Bni Darkoul

بني دركول

Rural commune in the cercle of Bab Taza, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
13,984
Since 2014
−5.4%from 14,779 in 2014
Density
193people per km², 72.3 km²
Households
2,870
Rank
492492nd most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 28 in its province

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 42.0% to 25.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ayir. Running water: 18.8% here, 22.2% there; aged 65 and over: 7.2% here, 7.8% there; in the labour force: 42.7% here, 41.8% there.

Compare it with Ayir

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 Darkoul.

Bni Darkoul −5.4%

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
25.2%aged 10 and over42.0% in 201438.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.3%6.6% in 201443.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.7%aged 15 and over46.1% in 20147.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.59children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.9%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
18.8%of settled households3.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Darkoul: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.2%
2.1%70–741.9%
2.2%65–692.4%
3.2%60–643.8%
3.0%55–593.7%
4.8%50–544.6%
5.0%45–494.8%
6.2%40–445.7%
8.7%35–397.5%
8.3%30–347.8%
8.0%25–297.4%
8.2%20–248.0%
8.8%15–198.3%
10.3%10–1411.1%
10.0%5–910.5%
8.3%0–49.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Tachelhit0.0%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French33.5%
  • English7.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot81.3%
  • Informal transport5.7%
  • Animal5.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.1%
  • Private car1.7%
  • Bus1.5%
  • Taxi1.2%
  • Employer’s transport0.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
29621.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
15050.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2381.6 per business
Public services
140
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.0%
  • Services34.0%
  • Industry9.3%
  • Construction0.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.7%
  • 2 to 312.0%
  • 4 to 94.0%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.3%
  • 2011–201934.7%
  • 2001–201022.7%
  • 1991–200016.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Darkoul’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 7 fractions, with 13,984 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني دركول الشماليةBni Darkoul Chamalia7 douars · 3,512 people
القوبEl KaoubGrouped1567701.01.24.0
تزكنانTazouknaneGrouped1325740.40.62.0
اعدانAdaneGrouped1295891.90.820.7
تسفتTassafiteGrouped864070.51.224.2
وردانOuardaneGrouped2195———
ارغلانArerhlaneGrouped542660.52.524.2
ادلدالAdeldalIn parts1678114.91.439.8
بني دركول الجنوبيةBni Darkoul Janoubia3 douars · 1,126 people
تاينزةTainzaGrouped693401.01.11.4
اشدادينIchaddadeneGrouped1567192.21.12.2
مركز بني دركولCentre Bni DarkoulGrouped1967———
بني فلواط الغربيةBni Flouat Gharbia7 douars · 3,403 people
بوحلةBouhallaGrouped2161,0940.60.711.7
اصريحAsrihGrouped874511.82.213.4
الشبارينEch ChebbarineGrouped452362.41.122.9
اطرافةAtrafaIn parts1045502.51.514.0
الماثنLmateneGrouped784043.81.012.8
بوزينةBou ZinaGrouped452491.01.013.2
برندةBerrandaGrouped804191.01.415.0
بني فلواط الشماليةBni Flouat Chamalia2 douars · 1,280 people
ارموتةArmoutahGrouped733450.00.05.0
تزيةTaziaDispersed2079350.20.60.5
امطراسAmtras6 douars · 1,773 people
امطراس السفليينAmtras EssfliineGrouped461971.01.416.9
اغدانAghdaneGrouped1048———
ازرزاAzerzaGrouped26185———
احبايشAhbaychGrouped391921.05.020.0
اعورانAouraneGrouped783471.45.019.9
تغليتTaghlitIn parts1568044.24.420.6
الحرمEl Harm3 douars · 1,678 people
الحرمEl HarmGrouped1185310.20.40.5
تلاخالدTala KhaledGrouped1236982.40.42.6
أجلوانAjlouaneGrouped854491.01.65.0
بني فلواط الوسطىBni Flouat El Ousseta3 douars · 1,212 people
القولةEl KollaGrouped542573.21.05.0
إحمداثينIhamdateneGrouped1828184.01.45.3
توناتTaounateGrouped29137———

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
01.151.05.03
As digits
011510503
Slug
bni-darkoul
OpenStreetMap
2563408
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-darkoul");

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