Arekmane
أركمان
Rural commune in the cercle of Louta, province of Nador, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 16,477
- Since 2014
- −10.9%from 18,490 in 2014
- Density
- 87.8people per km², 187.7 km²
- Households
- 4,424
- Foreign residents
- 4
- Rank
- 391391st most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 23 in its province
Next door in Bouarg, 68.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 34.5%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.5% to 43.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Allal Lamsadder. Unemployment: 43.1% here, 45.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 22.5% here, 22.3% there; household size: 3.7 here, 3.7 there.
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 Arekmane.
Arekmane −10.9%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 33.1%aged 10 and over34.8% in 201444.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 43.1%13.5% in 201438.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 30.0%aged 15 and over41.0% in 20144.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.82children per woman1.92 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 11.6%of people7.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.7people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 34.5%of settled households32.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 4.9% | ||
| 3.7% | 70–74 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.7% | 65–69 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.3% | 60–64 | 7.4% | ||
| 5.4% | 55–59 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 45–49 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.8% | 30–34 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.7% | 20–24 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.8% | 15–19 | 7.1% | ||
| 8.7% | 10–14 | 7.7% | ||
| 8.7% | 5–9 | 7.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 0–4 | 5.6% | ||
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
- 34.8%aged 10 and over33.1% in 202448.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.5%43.1% in 202448.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.0%aged 15 and over30.0% in 20247.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.92children per woman1.82 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.9%of people11.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 32.2%of settled households34.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7% | 75 and over | 4.5% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 1.5% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 3.6% | ||
| 6.0% | 55–59 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.9% | 50–54 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 45–49 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.3% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 9.2% | 25–29 | 6.9% | ||
| 9.5% | 20–24 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.6% | 15–19 | 9.0% | ||
| 8.4% | 10–14 | 7.6% | ||
| 7.5% | 5–9 | 7.2% | ||
| 8.3% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Arekmane’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 2,605
- Standing empty
- 50.3%5.0% vacant45.3% a second home
- Precarious
- 1.4%0.1% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 83.7%98.0% on the water mains98.8% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 3.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 61437.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 49380.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 8691.8 per business
- Public services
- 114
- Associations
- 7in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Kariat Arekmane | 4,602 |
Douars
Arekmane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,875 people. Another 4,602 live in Kariat Arekmane, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| لهدارةLahdara5 douars · 4,944 people | ||||||
| أولاد زعاجOulad Zaaje | In parts | 223 | 827 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| أولاد محند العلياOulad Mhand El Oulia | In parts | 327 | 1,195 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| اولاد محند السفلىOulad Mhand Essoufla | Dispersed | 186 | 702 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| اولاد طالبOulad Taleb | In parts | 231 | 884 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| أولاد الطالب السقويOulad Taleb Esskouy | Dispersed | 330 | 1,336 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| اشراوطAchraout6 douars · 2,046 people | ||||||
| تيجوتTijjout | Grouped | 30 | 109 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| تيمزوجينTamzoujine | Dispersed | 108 | 373 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| احدوتنIhddoutène | Dispersed | 104 | 404 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| اولاد طالب عليOulad Taleb Ali | Grouped | 123 | 476 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 12.9 |
| أولاد حمو حدوOulad Hammou Haddou | Dispersed | 89 | 326 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 13.5 |
| الزاويةZaouia | In parts | 106 | 358 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 14.8 |
| لحضارة بوعلاثينLahdara Boulatine10 douars · 4,885 people | ||||||
| أفليونAfelioun | Dispersed | 300 | 1,198 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| الشطEccht | Dispersed | 287 | 1,127 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| أكعوشةAkaoucha | Dispersed | 103 | 428 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 7.4 |
| أولاد أحمد وعليOulad Ahmed Ou Ali | In parts | 192 | 773 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 9.2 |
| أولاد حمو مسعودOulad Hammou Massaoud | Dispersed | 56 | 173 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 11.1 |
| أولاد يخلفOuled Yakhlef | Dispersed | 75 | 258 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 13.4 |
| أولاد عزيزةOulad Aaziza | Grouped | 27 | 105 | — | — | — |
| تقربوصتTakrboust | Grouped | 26 | 82 | — | — | — |
| أولاد علي و أحمدOulad Mohammed | Dispersed | 33 | 125 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| أولاد حمو لحضارةOulad Hammou Lahdara | In parts | 161 | 616 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
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
02.381.07.05- As digits
023810705- Slug
arekmane- Census figures
/api/communes/02.381.07.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.381.07.05/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.381.07.05/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.381.07.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.381.07.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2443016
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("arekmane");