Boufakrane

بوفكران

Urban commune in the préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
16,892
Since 2014
+30.5%from 12,941 in 2014
Density
3,400people per km², 5 km²
Households
4,093
Foreign residents
1
Rank
379379th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 21 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

MeknèsAl Machouar-StiniaToulalDar Oum SoltaneAin JemaaAin OrmaMy Idriss ZerhounOualiliOued JdidaOuislaneDkhissaSidi Slimane Moul Al KifaneMajjateCharqaouaN'zalat Bni AmarM'hayaMrhassiyineSidi Abdellah Al KhayatAin Karma-Oued RommaneAit Ouallal

How it changed

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

Boufakrane +30.5%

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
19.2%aged 10 and over26.1% in 201426.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.5%14.5% in 201422.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.5%aged 15 and over44.3% in 201410.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.54children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.5%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.8%of settled households89.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boufakrane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over2.4%
2.2%70–742.1%
3.5%65–692.9%
5.4%60–644.3%
5.6%55–594.7%
6.3%50–545.5%
5.7%45–497.0%
6.7%40–447.3%
6.0%35–397.4%
6.3%30–347.1%
6.0%25–297.1%
7.0%20–247.7%
8.8%15–198.3%
10.7%10–149.8%
9.8%5–99.4%
7.5%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tamazight20.8%
  • Tachelhit6.6%
  • Tarifit2.8%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French61.1%
  • English17.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.9%
  • Private car17.8%
  • Employer’s transport12.8%
  • Bus6.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.3%
  • Taxi3.7%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Boufakrane’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
5,503
Standing empty
31.1%15.2% vacant15.9% a second home
Precarious
4.1%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
91.6%94.7% on the water mains98.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house75.0%
  • Apartment16.1%
  • Traditional house2.8%
  • Rural-type2.3%
  • Villa2.0%
  • Other1.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.6%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years88.0%
  • 20 to 49 years11.0%
  • 50 years or more1.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
75144.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
70393.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,9012.7 per business
Public services
39
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.9%
  • Services29.9%
  • Industry14.4%
  • Construction6.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person53.9%
  • 2 to 337.4%
  • 4 to 97.5%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.7%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–201013.4%
  • 1991–20002.8%
  • 1981–19901.0%
  • 1956–19803.4%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
03.061.01.05
As digits
030610105
Slug
boufakrane
Record
/api/communes/03.061.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.061.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.061.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.061.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.061.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.061.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2808073
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boufakrane");

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