Bni Bchir

بني ابشير

Rural commune in the cercle of Targuist, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
5,401
Since 2014
−17.3%from 6,527 in 2014
Density
45.9people per km², 117.6 km²
Households
1,078
Rank
1,1621,162nd most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 36 in its province

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 44.0% to 79.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mnasra. Running water: 0.3% here, 5.0% there; aged 65 and over: 6.3% here, 5.7% there; aged 0 to 14: 33.0% here, 32.0% there.

Compare it with Mnasra

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 Bni Bchir.

Bni Bchir −17.3%

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
39.1%aged 10 and over50.5% in 201450.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
4.7%3.3% in 20141.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
49.9%aged 15 and over61.7% in 201420.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.47children per woman2.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.0people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.3%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Bchir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.6%75 and over2.2%
1.6%70–742.0%
2.5%65–692.7%
3.5%60–643.5%
3.9%55–593.9%
4.4%50–544.8%
4.3%45–494.9%
6.0%40–445.4%
7.0%35–395.7%
8.2%30–347.0%
6.8%25–297.0%
8.5%20–247.0%
9.5%15–199.8%
11.3%10–1412.4%
11.6%5–911.3%
9.3%0–410.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.4%
  • Tarifit13.6%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French30.3%
  • English7.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot90.4%
  • Animal5.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.8%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%
  • Informal transport0.8%
  • Private car0.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
7113.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2940.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
311.1 per business
Public services
42
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.6%
  • Services31.0%
  • Industry10.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person93.1%
  • 2 to 36.9%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later0.0%
  • 2011–201958.6%
  • 2001–201034.5%
  • 1991–20006.9%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of workers who are unpaid family workers is 40.7%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across 4 of the 8 communes it borders, the median is 7.8%. Fennassa Bab El Hit is furthest from it, at 1.8%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Bni Bchir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,401 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تتياشتTetiacht9 douars · 2,710 people
فدان الماناFeddane El ManaIn parts994987.51.77.5
تاينيتTaynitIn parts965131.01.55.3
تافركاTafarkaDispersed1884———
تيزيTiziIn parts612920.30.711.2
تاونزاTaounzaIn parts4121314.00.912.6
بوصلاحBouslahIn parts5029611.53.614.6
بوعمارةBoumaraDispersed893621.70.82.8
تتياشتTetiachtGrouped4322110.71.010.7
ابختينEl BakhtiyineGrouped432316.62.19.7
اوطيل بن بشيرOutil Ben Bchir8 douars · 1,557 people
اوريطنIouritenIn parts14471710.91.511.5
تفورنوتTafournoutGrouped341709.31.513.4
بوهاديEl BouhadiGrouped15111———
تساسنوتTasasnoutDispersed341380.41.28.1
تيزيرتTizirtIn parts442712.71.27.5
اولاسنAoulasenGrouped850———
بويعلاBouylaGrouped1158———
تفارتTafartGrouped1242———
واد محكيمOued Mahkem5 douars · 1,134 people
واد محكيمOued MahkemIn parts1507013.92.97.8
أوطيلOutilGrouped25119———
القوراعEl KouraaDispersed351702.81.46.6
إمسدImsedDispersed1260———
إلماتنIlmateneIn parts1484———

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
01.051.07.07
As digits
010510707
Slug
bni-bchir
OpenStreetMap
2507406
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-bchir");

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