Ben Khlil

بن خليل

Rural commune in the cercle of Tan-Tan, province of Tan-Tan, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
951
Since 2014
+26.5%from 752 in 2014
Density
2.2people per km², 441.3 km²
Households
102
Foreign residents
49
Rank
1,4811,481st most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 7 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

82012

How it changed

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

Ben Khlil +26.5%

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
37.8%aged 10 and over39.7% in 201439.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.3%10.0% in 201414.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.8%aged 15 and over63.3% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
100.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.00children per woman2.61 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
0.5%of people1.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
29.4%of settled households27.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben Khlil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over5.1%
2.5%70–742.3%
1.0%65–694.0%
7.6%60–642.8%
4.5%55–592.8%
5.6%50–542.8%
6.1%45–497.9%
8.6%40–449.0%
7.1%35–399.6%
7.6%30–348.5%
6.6%25–296.8%
6.6%20–246.2%
11.1%15–196.8%
9.1%10–147.9%
5.6%5–97.3%
6.6%0–410.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Hassania87.2%
  • Darija78.7%
  • Tachelhit6.4%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Tarifit0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Hassania 56.9% in 2014, 87.2% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French54.3%
  • English2.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot62.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.2%
  • Private car11.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.1%
  • Bus2.0%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Employer’s transport0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1616.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
531.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
377.4 per business
Public services
11
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry60.0%
  • Services40.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Commerce0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person20.0%
  • 2 to 340.0%
  • 4 to 920.0%
  • 10 to 4920.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later60.0%
  • 2011–201920.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–198020.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ben Khlil’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 3 fractions, with 375 people. 576 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لكرارةLakrara3 douars · 331 people
لكرارةLakraraGrouped461330.42.83.0
احرامAhramGrouped420———
مركز بن خليلCentre Ben KhlilGrouped351780.71.61.6
لحميديةLahmidia1 douar · 8 people
لحميديةLahmidiaDispersed58———
فم واد درعةFoum Oued Drâa2 douars · 36 people
فم واد درعةFoum Oued DrâaDispersed820———
واد بوديابOued BoudyabDispersed416———

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
10.521.05.03
As digits
105210503
Slug
ben-khlil
OpenStreetMap
2890947
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ben-khlil");

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