Boukraa

بوكراع

Rural commune in the cercle of Laâyoune, province of Laâyoune, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024: 1,171
Since 2014: +109.9%from 558 in 2014
Density: 0.3people per km², 4,505.5 km²
Households: 396
Rank: 1,4701,470th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 5 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Boukraa +109.9%

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: 19.6%aged 10 and over25.2% in 201429.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.1%13.1% in 201460.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.3%aged 15 and over64.8% in 20148.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 89.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.42children per woman11.47 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.4%of people2.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 2.6people on average2.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 0.5%of settled households1.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boukraa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.4%	75 and over	8.1%
3.2%	70–74	2.4%
1.8%	65–69	4.6%
3.2%	60–64	4.4%
4.6%	55–59	3.9%
7.6%	50–54	7.6%
10.1%	45–49	6.3%
9.4%	40–44	8.3%
12.1%	35–39	8.1%
10.3%	30–34	8.7%
5.5%	25–29	8.1%
4.1%	20–24	3.5%
2.3%	15–19	1.5%
2.5%	10–14	2.8%
9.2%	5–9	10.2%
9.6%	0–4	11.5%

Local languages used

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

Hassania81.9%
Darija71.4%
Tachelhit6.9%
Tamazight0.6%
Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French64.5%
English32.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Employer’s transport58.1%
On foot18.6%
Private car11.8%
Taxi2.5%
Bike or motorcycle0.9%
Bus0.6%

Can’t read or write: 25.2%aged 10 and over19.6% in 202433.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.1%18.1% in 202476.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 64.8%aged 15 and over50.3% in 202424.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 11.47children per woman2.42 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 2.5%of people3.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 2.8people on average2.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 1.5%of settled households0.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Boukraa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.0%	75 and over	2.6%
0.9%	70–74	1.3%
0.9%	65–69	0.9%
1.5%	60–64	2.6%
2.7%	55–59	2.2%
3.9%	50–54	4.0%
5.1%	45–49	2.6%
14.5%	40–44	6.2%
12.4%	35–39	9.7%
10.6%	30–34	11.0%
13.3%	25–29	12.8%
4.2%	20–24	12.3%
2.7%	15–19	2.6%
3.0%	10–14	4.4%
6.3%	5–9	5.7%
14.8%	0–4	18.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija88.6%
Hassania52.8%
Tachelhit12.9%
Tamazight5.3%
Tarifit0.6%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French49.7%
Arabic only31.3%
Arabic, French and English12.5%
Other combinations6.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Employer’s transport72.8%
On foot22.3%
Bus1.8%
Private car0.0%
Taxi0.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood94.2%
Another in the commune1.3%
No fixed place0.4%
At home0.4%
Another commune0.0%
Another province0.0%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades25.9%
Machine operating22.4%
Clerical work18.5%
Labouring and small trades16.4%
Not classified6.0%
Technicians4.3%
Farm and fishing labour4.3%
Trade and broking0.9%
Farming and fishing0.9%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma50.9%
Primary28.7%
Lower secondary13.2%
Upper secondary6.7%
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: 2218.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 1150.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 21419.5 per business
Public services: 11
Associations: 0in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.6%
Industry18.2%
Services18.2%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person54.5%
2 to 327.3%
4 to 99.1%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over9.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later18.2%
2011–201927.3%
2001–20109.1%
1991–200036.4%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19809.1%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 11.321.03.01
As digits: 113210301
Slug: boukraa
Record: /api/communes/11.321.03.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/11.321.03.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/11.321.03.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/11.321.03.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/11.321.03.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 3409841

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boukraa");

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