Amtar

امتار

Rural commune in the cercle of Jebha, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
8,568
Since 2014
−19.0%from 10,574 in 2014
Density
83.1people per km², 103.2 km²
Households
1,814
Rank
854854th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 28 in its province

Where it is

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

TizganeStehaBni BouzraFifiBni SalahTanaqoubLaghdirIounaneBni MansourBni SelmaneTassiftTalamboteTamorotOuaouzganeM'tiouaBni SmihBni RzineBab TazaBni DarkoulBab BerredOued MalhaBni Ahmed CherqiaDerdaraBni FaghloumBni Ahmed GharbiaMansouraChefchaouen

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Amtar.

Amtar −19.0%

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
32.9%aged 10 and over47.8% in 201447.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.1%6.5% in 20144.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.3%aged 15 and over57.7% in 201416.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman3.14 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.4%of people3.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
34.1%of settled households21.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Amtar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.4%
2.1%70–742.1%
2.7%65–692.4%
3.8%60–643.7%
3.9%55–594.3%
4.4%50–544.3%
5.1%45–495.6%
5.4%40–445.2%
7.1%35–397.1%
8.6%30–347.4%
7.9%25–298.1%
7.5%20–247.5%
9.2%15–199.6%
10.9%10–1410.6%
10.7%5–910.1%
8.3%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French15.4%
  • English3.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.9%
  • Private car2.1%
  • Taxi1.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
21825.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9342.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1281.4 per business
Public services
123
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce63.4%
  • Services25.8%
  • Industry8.6%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.7%
  • 2 to 331.2%
  • 4 to 91.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.1%
  • 2011–201940.9%
  • 2001–201022.6%
  • 1991–20005.4%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
01.151.09.01
As digits
011510901
Slug
amtar
Record
/api/communes/01.151.09.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/01.151.09.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/01.151.09.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.151.09.01/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.151.09.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2533874
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("amtar");

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