Barkine
بركين
Rural commune in the cercle of Guercif, province of Guercif, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 6,839
- Since 2014
- −27.8%from 9,469 in 2014
- Density
- 7.7people per km², 889.4 km²
- Households
- 1,419
- Rank
- 1,0261,026th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 10 in its province
Next door in Talzemt, 17.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 54.3%.
Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 46.8% to 89.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Ganzra. Read French: 60.8% here, 59.2% there; household size: 4.8 here, 4.6 there; unemployment: 28.8% here, 27.6% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
35102
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Barkine.
Barkine −27.8%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 49.6%aged 10 and over60.3% in 201459.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 28.8%9.7% in 201435.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 35.4%aged 15 and over43.3% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.30children per woman1.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.0%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 54.3%of settled households12.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4% | 75 and over | 4.2% | ||
| 2.2% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.1% | 65–69 | 2.9% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.5% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 6.1% | ||
| 7.0% | 25–29 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.3% | 20–24 | 7.8% | ||
| 10.8% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 9.8% | 10–14 | 10.7% | ||
| 10.9% | 5–9 | 10.0% | ||
| 8.8% | 0–4 | 8.3% | ||
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
- 60.3%aged 10 and over49.6% in 202473.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.7%28.8% in 202418.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 43.3%aged 15 and over35.4% in 20249.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 88.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.52children per woman2.30 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.6%of people4.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.2people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 12.8%of settled households54.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 2.9% | ||
| 2.6% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.8% | 50–54 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.6% | 45–49 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.4% | 40–44 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.2% | 35–39 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.6% | 25–29 | 8.1% | ||
| 10.0% | 20–24 | 9.5% | ||
| 10.7% | 15–19 | 11.0% | ||
| 12.9% | 10–14 | 12.1% | ||
| 11.3% | 5–9 | 10.4% | ||
| 11.2% | 0–4 | 11.0% | ||
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 12017.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2823.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 281.0 per business
- Public services
- 90
- Associations
- 2in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 2counted 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.
Douars
Barkine’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 6 fractions, with 6,785 people. 54 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| بني مقبلBni Mokbel2 douars · 1,569 people | ||||||
| تينصمتTinesmet | In parts | 291 | 1,276 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| بني بويلولBeni Bouyalloul | In parts | 66 | 293 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
| اولاد سيدي بلقاسم المركزOulad Sidi Belkacem Centre8 douars · 980 people | ||||||
| ايعومارنIoumarene | Grouped | 8 | 37 | — | — | — |
| ايت احمد اوبراهيمAit Ahmed Ou Brahim | Dispersed | 25 | 150 | — | — | — |
| تيغزة الجبلTighza Jbel | Grouped | 33 | 116 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 17.6 |
| تيمزراي ادرارTimazray Adrar | Grouped | 15 | 68 | — | — | — |
| اغرم إفوناسنArhem Ifounassen | Dispersed | 21 | 103 | — | — | — |
| بركين المركزBarkine Centre | Grouped | 106 | 376 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| بركين السفلىBarkine Essoufla | Dispersed | 20 | 107 | — | — | — |
| آيت عبوAit Abbou | Grouped | 5 | 23 | — | — | — |
| بني بحرBni Bhr3 douars · 1,737 people | ||||||
| بني عبد اللهBni Abde-Ellah | In parts | 179 | 946 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| بني اسمينتBeni Smint | Grouped | 166 | 722 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| بني بورايسBeni Bou Reïs | Grouped | 21 | 69 | — | — | — |
| بني عزيزBni Aziz6 douars · 786 people | ||||||
| بني فنتكان أدرارBni Fentakane Adrar | Grouped | 9 | 35 | — | — | — |
| آيت عياش إيكر املالAit Aayach Igramlal | Grouped | 23 | 134 | — | — | — |
| ايت ولاغ ايكر املالAit Oualagh Igramalal | Grouped | 56 | 353 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| لغراسLaghrasse | Grouped | 11 | 44 | — | — | — |
| تارݣة او ماديTarga Ou Madi | Dispersed | 35 | 173 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 5.0 |
| ايݣليAygli | Dispersed | 10 | 47 | — | — | — |
| اولاد سيدي بلقاسم الزاويةOulad Sidi Belkacem Zaouia5 douars · 896 people | ||||||
| الزاوية الكبيرةZaouia Kebira | Grouped | 59 | 271 | 13.4 | 17.8 | 18.7 |
| تيجانتTijante | Grouped | 19 | 81 | — | — | — |
| تابغTabegh | Grouped | 37 | 181 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 15.6 |
| اصريفAsrif | Dispersed | 12 | 71 | — | — | — |
| ازيزةAziza | In parts | 59 | 292 | 18.8 | 6.4 | 25.7 |
| اهل الربعAhl Rbaa2 douars · 817 people | ||||||
| بوحسان لقصرBouhsane Laksar | Grouped | 74 | 446 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| بوحسان الݣراجBouhsane El Graj | Dispersed | 59 | 371 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 9.1 |
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
02.265.05.03- As digits
022650503- Slug
barkine- Census figures
/api/communes/02.265.05.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.265.05.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.265.05.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.265.05.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2816189
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("barkine");