Bni Bounsar

بني بونصار

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

Population, 2024
6,498
Since 2014
−15.2%from 7,660 in 2014
Density
48.2people per km², 134.7 km²
Households
1,357
Rank
1,0581,058th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 36 in its province

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 Bounsar.

Bni Bounsar −15.2%

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
31.6%aged 10 and over40.7% in 201447.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.4%14.7% in 201429.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.7%aged 15 and over46.5% in 20147.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.72children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
9.1%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.5%of settled households1.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Bounsar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over2.8%
1.8%70–742.4%
3.3%65–693.1%
3.3%60–644.4%
3.9%55–595.1%
5.0%50–545.0%
4.0%45–495.6%
7.1%40–446.5%
8.4%35–396.8%
10.6%30–348.0%
8.0%25–297.3%
7.2%20–247.8%
7.5%15–197.6%
8.7%10–149.3%
9.3%5–99.3%
9.7%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija84.0%
  • Tamazight15.8%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tarifit 91.2% in 2014, 0.1% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French36.4%
  • English8.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot92.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.4%
  • Private car1.4%
  • Informal transport0.9%
  • Taxi0.8%
  • Employer’s transport0.6%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.1%
  • Bus0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10516.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5855.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
621.1 per business
Public services
46
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services50.0%
  • Commerce41.4%
  • Industry6.9%
  • Construction1.7%

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%
  • 2011–201937.9%
  • 2001–201060.3%
  • 1991–20001.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Bounsar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,495 people. 3 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
فرقة بني بونصارFerkat Bni Bounsar2 douars · 1,931 people
ايمعاكطنImaakteneGrouped2131,1285.32.55.7
تمديتTamadithGrouped1628033.81.35.2
مركز بني بونصارCentre Bni Bounsar10 douars · 1,655 people
لوطاLoutaIn parts793413.60.83.7
اعطارنIaattarèneIn parts783937.11.57.0
امراضMeradGrouped321351.32.32.4
ادوزAdouzGrouped1883———
امدرفوAmdarfouIn parts632681.12.12.3
زركاتZerkatGrouped482113.04.54.7
زاوية لقناطرZaouiat Al KanaterGrouped930———
ابرقشيشنIberkchicheneGrouped1254———
غبولةGhboulaGrouped856———
مركز بني بونصارCentre Bni BounsarGrouped2284———
فرقة بني خنوسFerkat Bni Khenous6 douars · 2,098 people
لدايEd DéiDispersed814211.02.04.4
اجرايمينAjraymineIn parts502561.11.53.1
تامسييتTamsiytGrouped2385———
تارواTarouaDispersed301158.92.910.0
تيݣراوTigraouIn parts1145400.01.621.9
تزي خطابTizi KhattabIn parts1506811.23.318.8
أزروزكاغاAzrouzkagha4 douars · 811 people
أونيAouniIn parts2182———
إزردازIzourdazGrouped27145———
زاوية ألموZaouia AlmouIn parts462514.23.937.9
أزرو إزوݣاغنAzrou IzougoughenIn parts713333.02.86.6

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
01.051.07.11
As digits
010510711
Slug
bni-bounsar
OpenStreetMap
2507407
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-bounsar");

Report an error on this page