Bni Gmil

بني اكميل

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

Population, 2024
7,752
Since 2014
−18.5%from 9,513 in 2014
Density
55.2people per km², 140.4 km²
Households
1,546
Rank
930930th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 36 in its province

Next door in M'tioua, 45.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.9%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 52.3% to 30.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Selfat. Unemployment: 7.8% here, 4.0% there; running water: 3.9% here, 5.9% there; household size: 5.0 here, 4.9 there.

Compare it with Selfat

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 Gmil.

Bni Gmil −18.5%

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
37.9%aged 10 and over49.1% in 201449.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
7.8%3.3% in 201413.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.5%aged 15 and over52.3% in 20142.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.98children per woman1.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.0people on average6.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.9%of settled households8.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Gmil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.1%
1.8%70–742.7%
3.0%65–693.3%
4.2%60–645.0%
4.1%55–594.3%
4.2%50–545.2%
4.9%45–494.9%
6.1%40–446.4%
7.3%35–397.2%
7.2%30–346.8%
6.9%25–297.3%
7.3%20–246.7%
9.4%15–198.7%
11.2%10–1410.9%
11.0%5–910.0%
8.6%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tarifit0.6%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French30.0%
  • English9.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot61.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work21.0%
  • Animal7.5%
  • Informal transport3.7%
  • Private car2.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.9%
  • Taxi0.8%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Employer’s transport0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17422.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6537.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
741.1 per business
Public services
107
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.7%
  • Services44.6%
  • Industry7.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.2%
  • 2 to 310.8%
  • 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 later10.8%
  • 2011–201916.9%
  • 2001–201023.1%
  • 1991–200024.6%
  • 1981–199015.4%
  • 1956–19806.2%
  • Before 19563.1%

Douars

Bni Gmil’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 37 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,741 people. 11 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
مسطاسةMastassa5 douars · 2,031 people
اعبودAaboudGrouped28144———
مسطاسةMastassaGrouped1195711.81.16.0
كركرKarkarIn parts1094920.92.66.3
تغزوتTaghzoutDispersed693104.90.310.0
تزايرتTzayertIn parts1025140.31.09.5
اشاوينAchaouine7 douars · 1,397 people
الحانوتAl HanouteGrouped1672———
اعراصنIrassenGrouped25131———
ابونصارAbounsarGrouped26120———
اشاوينAchaouineGrouped955430.70.57.1
ابراننAbrananeDispersed573151.51.13.1
اعشيرنIachirenGrouped29133———
تيموياTimouyaGrouped1483———
ارحموننArahmounen16 douars · 2,945 people
احموتنIhemmouteneIn parts422031.41.03.3
ازياننIziyanenIn parts301411.01.411.2
جابرJaberIn parts442331.02.027.3
تيزيTizaGrouped1888———
إلكانIlkaneIn parts25130———
تزروتTazroutGrouped683792.61.01.6
اكنيونIgueniouèneGrouped932———
الترشةEttarchaGrouped23132———
بويونسBouyounsGrouped26122———
توزالينTouzalineDispersed603301.01.715.0
اهراونAhraouneGrouped21132———
اكذمانAkdmaneGrouped20127———
تزارينTazarineGrouped314———
امشحودنImachhoudenIn parts974931.82.35.7
أخلوقتAkhlouktGrouped442200.51.110.1
اكربوحاجAkrbouhajGrouped321692.53.04.0
انزاغAnzagh9 douars · 1,368 people
امزوارImezouarGrouped492521.31.31.3
تدارتTaddartIn parts683111.01.12.6
بوميلكBoumilkDispersed411760.21.04.1
ازرو نتيليAzrou NtiliGrouped25123———
واوسيفOuaoussifGrouped1139———
ابرهوننIberhouneneGrouped1999———
انزاغAnzaghDispersed1790———
المركزCentreGrouped381360.90.90.9
تيقلاTiqlaGrouped27142———

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
01.051.03.03
As digits
010510303
Slug
bni-gmil
OpenStreetMap
2516841
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-gmil");

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