Bni Lent

بني لنث

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

Population, 2024: 10,801
Since 2014: −9.0%from 11,866 in 2014
Density: 122people per km², 88.8 km²
Households: 2,638
Rank: 683683rd most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 38 in its province

Next door in Oulad Zbair, 50.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 10.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.6% to 42.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mrizigue. Unemployment: 42.6% here, 39.1% there; running water: 10.2% here, 1.7% there; in the labour force: 31.5% here, 32.0% there.

Compare it with Mrizigue

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

35005

How it changed

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

Bni Lent −9.0%

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: 41.4%aged 10 and over49.5% in 201456.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 42.6%8.6% in 201455.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.5%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20141.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.32children per woman2.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 12.6%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 10.2%of settled households6.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Lent: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.8%	75 and over	4.6%
2.4%	70–74	2.8%
4.0%	65–69	3.7%
4.0%	60–64	4.5%
4.3%	55–59	4.4%
5.3%	50–54	5.1%
5.7%	45–49	5.2%
6.0%	40–44	7.1%
6.8%	35–39	6.8%
6.2%	30–34	5.8%
5.7%	25–29	5.3%
6.5%	20–24	6.6%
9.4%	15–19	9.6%
11.0%	10–14	9.4%
10.2%	5–9	11.0%
8.7%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.3%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic100.0%
French35.3%
English6.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot71.1%
Informal transport12.9%
Bus4.6%
Taxi3.2%
Private car2.9%
Doesn’t travel to work2.0%
Employer’s transport1.9%
Bike or motorcycle1.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%
Another way0.0%

Can’t read or write: 49.5%aged 10 and over41.4% in 202465.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.6%42.6% in 202430.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.7%aged 15 and over31.5% in 20243.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.58children per woman2.32 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.5%of people12.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 6.8%of settled households10.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Lent: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	3.1%
2.3%	70–74	2.2%
2.4%	65–69	2.5%
2.6%	60–64	2.8%
4.3%	55–59	3.5%
4.1%	50–54	4.9%
4.3%	45–49	4.8%
5.3%	40–44	5.5%
5.8%	35–39	5.6%
7.1%	30–34	7.8%
8.3%	25–29	8.4%
9.7%	20–24	9.3%
9.5%	15–19	9.8%
10.1%	10–14	9.7%
10.0%	5–9	10.2%
10.7%	0–4	10.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French53.3%
Arabic only36.6%
Arabic, French and English9.9%
Other combinations0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot75.8%
Taxi9.7%
Bus8.4%
Not stated2.3%
Private car1.2%
Another way1.2%
Bike or motorcycle0.6%
Train0.4%
Works at home0.3%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood74.4%
No fixed place9.5%
Another province6.7%
Another commune4.0%
Another in the commune2.6%
Not stated2.3%
At home0.3%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing43.6%
Farm and fishing labour25.8%
Labouring and small trades11.6%
Crafts and skilled trades6.5%
Trade and broking4.9%
Clerical work4.3%
Machine operating1.6%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Technicians0.6%
Not classified0.4%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma73.9%
Primary18.5%
Lower secondary5.6%
Upper secondary1.5%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 31228.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 16151.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1681.0 per business
Public services: 151
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce59.0%
Services31.1%
Industry9.9%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person95.7%
2 to 34.3%
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 later13.7%
2011–201980.1%
2001–20104.3%
1991–20001.9%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Lent’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,798 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بني لنت السفليةBni Lnt Seflia11 douars · 4,525 people
اولاد عبد الله موسىOuled Abdellah Moussa	In parts	280	1,060	1.7	2.9	3.9
الحورش اولاد بن ادريسEl Hourech Ouled Ali Ben Driss	In parts	64	263	1.5	1.6	1.7
الصدادقةSdadka	In parts	82	360	5.1	5.1	5.3
بن عيادBeni Ayyad	Dispersed	49	218	0.7	3.0	6.6
بني زديةBeni Zdia	Dispersed	38	155	0.2	0.8	5.6
العلالمةLaalalma	Dispersed	85	402	2.7	4.4	6.5
القدادرة اولاد بلشهبLakdadra Oulad Bel Lachhab	In parts	82	345	1.0	2.4	6.3
النطاطحةEntatha	Dispersed	85	356	0.4	0.9	12.4
صف التازياتSaf Taziyat	Dispersed	65	294	1.3	1.4	19.0
تافنسةTafensa	Dispersed	93	356	0.9	2.0	13.2
بني لنث المركزBni Lent Centre	Grouped	173	716	0.2	0.8	0.7
بني لنت الفوقيةBni Lnt El Fouki4 douars · 2,723 people
بني مقورةBeni M’ Koura	In parts	307	1,260	3.9	2.8	16.1
بني عبد اللهBeni Abdallah	In parts	107	425	1.5	1.4	12.4
الخندق الفوقيةEl Khandak El Fouki	In parts	140	565	3.2	2.8	6.9
الخندق السفليةEl Khandak Seflia	In parts	127	473	2.7	2.6	3.4
باب السبتBab Sebt5 douars · 3,550 people
لمقارشةM’ Karcha	In parts	141	647	2.0	2.1	13.5
الحورش بني أومرEl Horch Bni Omar	In parts	113	506	4.4	2.0	9.8
بني خليفةBeni Khalifa	In parts	283	1,178	2.4	4.2	9.0
أولاد حيونOulad Hayoune	In parts	81	330	1.0	2.7	9.9
بني عبد اللهBni Abdellah	In parts	243	889	1.1	3.8	9.0

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

In the data

Files and code

Code: 03.561.13.05
As digits: 035611305
Slug: bni-lent
Record: /api/communes/03.561.13.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.561.13.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.561.13.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.561.13.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.561.13.05/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.561.13.05/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.561.13.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2758245

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