Bouqachmir

بوقشمير

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulmes, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
2,877
Since 2014
−20.8%from 3,631 in 2014
Density
8.6people per km², 332.9 km²
Households
784
Rank
1,3901,390th most populous of 1,503 communes34th of 35 in its province

Next door in Oulmes, 83.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 8.2%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 14.0% to 82.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

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 Bouqachmir.

Bouqachmir −20.8%

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
61.7%aged 10 and over65.9% in 201470.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
5.5%6.9% in 201434.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.3%aged 15 and over44.3% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.27children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.0%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
8.2%of settled households7.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouqachmir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.0%75 and over5.4%
3.0%70–743.1%
3.6%65–694.1%
4.5%60–645.5%
6.4%55–594.4%
5.3%50–545.9%
6.6%45–497.2%
7.8%40–446.5%
6.8%35–398.3%
5.9%30–346.9%
5.0%25–295.3%
5.4%20–245.0%
8.6%15–197.7%
11.3%10–1410.4%
8.1%5–98.5%
6.6%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight98.6%
  • Darija44.4%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French71.6%
  • English10.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot63.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.9%
  • Animal16.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Private car0.4%
  • Informal transport0.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.1%
  • Bus0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5619.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1628.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
241.5 per business
Public services
40
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce81.3%
  • Industry18.8%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person68.8%
  • 2 to 325.0%
  • 4 to 96.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.5%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–201037.5%
  • 1991–200018.8%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19806.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bouqachmir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 3 fractions, with 2,877 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت حاتم الشماليةAit Hatime Chamalia3 douars · 1,186 people
إيقطفانIkitfaneIn parts843181.75.619.3
أيت يحيىAit YahyaIn parts923431.53.315.7
أيت عيسى اوحسينAit Aissa Ou HsineIn parts1365251.54.119.4
أيت حاتم الجنوبيةAit Hatime Janoubia2 douars · 1,235 people
إغرابينIgharabineIn parts1415371.75.224.8
أيت سعيد أوحسينAït Said Ou-HsineIn parts1996981.64.421.7
تيفوغالينTifoughaline4 douars · 456 people
سوق الحدSouk El HadGrouped2063———
تحانوتTahanoutDispersed1652———
مونوالMounoualDispersed1967———
شبيكات تالChbikat TalDispersed772742.37.935.2

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
04.291.05.05
As digits
042910505
Slug
bouqachmir
OpenStreetMap
2808310
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import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bouqachmir");

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