Bni Leit

بني ليت

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

Population, 2024
5,004
Since 2014
−6.0%from 5,324 in 2014
Density
52people per km², 96.3 km²
Households
1,004
Rank
1,1961,196th most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 22 in its province

Next door in Zinat, 7.8% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 41.6%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 46.9% to 71.7%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moulay Bousselham. Higher education: 1.5% here, 2.7% there; Darija: 99.8% here, 98.3% there; apartments: 0.1% here, 0.1% there.

Compare it with Moulay Bousselham

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

93043

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Bni Leit.

Bni Leit −6.0%

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
36.1%aged 10 and over54.4% in 201449.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
0.7%13.4% in 20140.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
71.7%aged 15 and over46.9% in 201457.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.59children per woman2.17 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.3%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.0people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.8%of settled households1.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Leit: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over3.3%
1.7%70–742.0%
2.9%65–692.7%
4.2%60–644.0%
3.3%55–593.9%
3.9%50–544.4%
4.8%45–494.9%
6.2%40–445.6%
8.2%35–396.7%
9.5%30–348.5%
7.9%25–296.7%
8.8%20–248.2%
7.9%15–199.2%
9.9%10–1411.3%
9.6%5–910.2%
7.7%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.8%
  • 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%
  • French41.6%
  • English8.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot93.3%
  • Animal2.3%
  • Informal transport1.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work0.9%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Private car0.2%
  • Taxi0.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.0%
  • 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
9118.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1415.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
181.3 per business
Public services
67
Associations
10in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services71.4%
  • Commerce28.6%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.4%
  • 2 to 328.6%
  • 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 later7.1%
  • 2011–201985.7%
  • 2001–20107.1%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • 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 workers who are unpaid family workers is 47.1%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 21.2%. Tazroute is furthest from it, at 4.5%.

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

How these are picked

Douars

Bni Leit’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,004 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني ليثBni Lit2 douars · 3,288 people
تمزارTimizarIn parts2951,5990.61.12.3
تينزةTayenzaIn parts3301,6891.91.75.2
الحيوطLahyote4 douars · 1,701 people
أوراغنOuragheneIn parts1145112.71.19.6
الوادEl OuedIn parts11951913.61.229.3
الحيوطLahyoteIn parts8238210.71.116.8
أفرطنEfartaneIn parts622890.71.95.9
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 15 people
الدرادرDradarGrouped215———

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
01.571.05.13
As digits
015710513
Slug
bni-leit
OpenStreetMap
2533872
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-leit");

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