Brikcha
ابريكشة
Rural commune in the cercle of Moqrissat, province of Ouezzane, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 8,777
- Since 2014
- −15.6%from 10,399 in 2014
- Density
- 61.4people per km², 143 km²
- Households
- 2,508
- Rank
- 828828th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 17 in its province
Next door in Souk L'qolla, 8.0% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 38.3%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 4.9% to 25.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sebt Ait Rahou. Aged 0 to 14: 23.2% here, 23.5% there; aged 65 and over: 11.8% here, 12.1% there; running water: 27.5% here, 32.5% there.
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 Brikcha.
Brikcha −15.6%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 43.0%aged 10 and over50.6% in 201454.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 25.7%4.9% in 201427.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 32.3%aged 15 and over52.2% in 20144.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.36children per woman2.18 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 11.0%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.5people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 27.5%of settled households31.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7% | 75 and over | 4.9% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.9% | 65–69 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.6% | 60–64 | 5.8% | ||
| 4.8% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 6.2% | 50–54 | 6.1% | ||
| 7.0% | 45–49 | 7.7% | ||
| 7.9% | 40–44 | 7.4% | ||
| 7.8% | 35–39 | 7.5% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.0% | ||
| 4.7% | 25–29 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.2% | 20–24 | 5.6% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.8% | 10–14 | 8.7% | ||
| 7.8% | 5–9 | 7.8% | ||
| 6.0% | 0–4 | 6.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 50.6%aged 10 and over43.0% in 202461.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.9%25.7% in 20247.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 52.2%aged 15 and over32.3% in 202426.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.18children per woman1.36 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.9%of people11.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average3.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 31.1%of settled households27.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.1% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.6% | 45–49 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.4% | 40–44 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 8.3% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 8.2% | 25–29 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.6% | 20–24 | 9.4% | ||
| 9.2% | 15–19 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.7% | 10–14 | 9.6% | ||
| 9.8% | 5–9 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.9% | 0–4 | 9.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Brikcha’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 471
- Standing empty
- 18.9%6.8% vacant12.1% a second home
- Precarious
- 48.6%0.8% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 58.0%83.4% on the water mains95.5% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 126.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 21224.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 10248.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1791.8 per business
- Public services
- 106
- Associations
- 4in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households cooking with charcoal is 20.8%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 2.4%. Tatoft is furthest from it, at 1.3%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
The share of urban dwellings with a roof of other materials is 43.1%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
The share of urban dwellings of a rural type is 47.1%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Brikcha | 1,156 |
Douars
Brikcha’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,621 people. Another 1,156 live in Brikcha, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد بورندةOulad Bouranda6 douars · 1,178 people | ||||||
| بني امحمدBni Mhamed | Grouped | 154 | 602 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| ريغةRigha | Grouped | 76 | 269 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| اصداقAsadak | In parts | 46 | 175 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| البورLbour | Grouped | 16 | 57 | — | — | — |
| الولجةLoulja | Grouped | 8 | 23 | — | — | — |
| العدامينLaaddamine | Grouped | 17 | 52 | — | — | — |
| الوطاويين العلياEl Outaouyine El Oulia9 douars · 1,610 people | ||||||
| عين لحسنAin Lahcen | Grouped | 58 | 201 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 20.8 |
| عين غابثAin Ghabt | Grouped | 71 | 235 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 25.0 |
| الصافEs Saf | Grouped | 65 | 268 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 25.0 |
| زيدورZaidour | Grouped | 123 | 453 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 12.8 |
| كنتورGantour | Grouped | 19 | 60 | — | — | — |
| اسقيفةSkifa | Grouped | 48 | 159 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 15.2 |
| تزروتTazrout | Grouped | 18 | 78 | — | — | — |
| قطارةQattara | Grouped | 11 | 61 | — | — | — |
| مرسالةMersala | Grouped | 23 | 95 | — | — | — |
| الفتاحنةEl Ftahna6 douars · 3,569 people | ||||||
| الفرحةEl Ferha | In parts | 267 | 909 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 14.9 |
| الظواهرEddouahar | In parts | 194 | 724 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| بثنوBatnou | Grouped | 56 | 233 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 10.1 |
| اللشانEllchane | Grouped | 321 | 1,238 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| تالةTala | Grouped | 45 | 149 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| الغرةElgharra | Grouped | 97 | 316 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 20.7 |
| ابريكشة المركزBrikcha Centre2 douars · 309 people | ||||||
| زكتاوة العلياZektaoua Laoulia | Grouped | 74 | 210 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| خندق الزيارةKhandeq Ezziyara | Grouped | 26 | 99 | — | — | — |
| البلوطةEl Belouta3 douars · 955 people | ||||||
| البلوطةEl Belouta | In parts | 134 | 441 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 6.5 |
| اكضةAkda | Grouped | 73 | 227 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.3 |
| التيامةEttyama | Grouped | 80 | 287 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 16.0 |
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
01.405.09.05- As digits
014050905- Slug
brikcha- Census figures
/api/communes/01.405.09.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.405.09.05/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/01.405.09.05/housing.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/01.405.09.05/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.405.09.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.405.09.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2563395
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("brikcha");