Bni Bouifrour

بني بويفرور

Rural commune in the cercle of Guelaia, province of Nador, Oriental.

Population, 2024
6,846
Since 2014
+6.7%from 6,418 in 2014
Density
288people per km², 23.8 km²
Households
1,683
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,0241,024th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 23 in its province

Next door in Zeghanghane, 82.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 25.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 58.4% to 85.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Machraa El Ain. Aged 0 to 14: 25.6% here, 24.9% there; can’t read or write: 26.8% here, 26.5% there; running water: 85.1% here, 99.5% there.

Compare it with Machraa El Ain

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 Bouifrour.

Bni Bouifrour +6.7%

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
26.8%aged 10 and over33.6% in 201434.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.0%10.8% in 201439.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.6%aged 15 and over41.0% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.67children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
85.1%of settled households58.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Bouifrour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.6%
2.6%70–743.0%
3.9%65–693.8%
5.8%60–646.1%
4.3%55–595.6%
5.7%50–545.7%
5.5%45–496.0%
7.3%40–446.6%
6.7%35–396.3%
6.7%30–346.5%
6.6%25–296.7%
7.5%20–246.6%
8.4%15–198.5%
9.4%10–1410.1%
9.6%5–98.2%
7.3%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit85.7%
  • Darija80.7%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French41.1%
  • English8.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.9%
  • Private car15.1%
  • Taxi13.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.6%
  • Employer’s transport7.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.6%
  • Informal transport5.7%
  • Bus3.8%
  • Animal1.2%
  • 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
679.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4059.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2937.3 per business
Public services
26
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.0%
  • Industry17.5%
  • Services17.5%
  • Construction5.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.0%
  • 2 to 322.5%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 4912.5%
  • 50 and over2.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.5%
  • 2011–201922.5%
  • 2001–201060.0%
  • 1991–20005.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Bouifrour’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,844 people. 2 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
بني بويفرورBni Bouifrour7 douars · 6,816 people
أفراAfraIn parts1,1004,5460.81.32.0
لعسارةLasaraIn parts2158561.21.03.7
إبنعيساتنIbnaissatenGrouped502000.52.313.1
أولاد عليOulad AliGrouped1305190.51.97.1
أولاد العربيOulad LarbiGrouped712420.51.83.7
إملاحنImelahèneGrouped953830.42.24.4
تغاغتTaghaghtGrouped1670———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 28 people
ابوعلوتنAbouloutenDispersed628———

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
02.381.05.01
As digits
023810501
Slug
bni-bouifrour
OpenStreetMap
2443009
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-bouifrour");

Report an error on this page