Brarha

برارحة

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

Population, 2024
6,625
Since 2014
−10.8%from 7,429 in 2014
Density
67people per km², 99 km²
Households
1,462
Rank
1,0481,048th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 38 in its province

Next door in Ain Maatouf, 59.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 17.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.1% to 49.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zaaroura. Read French: 17.0% here, 20.0% there; running water: 0.5% here, 6.7% there; can’t read or write: 47.8% here, 45.6% there.

Compare it with Zaaroura

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 Brarha.

Brarha −10.8%

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
47.8%aged 10 and over58.7% in 201463.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
49.3%8.1% in 201425.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.2%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.82children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
9.7%of people7.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.5%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Brarha: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over4.4%
3.1%70–743.9%
4.7%65–694.5%
4.6%60–646.2%
4.1%55–595.1%
4.4%50–544.7%
5.4%45–497.0%
6.5%40–446.7%
7.1%35–396.3%
7.0%30–346.0%
6.6%25–295.5%
7.6%20–245.4%
8.4%15–198.7%
9.0%10–148.6%
9.2%5–99.1%
8.3%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French17.0%
  • English2.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.5%
  • Animal21.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.1%
  • Taxi3.8%
  • Bus3.2%
  • Private car2.6%
  • Informal transport1.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.6%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14421.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5236.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
771.5 per business
Public services
84
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.6%
  • Services30.8%
  • Industry9.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.5%
  • 2 to 39.6%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 491.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later5.8%
  • 2011–201940.4%
  • 2001–201034.6%
  • 1991–20009.6%
  • 1981–19907.7%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Brarha’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,625 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني امحمدBni M'hamed4 douars · 2,287 people
اولاد بوسعدنOulad Bou SaadaneIn parts1547846.17.214.4
الروفEr RoufIn parts1396220.71.69.5
القبةEl QobbaIn parts933983.94.613.0
عين ربيعAin RbieIn parts1184831.02.56.3
الصخرةEssakhra3 douars · 2,392 people
العمارنةAmarnaIn parts1506580.22.410.9
حجر ملولHjar MelloulDispersed1266591.11.84.1
العطاطرةLaatatraIn parts2351,0750.72.97.6
حجر عبد اللهHjar Abdellah3 douars · 1,946 people
النبابلةNbablaIn parts1596932.63.117.8
الغربيينEl GharbiyineIn parts1285505.02.122.4
برارحةBrarhaIn parts1607032.13.626.5

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.561.11.03
As digits
035611103
Slug
brarha
OpenStreetMap
3551462
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("brarha");

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