Bouchfaa

بوشفاعة

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

Population, 2024: 10,093
Since 2014: −5.9%from 10,724 in 2014
Density: 70.9people per km², 142.4 km²
Households: 2,396
Rank: 737737th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 38 in its province

Next door in Bab Boudir, 0.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 80.3%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.4% to 41.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Zmam. Unemployment: 41.7% here, 38.1% there; running water: 80.3% here, 84.7% there; Darija: 99.1% here, 98.4% there.

Compare it with Ouled Zmam

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

35273

How it changed

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

Bouchfaa −5.9%

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: 38.7%aged 10 and over45.6% in 201449.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 41.7%13.4% in 201433.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.1%aged 15 and over38.3% in 20143.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 99.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.10children per woman2.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.8%of people7.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 80.3%of settled households68.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouchfaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.0%	75 and over	4.4%
2.4%	70–74	2.7%
3.8%	65–69	3.2%
4.7%	60–64	4.6%
4.6%	55–59	4.6%
6.1%	50–54	5.7%
6.2%	45–49	6.8%
7.0%	40–44	7.2%
6.5%	35–39	6.5%
5.2%	30–34	5.5%
4.9%	25–29	5.8%
5.8%	20–24	5.8%
9.6%	15–19	8.8%
10.7%	10–14	10.8%
10.1%	5–9	10.0%
8.4%	0–4	7.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tachelhit1.7%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French55.7%
English12.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.8%
Doesn’t travel to work17.8%
Private car7.3%
Taxi6.0%
Informal transport5.1%
Bike or motorcycle4.1%
Another way2.3%
Bus0.9%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Animal0.5%
Train0.4%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 45.6%aged 10 and over38.7% in 202460.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.4%41.7% in 202451.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.3%aged 15 and over31.1% in 20244.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.86children per woman2.10 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.9%of people6.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.4people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 68.2%of settled households80.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouchfaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	3.2%
2.2%	70–74	2.4%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
3.0%	60–64	3.2%
4.1%	55–59	3.2%
4.5%	50–54	4.4%
4.7%	45–49	4.7%
6.4%	40–44	6.2%
6.5%	35–39	7.6%
7.8%	30–34	8.3%
8.5%	25–29	8.0%
8.0%	20–24	7.6%
8.7%	15–19	8.3%
9.4%	10–14	9.2%
9.6%	5–9	10.1%
11.7%	0–4	11.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit2.1%
Tamazight1.6%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French53.5%
Arabic only35.9%
Arabic, French and English10.0%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.2%
Bus25.5%
Private car7.6%
Another way7.6%
Taxi5.4%
Employer’s transport3.6%
Works at home2.9%
Not stated2.9%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood33.6%
No fixed place25.7%
Another province24.0%
Another commune6.9%
Another in the commune3.3%
At home2.9%
Not stated2.2%
Somewhere else1.4%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour26.7%
Crafts and skilled trades22.0%
Labouring and small trades18.2%
Farming and fishing11.9%
Trade and broking8.0%
Clerical work6.4%
Machine operating3.2%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Not classified1.3%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma69.0%
Primary22.1%
Lower secondary5.9%
Upper secondary2.1%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 27827.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 19570.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2421.2 per business
Public services: 73
Associations: 10in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.4%
Services32.3%
Industry11.8%
Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person85.1%
2 to 313.3%
4 to 91.0%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later28.7%
2011–201940.5%
2001–201020.0%
1991–20009.2%
1981–19901.5%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bouchfaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 2 fractions, with 10,093 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
اهل بودريسAhl Boudris17 douars · 5,924 people
بني وردانBni Ouardane	Grouped	145	642	1.0	1.4	4.3
باب ازهارBab Azhar	In parts	155	678	1.1	2.1	7.3
بين السواقيBin Essouaki	Grouped	248	1,025	0.1	1.2	3.3
لمرابطينLamrabtine	Grouped	100	360	0.2	1.2	1.1
قصبة اهل بودريسKasbat Ahl Boudriss	Grouped	67	321	0.1	0.9	3.2
امحاجةLamhajja	Grouped	296	1,235	0.0	0.9	2.7
الغناجEl Ghanaj	In parts	15	70	—	—	—
بوهجيمةBouhjima	In parts	40	174	1.7	3.0	10.9
ليماتنLimattene	Grouped	34	126	5.9	7.9	9.9
ياغلانYaghllane	Grouped	48	202	2.1	1.6	13.0
باب اللفتBab Elafte	In parts	11	48	—	—	—
المصلحةEl Maslha	In parts	34	198	2.6	3.0	9.1
دار بوصالحDar Bousalah	Grouped	34	173	3.8	1.9	14.6
آونةAouna	Grouped	29	160	—	—	—
قصبة اولاد عياشKasbat Oulad Aayach	Grouped	27	120	—	—	—
سيدي احمد الرطبيSidi Mhammed Erratbi	In parts	76	355	0.6	2.3	5.8
كوسةCoussa	Grouped	7	37	—	—	—
أمكاصة بوشفاعةAmkassat Bouchfaa4 douars · 4,169 people
اغبال الدشرAghbal Dchare	In parts	133	553	0.1	0.6	4.1
ببايرBbayr	In parts	130	538	0.6	1.4	3.8
الساهلةEssahla	In parts	232	929	0.6	1.7	4.4
بوشفاعة الشرقية الغربيةBouchfaa Charqia Gharbia	In parts	535	2,149	0.1	0.8	1.9

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: 03.561.07.03
As digits: 035610703
Slug: bouchfaa
Record: /api/communes/03.561.07.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.561.07.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.561.07.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.561.07.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.561.07.03/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.561.07.03/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.561.07.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2758637

In JavaScript

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