Charqaoua
شرقاوة
Rural commune in the cercle of Zerhoun, préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 4,727
- Since 2014
- −14.5%from 5,526 in 2014
- Density
- 35.8people per km², 131.9 km²
- Households
- 1,141
- Rank
- 1,2291,229th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 21 in its préfecture
Next door in N'zalat Bni Amar, 95.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.4%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 3.9% to 36.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Where it is
Its préfecture, 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 Charqaoua.
Charqaoua −14.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 39.3%aged 10 and over49.6% in 201451.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 36.0%3.9% in 201472.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.6%aged 15 and over47.7% in 20143.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.83children per woman2.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.6%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.1people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.4%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8% | 75 and over | 4.4% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 3.2% | ||
| 2.5% | 65–69 | 2.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.5% | 55–59 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 5.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 45–49 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 6.6% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.5% | 20–24 | 6.1% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.7% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 10.6% | ||
| 9.9% | 0–4 | 8.7% | ||
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
- 49.6%aged 10 and over39.3% in 202461.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 3.9%36.0% in 202428.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.7%aged 15 and over40.6% in 20247.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.1%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.96children per woman2.83 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.4%of people7.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.1people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.0%of settled households0.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 1.8% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 1.5% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 2.6% | 55–59 | 2.6% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.4% | 45–49 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.2% | 40–44 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 8.0% | 30–34 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.5% | 25–29 | 9.0% | ||
| 8.9% | 20–24 | 8.3% | ||
| 8.1% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.3% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 12.1% | 5–9 | 11.0% | ||
| 11.1% | 0–4 | 10.9% | ||
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 6814.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 710.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 71.0 per business
- Public services
- 55
- Associations
- 6in premises of their own
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.
Douars
Charqaoua’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,724 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| تادلةTadla4 douars · 1,333 people | ||||||
| بني معدانBni Maadane | Grouped | 115 | 496 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| الدخيسةDkhissa | Grouped | 27 | 98 | — | — | — |
| اولاد النصيرOulad Nssir | Grouped | 72 | 262 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| لعكوباتLaagoubat | Grouped | 113 | 477 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| اهل الريفAhl Rif3 douars · 819 people | ||||||
| بني معدان اهل الريفBni Maadane Ahl Rif | In parts | 93 | 405 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| غمرةGhomra | Dispersed | 86 | 369 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 25.2 |
| اولاد ميلودOulad Miloud | Grouped | 12 | 45 | — | — | — |
| بوقنادلBouknadel5 douars · 1,438 people | ||||||
| السماعلةSmaala | Grouped | 54 | 224 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 8.0 |
| كدارةGueddara | Grouped | 127 | 505 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 13.5 |
| قرناصةKrnassa | Grouped | 28 | 122 | — | — | — |
| عين عليلوAin Alilou | Grouped | 53 | 239 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 21.1 |
| بني شݣدالBeni Chagdel | Grouped | 80 | 348 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| اعزيب الحمراءAzib Lhamra5 douars · 1,134 people | ||||||
| الهرماسيEl Hrmassi | Grouped | 13 | 50 | — | — | — |
| العلامةEl Alama | Grouped | 17 | 63 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الحاج امهارشOulad El Haj Amharch | Grouped | 24 | 105 | — | — | — |
| احساين الݣروانيHsine Garouani | In parts | 57 | 222 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 28.7 |
| اعزيب الحمراءAzib Lhamra | Grouped | 168 | 694 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 16.7 |
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
03.061.07.01- As digits
030610701- Slug
charqaoua- Census figures
/api/communes/03.061.07.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.061.07.01/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.061.07.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.061.07.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2813754
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("charqaoua");