Bni Ftah

بني افتح

Rural commune in the cercle of Tainaste, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
9,632
Since 2014
−11.8%from 10,919 in 2014
Density
54.9people per km², 175.5 km²
Households
2,363
Rank
765765th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 38 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 16.6% to 43.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Foqra Oulad Aameur. Running water: 3.8% here, 0.4% there; can’t read or write: 45.0% here, 44.4% there; higher education: 3.0% here, 2.1% there.

Compare it with Foqra Oulad Aameur

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 Ftah.

Bni Ftah −11.8%

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
45.0%aged 10 and over48.1% in 201459.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
43.6%16.6% in 201486.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.4%aged 15 and over42.9% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.43children per woman2.00 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.8%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.8%of settled households4.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Ftah: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.3%
2.1%70–743.0%
3.3%65–693.8%
4.7%60–645.2%
5.0%55–595.2%
5.6%50–546.0%
6.7%45–496.0%
7.7%40–446.6%
7.6%35–397.4%
6.6%30–346.9%
5.2%25–295.8%
5.5%20–246.3%
7.7%15–196.9%
9.6%10–148.8%
9.8%5–99.2%
9.7%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French37.9%
  • English7.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot60.3%
  • Animal22.1%
  • Informal transport9.0%
  • Private car2.1%
  • Employer’s transport1.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.3%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Taxi1.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work0.7%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23224.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10947.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1271.2 per business
Public services
113
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.8%
  • Services17.4%
  • Industry11.0%
  • Construction2.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.3%
  • 2 to 31.8%
  • 4 to 91.8%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.1%
  • 2011–201950.5%
  • 2001–201014.7%
  • 1991–20000.9%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19800.9%
  • 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 households cooking with another fuel is 10.7%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 0.3%. Gzenaya Al Janoubia is furthest from it, at 0.1%.

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

How these are picked

Douars

Bni Ftah’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 4 fractions, with 9,632 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني فتحBni Ftah2 douars · 2,558 people
حبايلةHabailaIn parts3231,4843.81.411.2
درايسةDraïssaIn parts2551,0742.52.25.8
اولاد حدوOulad Haddou4 douars · 2,762 people
جلايلةJalaylaIn parts1616174.32.110.3
لمراحلةMrahlaIn parts1908233.53.010.9
زكيكةZkikaIn parts954103.53.85.1
لعناصرLânassarIn parts2369121.52.35.7
بني عرفجةBeni Arfja4 douars · 2,971 people
القريةEl KariaIn parts1536641.12.28.0
الميزابEl MizabIn parts2801,0231.52.53.3
بني عرفجةBeni ArfjaIn parts2539662.02.12.8
لعتامنةEl AtamnaIn parts833183.53.410.0
الجيرةEl Jira3 douars · 1,341 people
الجيرةEl JiraIn parts1485501.22.32.3
لبويبةLbouybaIn parts1104620.31.51.9
الاربعاء بني فتح المركزArbaa Bni Ftah CentreGrouped763290.20.20.2

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.561.11.01
As digits
035611101
Slug
bni-ftah
OpenStreetMap
2758254
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-ftah");

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