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

Next door in Foum El Oued, 71.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.5%.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

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
MenAgeWomen
4.4%75 and over8.1%
3.2%70–742.4%
1.8%65–694.6%
3.2%60–644.4%
4.6%55–593.9%
7.6%50–547.6%
10.1%45–496.3%
9.4%40–448.3%
12.1%35–398.1%
10.3%30–348.7%
5.5%25–298.1%
4.1%20–243.5%
2.3%15–191.5%
2.5%10–142.8%
9.2%5–910.2%
9.6%0–411.5%

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%
More census figures

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%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.5%
  • Taxi2.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.9%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

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
More business figures

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%

Douars

Boukraa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 1 douar in 1 fraction, with 1,012 people. 159 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بوكراعBoukraa1 douar · 1,012 people
بوكراعBoukraaGrouped3941,0121.814.614.5

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
11.321.03.01
As digits
113210301
Slug
boukraa
OpenStreetMap
3409841
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boukraa");

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