
امسكرImskerGrouped1559———
تدميتTadmitGrouped1146———
تكاديرت نايت ياسينTagadirt N'ait YassineGrouped703061.01.99.2
أشفيلنAchfilenGrouped491963.01.413.1
لوبار أيت بلقاسLoubar Ait BalqasGrouped331671.01.010.1

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
07.041.05.01
As digits
070410501
Slug
amghras
OpenStreetMap
3534192
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("amghras");

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