Bni Boufrah

بني بوفراح

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

Population, 2024
8,401
Since 2014
−13.0%from 9,653 in 2014
Density
54.5people per km², 154.2 km²
Households
2,083
Rank
869869th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 36 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.5% to 41.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Oulid. Running water: 25.2% here, 24.9% there; aged 65 and over: 11.9% here, 12.0% there; Darija: 99.0% here, 99.4% there.

Compare it with Bni Oulid

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

32102

How it changed

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

Bni Boufrah −13.0%

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
39.8%aged 10 and over43.2% in 201451.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
41.5%8.5% in 201468.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.7%aged 15 and over45.9% in 20148.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.80children per woman1.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.3%of people7.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
25.2%of settled households14.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Boufrah: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over4.7%
3.1%70–742.9%
4.5%65–694.5%
6.0%60–646.7%
5.0%55–596.5%
4.6%50–546.6%
5.3%45–496.4%
6.3%40–446.5%
7.6%35–396.4%
8.0%30–347.2%
6.7%25–296.8%
6.9%20–246.6%
8.4%15–197.0%
8.7%10–147.9%
7.9%5–96.9%
6.9%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French38.2%
  • English10.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.8%
  • Informal transport8.3%
  • Private car7.6%
  • Taxi7.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.9%
  • Bus6.3%
  • Employer’s transport5.9%
  • Animal2.0%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18722.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9450.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1811.9 per business
Public services
89
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce43.6%
  • Services41.5%
  • Industry12.8%
  • Construction2.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.3%
  • 2 to 321.3%
  • 4 to 96.4%
  • 10 to 491.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later9.6%
  • 2011–201931.9%
  • 2001–201013.8%
  • 1991–200026.6%
  • 1981–199011.7%
  • 1956–19805.3%
  • Before 19561.1%

Douars

Bni Boufrah’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 5 fractions, with 8,387 people. 14 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
السواحلSouahel6 douars · 1,584 people
اجناناتJnanateIn parts1164150.41.04.3
امداوشنImdaoucheneDispersed421410.91.34.8
قوبعKoubiaGrouped773411.03.44.0
الجوبJoubGrouped562330.33.54.0
طوريس القلعةTorrès El KelâaGrouped1043651.01.14.0
كلايرسKlayrsGrouped2389———
اولاد سعيدOulad Said3 douars · 791 people
ثورنتعيشTaroua N'TaichIn parts341510.92.22.4
بوكارةBougaraIn parts1254961.33.03.0
اونوتAounouteDispersed381441.45.85.8
ابيحياثاAbihyata5 douars · 1,713 people
ازلوكنIzlougueneIn parts642191.45.75.8
ابيحياتاAbihyataDispersed974081.44.28.2
امهوطنAmhotenIn parts1124752.63.010.4
اماريغنImarighenIn parts853844.03.613.4
اهاروننIharonanDispersed512272.41.915.9
اكنيAgni8 douars · 3,088 people
اكنيAgniIn parts3001,2313.23.49.9
دار الزيخلفDar ZikhlefIn parts502031.52.912.5
اكزناينIgzanayenIn parts1025002.21.718.2
اخزوزKhzouzGrouped562485.42.418.2
بني بوكماتBeni BougmateIn parts1335813.28.511.9
ايدغيرنIdghyrèneIn parts541801.45.96.0
تفروينTifrouineGrouped2189———
العزيب أخزوزLaazib AkhzouzGrouped1256———
المركزCentre3 douars · 1,211 people
المعارطLemaaretGrouped1294210.40.80.8
مركز بني بوفراحCentre Bni BoufrahGrouped1214450.00.00.0
تلزضةTalezdaIn parts813450.42.73.1

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
01.051.03.01
As digits
010510301
Slug
bni-boufrah
OpenStreetMap
2444642
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-boufrah");

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