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

Next door in Bni Mansour, 0.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 34.1%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.1% to 32.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mkansa. Unemployment: 10.1% here, 13.1% there; aged 65 and over: 7.6% here, 7.4% there; household size: 4.7 here, 4.8 there.

Compare it with Mkansa

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

91173

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
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	3.4%
2.1%	70–74	2.1%
2.7%	65–69	2.4%
3.8%	60–64	3.7%
3.9%	55–59	4.3%
4.4%	50–54	4.3%
5.1%	45–49	5.6%
5.4%	40–44	5.2%
7.1%	35–39	7.1%
8.6%	30–34	7.4%
7.9%	25–29	8.1%
7.5%	20–24	7.5%
9.2%	15–19	9.6%
10.9%	10–14	10.6%
10.7%	5–9	10.1%
8.3%	0–4	8.7%

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%

More census figures

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%
Informal transport10.9%
Animal7.0%
Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
Private car2.1%
Taxi1.5%
Employer’s transport1.4%
Bus1.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Another way0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 47.8%aged 10 and over32.9% in 202461.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.5%10.1% in 202413.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 57.7%aged 15 and over44.3% in 202435.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 84.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.14children per woman2.14 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.4%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.0people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 21.1%of settled households34.1% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.0%
1.3%	70–74	1.2%
1.0%	65–69	1.7%
2.3%	60–64	2.1%
2.9%	55–59	2.8%
3.8%	50–54	3.5%
3.9%	45–49	4.3%
4.0%	40–44	4.5%
5.5%	35–39	5.8%
6.4%	30–34	6.0%
8.8%	25–29	9.6%
12.1%	20–24	10.6%
10.9%	15–19	12.5%
12.2%	10–14	11.6%
10.9%	5–9	10.7%
11.6%	0–4	11.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only71.0%
Arabic and French26.3%
Arabic, French and English2.3%
Other combinations0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot93.9%
Taxi1.9%
Not stated1.3%
Bus1.2%
Private car0.9%
Another way0.3%
Works at home0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood87.3%
No fixed place3.7%
Another commune3.5%
Another in the commune3.1%
Not stated1.2%
Another province0.9%
At home0.3%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour46.5%
Farming and fishing37.8%
Crafts and skilled trades5.4%
Labouring and small trades3.9%
Clerical work2.7%
Trade and broking1.1%
Machine operating1.1%
Not classified0.8%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma86.6%
Primary10.4%
Lower secondary2.1%
Upper secondary0.5%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

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

More business figures

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%

Douars

Amtar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 5 fractions, with 8,568 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بني حاجBni Haj8 douars · 1,793 people
إمذرانYmedran	Grouped	9	44	—	—	—
أمزاجيAmzaji	Dispersed	47	204	1.5	1.9	6.8
تغسةTaghassa	In parts	81	318	0.7	0.5	9.0
خنوبةKhanouba	Grouped	21	100	—	—	—
أركيلArguil	In parts	40	176	6.0	0.8	10.0
أزغار موسىAzaghar Moussa	Grouped	21	87	—	—	—
بني بوحرايتBni Bouhrayt	In parts	122	725	2.2	0.4	18.0
أفرسيوAfersiou	Grouped	28	139	—	—	—
بني حمدونBni Mouadna7 douars · 985 people
إشراطنIchrratan	Grouped	27	163	—	—	—
أمراحلAmrahel	Grouped	22	98	—	—	—
أنسفولAnesful	Grouped	13	70	—	—	—
الناليينEn Naliyine	Grouped	26	146	—	—	—
إكورادIkourrad	Grouped	5	20	—	—	—
تزلتTazlet	Grouped	31	119	3.0	0.3	13.0
إفريونIfériouène	Grouped	68	369	0.4	0.5	9.8
بني كرامةBni Gourrama2 douars · 963 people
تيغسوانTighessouane	In parts	116	643	0.4	0.5	15.7
تمايلتTamaïlte	In parts	62	320	5.1	2.0	16.0
بني سجودBni Sijoud9 douars · 2,101 people
إحناشنIhannachene	Grouped	16	78	—	—	—
أحضارHdar	Grouped	8	32	—	—	—
أزغار حيونAzaghar Hayyoune	Grouped	28	131	—	—	—
تينوالنTinoualen	Grouped	31	146	0.9	1.0	20.6
عبد الحميدAbdelhamid	In parts	56	309	3.9	0.6	20.6
تازةTaza	In parts	78	331	0.7	1.6	20.1
تلامحمدTalamhmed	In parts	15	54	—	—	—
بولدBoulid	In parts	55	331	4.9	1.9	21.3
اخليلةAkhlila	In parts	137	689	5.9	1.1	16.4
أمتار المركزAmtar Centre2 douars · 2,726 people
أمتار المركزAmtar Centre	Grouped	582	2,437	0.1	0.0	0.2
دار وانواDar Ouanou	Dispersed	69	289	0.4	1.7	1.7

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: 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
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.151.09.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.151.09.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2533874

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