Argana
أركانة
Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Moussa Lhamri, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.
- Population, 2024
- 4,123
- Since 2014
- −14.2%from 4,804 in 2014
- Density
- 14people per km², 295.4 km²
- Households
- 1,023
- Rank
- 1,2961,296th most populous of 1,503 communes65th of 89 in its province
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 Argana.
Argana −14.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 49.9%aged 10 and over54.6% in 201461.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 27.2%21.5% in 201434.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 29.6%aged 15 and over37.6% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 93.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.97children per woman2.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.4%of people8.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 91.7%of settled households53.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 3.9% | 75 and over | 5.2% |
| 3.9% | 70–74 | 3.2% |
| 4.6% | 65–69 | 4.6% |
| 5.3% | 60–64 | 5.2% |
| 5.1% | 55–59 | 6.3% |
| 6.3% | 50–54 | 5.7% |
| 5.8% | 45–49 | 7.3% |
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 6.3% |
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 6.5% |
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 5.2% |
| 5.7% | 25–29 | 5.8% |
| 5.5% | 20–24 | 6.2% |
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 8.0% |
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 8.1% |
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 8.2% |
| 7.5% | 0–4 | 8.3% |
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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
- 54.6%aged 10 and over49.9% in 202468.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 21.5%27.2% in 202446.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 37.6%aged 15 and over29.6% in 20245.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 93.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.82children per woman1.97 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.2%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 53.7%of settled households91.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 2.9% | 75 and over | 3.8% |
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.2% |
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 2.6% |
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 3.1% |
| 4.8% | 55–59 | 4.2% |
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 5.1% |
| 5.2% | 45–49 | 5.4% |
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 5.9% |
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 7.5% |
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 7.1% |
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 7.1% |
| 8.6% | 20–24 | 8.6% |
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 10.2% |
| 10.1% | 10–14 | 9.7% |
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 9.1% |
| 10.4% | 0–4 | 8.4% |
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 12430.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2923.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 712.4 per business
- Public services
- 94
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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.
In the data
- Code
09.541.11.03- As digits
095411103- Slug
argana- Census figures
/api/communes/09.541.11.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.541.11.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.541.11.03/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2835856
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("argana");