Anjra

أنجرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Anjra, province of Fahs-Anjra, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 17,251
Since 2014: +7.3%from 16,081 in 2014
Density: 175people per km², 98.4 km²
Households: 3,992
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 371371st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 7 in its province

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.6% to 23.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ayir. Running water: 27.1% here, 22.2% there; aged 65 and over: 7.6% here, 7.8% there; read French: 36.2% here, 37.5% there.

Compare it with Ayir

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Anjra +7.3%

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: 28.7%aged 10 and over39.8% in 201439.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.7%11.8% in 201416.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.7%aged 15 and over49.8% in 201413.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.80children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 27.1%of settled households16.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Anjra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	3.0%
2.2%	70–74	1.5%
2.8%	65–69	2.6%
3.6%	60–64	3.5%
3.9%	55–59	4.0%
4.5%	50–54	4.5%
5.1%	45–49	5.6%
6.2%	40–44	6.4%
7.4%	35–39	7.6%
7.5%	30–34	7.4%
8.5%	25–29	7.3%
7.9%	20–24	8.3%
8.8%	15–19	8.8%
9.6%	10–14	10.0%
10.0%	5–9	10.3%
9.1%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.8%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French36.2%
English9.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Doesn’t travel to work30.1%
Informal transport28.2%
On foot14.1%
Private car8.1%
Employer’s transport5.7%
Bus5.4%
Taxi4.0%
Bike or motorcycle3.9%
Another way0.3%
Animal0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.8%aged 10 and over28.7% in 202455.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.8%20.7% in 202415.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.8%aged 15 and over45.7% in 202420.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 88.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.42children per woman2.80 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.9%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 16.8%of settled households27.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Anjra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	2.6%
1.7%	70–74	1.7%
1.7%	65–69	1.9%
2.6%	60–64	2.2%
3.4%	55–59	2.7%
3.8%	50–54	3.9%
4.3%	45–49	4.8%
5.0%	40–44	5.3%
5.9%	35–39	6.2%
7.4%	30–34	7.1%
9.6%	25–29	9.5%
10.8%	20–24	10.4%
10.3%	15–19	10.4%
10.2%	10–14	10.8%
10.2%	5–9	10.1%
9.9%	0–4	10.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only73.6%
Arabic and French23.7%
Arabic, French and English2.2%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.3%
Works at home15.2%
Another way14.3%
Taxi8.6%
Bus6.5%
Private car5.2%
Not stated2.4%
Employer’s transport1.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.5%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood44.1%
No fixed place21.4%
At home15.2%
Another province7.4%
Another in the commune5.4%
Another commune3.2%
Not stated2.4%
Somewhere else1.0%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades27.2%
Farming and fishing22.7%
Labouring and small trades16.2%
Farm and fishing labour10.8%
Clerical work9.6%
Trade and broking8.7%
Machine operating2.9%
Technicians0.7%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Not classified0.6%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma82.8%
Primary12.3%
Lower secondary3.5%
Upper secondary0.9%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Anjra’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 1,129
Standing empty: 21.0%16.5% vacant4.5% a second home
Precarious: 1.8%0.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 85.1%87.3% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.6%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house97.0%
Slum or basic house0.7%
Traditional house0.6%
Rural-type0.5%
Other0.5%
Villa0.4%
Apartment0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years54.4%
20 to 49 years42.5%
50 years or more3.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 48628.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 26754.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 5312.0 per business
Public services: 202
Associations: 17in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.3%
Industry22.1%
Services21.3%
Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person72.7%
2 to 322.5%
4 to 92.6%
10 to 491.9%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later36.3%
2011–201934.1%
2001–20107.1%
1991–20004.1%
1981–19905.2%
1956–198013.1%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Anjra

3,763

Douars

Anjra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 37 douars in 5 fractions, with 13,488 people. Another 3,763 live in Anjra, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
خميس أنجرةKhemis Anjra9 douars · 3,206 people
لشقرشLechkrech	Dispersed	225	1,025	0.7	0.7	6.5
جبل الحجامJbel el Hejjam	Grouped	108	463	0.0	0.2	7.0
بني معدانBni Maadane	Grouped	77	318	1.3	1.5	4.3
ٱسعيدشSaadiyach	Grouped	45	186	1.0	1.1	3.4
سيوانةSiouana	Grouped	44	190	0.3	0.3	6.0
الرميلاتRmilat	Grouped	34	136	0.9	1.0	2.2
عين حراتAïn Harrath	Grouped	84	339	3.0	1.9	3.0
ٱغليعشGhlich	Grouped	17	72	—	—	—
الجردةJarda	Dispersed	108	477	1.7	1.9	13.0
دار قشانةDar Qachchana11 douars · 3,409 people
دار العقالDar Oqqal	Dispersed	38	181	1.5	1.5	8.2
دار قشانةDar Qachchana	Dispersed	185	793	2.0	2.2	7.1
الرملةRamla	Dispersed	58	270	1.9	0.1	6.9
الملالحMlaleh	Dispersed	142	707	1.8	1.4	11.9
الفحامينEl Fahhamine	Grouped	105	503	5.4	0.7	17.6
عين الفخوخAïn el Fokhokh	Grouped	39	171	1.1	1.1	14.0
بوبرداعBoubardae	Dispersed	37	170	1.6	2.0	9.1
دار الغريبDar El Ghrib	Grouped	47	240	0.8	1.5	7.4
أبرارقBrareq	Dispersed	48	216	1.1	1.3	9.0
أشعيريشChaayriyach	Grouped	23	105	—	—	—
لحساسنةLahsasna	Grouped	14	53	—	—	—
خميس أنجرة المركزKhemis Anjra Centre3 douars · 2,644 people
بني حلوBeni Helou	Dispersed	394	1,776	1.1	1.1	2.2
القلعةEl Kalaa	Grouped	125	537	3.0	2.0	2.8
أزميزمشZmazmach	Grouped	87	331	0.1	0.0	4.1
بني عتابBni Atab3 douars · 1,601 people
بني اعتابBni Atab	Dispersed	108	471	1.9	0.9	10.2
بولعيشيشBoulaaychich	Dispersed	131	545	2.0	1.5	5.2
الزاويةZaouia	Dispersed	137	585	1.1	0.8	5.7
القصيبةEl Ksiba11 douars · 2,628 people
القصيبةEl Ksiba	Dispersed	23	83	—	—	—
ٱعزيبيشAzibayyache	Dispersed	18	64	—	—	—
ابغيلشBghayllach	Grouped	9	32	—	—	—
اجوانبJouaneb	Grouped	60	251	1.1	1.0	10.1
الكديوةLekdioua	Grouped	60	237	0.0	0.0	15.0
منݣرلةMengrala	Dispersed	69	283	1.0	1.4	7.8
دار اطويلشDar Touilech	Dispersed	54	229	0.0	0.0	7.1
بوزاكيBouzaki	Dispersed	62	256	0.0	0.4	8.4
تافزةTafza	Grouped	83	347	0.0	0.1	4.4
الخندقEl Khandak	Grouped	43	188	0.0	0.0	5.7
احلاتتAhlatt	In parts	152	658	0.0	0.0	7.2

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: 01.227.03.05
As digits: 012270305
Slug: anjra
Record: /api/communes/01.227.03.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.227.03.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.227.03.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.227.03.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/01.227.03.05/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.227.03.05/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.227.03.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2752881

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