Bni Ahmed Gharbia

بني احمد الغربية

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Ahmed, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 10,623
Since 2014: −18.2%from 12,978 in 2014
Density: 166people per km², 64.2 km²
Households: 2,655
Rank: 695695th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 28 in its province

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Khatazakane. Running water: 1.3% here, 2.1% there; unemployment: 9.8% here, 9.4% there; read French: 29.3% here, 30.8% there.

Compare it with Khatazakane

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

91123

How it changed

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

Bni Ahmed Gharbia −18.2%

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: 41.5%aged 10 and over49.0% in 201452.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.8%8.4% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.3%aged 15 and over48.2% in 20148.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.83children per woman1.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.5%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 1.3%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Ahmed Gharbia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	3.2%
2.1%	70–74	2.2%
2.5%	65–69	2.9%
3.6%	60–64	4.2%
3.7%	55–59	4.4%
5.5%	50–54	6.1%
6.6%	45–49	5.8%
7.2%	40–44	6.7%
8.3%	35–39	7.2%
7.4%	30–34	6.9%
7.8%	25–29	6.4%
7.8%	20–24	7.8%
9.4%	15–19	8.7%
9.3%	10–14	10.8%
8.3%	5–9	8.6%
7.6%	0–4	8.1%

Local languages used

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

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

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French29.3%
English6.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot63.3%
Animal21.4%
Informal transport5.1%
Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
Private car1.9%
Bus1.5%
Taxi1.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.5%
Another way0.5%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 49.0%aged 10 and over41.5% in 202462.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.4%9.8% in 202423.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.2%aged 15 and over39.3% in 202415.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.95children per woman2.83 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people7.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.0%of settled households1.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Ahmed Gharbia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.0%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
1.3%	65–69	1.2%
2.3%	60–64	2.3%
2.7%	55–59	2.8%
3.2%	50–54	3.9%
3.8%	45–49	4.2%
5.5%	40–44	5.4%
6.2%	35–39	6.0%
7.5%	30–34	7.1%
9.3%	25–29	8.5%
10.9%	20–24	9.9%
11.9%	15–19	12.4%
12.0%	10–14	12.5%
10.0%	5–9	9.6%
9.5%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only56.3%
Arabic and French36.5%
Arabic, French and English6.7%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot89.3%
Another way4.3%
Not stated3.3%
Private car1.4%
Bus0.9%
Taxi0.6%
Bike or motorcycle0.1%
Works at home0.1%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood88.2%
Another in the commune4.7%
Not stated3.3%
Another commune1.9%
No fixed place1.0%
Another province0.7%
Somewhere else0.2%
At home0.1%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing50.2%
Farm and fishing labour38.8%
Clerical work2.7%
Trade and broking2.2%
Crafts and skilled trades1.9%
Labouring and small trades1.6%
Not classified1.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Machine operating0.4%
Technicians0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma75.5%
Primary17.4%
Lower secondary5.1%
Upper secondary1.6%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 23121.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8335.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1081.3 per business
Public services: 140
Associations: 8in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.7%
Services33.7%
Industry3.6%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person89.2%
2 to 34.8%
4 to 96.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later13.3%
2011–201945.8%
2001–201018.1%
1991–200014.5%
1981–19903.6%
1956–19804.8%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Ahmed Gharbia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,623 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
تافزةTafza5 douars · 2,055 people
تافزةTafza	Grouped	152	626	3.5	0.4	3.5
الميزالEl Mizal	Grouped	161	643	5.0	1.4	5.0
بزتBzt	Grouped	22	72	—	—	—
برياتBryat	Grouped	63	273	6.9	1.1	7.0
دار غابةDar Ghaba	Grouped	114	441	0.0	0.3	1.9
اشتيوانAchtiouane7 douars · 2,076 people
بني ميزارBni Mizar	Grouped	173	711	1.7	0.6	10.5
أونةAouna	Grouped	29	102	—	—	—
ايرسفAyersif	Grouped	117	483	4.4	0.5	11.7
طهاوشةThaoucha	Grouped	90	444	1.6	4.1	12.3
ميموناتMaymounat	Dispersed	20	73	—	—	—
لرنجLaranj	Dispersed	30	127	10.0	2.1	11.0
عزيب ميموناتAzib Maymounat	Grouped	35	136	13.9	7.4	16.4
تلازمورTalazmour6 douars · 2,748 people
تلازمور النخلةTala Zemmour Ennakhla	In parts	201	801	0.9	1.4	11.4
تاوراتTaourat	In parts	167	662	1.3	0.7	11.4
تلازمور بوشخTala Zemmour Bou Cheikh	In parts	135	474	0.7	1.8	14.6
القورEl Kour	Grouped	19	98	—	—	—
الرملةEr Ramla	Grouped	111	450	0.1	1.1	15.1
لحمايديين بوشخLahmaydiyine Bou Cheikh	Grouped	68	263	1.0	1.0	12.4
باب القصيبةBab El Ksiba4 douars · 3,744 people
أولاد سليمانOulad Slimane	In parts	268	1,081	0.8	1.7	6.2
العوزيينEl Aouziine	In parts	288	1,172	1.2	1.3	4.8
اشتنبلةAchtounballa	Grouped	52	211	1.3	2.0	11.3
اهلولةAhloula	In parts	340	1,280	0.8	1.7	7.1

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: 01.151.06.07
As digits: 011510607
Slug: bni-ahmed-gharbia
Record: /api/communes/01.151.06.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.151.06.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.151.06.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.151.06.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.151.06.07/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.151.06.07/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.151.06.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 3587342

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