Choara
الشعراء
Rural commune in the cercle of Laattaouia, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 12,249
- Since 2014
- +11.1%from 11,023 in 2014
- Density
- 229people per km², 53.5 km²
- Households
- 2,569
- Rank
- 577577th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 43 in its province
Next door in Laattaouia, 92.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.5%.
Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 77.1% to 95.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamharza Essahel. Running water: 98.0% here, 90.3% there; aged 65 and over: 8.0% here, 7.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.2% here, 30.0% 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 Choara.
Choara +11.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 33.7%aged 10 and over44.5% in 201443.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.0%5.2% in 201442.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.2%aged 15 and over45.7% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.98children per woman3.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.4%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 98.0%of settled households96.9% 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 | 3.2% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.9% | ||
| 2.6% | 65–69 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.4% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.7% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 7.7% | 45–49 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.2% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 9.5% | ||
| 12.2% | 10–14 | 11.6% | ||
| 10.5% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 8.9% | 0–4 | 8.3% | ||
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
- 44.5%aged 10 and over33.7% in 202457.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.2%22.0% in 202453.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 45.7%aged 15 and over36.2% in 20243.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.06children per woman1.98 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.9%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.4people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 96.9%of settled households98.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2% | 75 and over | 2.1% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 1.8% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 1.7% | ||
| 2.5% | 60–64 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.4% | 45–49 | 3.9% | ||
| 5.6% | 40–44 | 5.1% | ||
| 8.6% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.4% | 30–34 | 8.2% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.9% | 20–24 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 9.9% | ||
| 8.8% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.7% | 5–9 | 11.1% | ||
| 13.4% | 0–4 | 12.4% | ||
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
- 19916.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 13165.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2011.5 per business
- Public services
- 53
- Associations
- 15in 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
Choara’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 1 fraction, with 12,249 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| الشعراءChoara22 douars · 12,249 people | ||||||
| أولاد زائرOulad Zayr | In parts | 304 | 1,405 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| أولاد مراقOulad Mrak | In parts | 354 | 1,659 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
| أولاد غنامOulad Ghanam | In parts | 119 | 562 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| أولاد يخلفOulad Yakhlaf | Grouped | 175 | 826 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| أولاد عليOulad Ali | Grouped | 49 | 200 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| أولاد حديدةOuled Hdida | In parts | 108 | 509 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| أولاد عمارةOulad Mara | In parts | 138 | 675 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| أولاد بورايةOulad Bouraya | Grouped | 39 | 167 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| أولاد وگاد بلفقيهOulad Ouggad Bellefqih | Dispersed | 34 | 154 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 5.4 |
| بن المحجوبBen El Mahjoub | Grouped | 161 | 738 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| بن العياشيBen El Ayachi | Dispersed | 89 | 450 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| بن قشرBen Quachar | In parts | 121 | 589 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| القب بودرگةLqoub Boudarga | Dispersed | 86 | 430 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
| تعاونية سيدي الريگطCoopérative Sidi Errigat | Dispersed | 85 | 408 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| تعاونية الحمريطيCoopérative El Hamriti | Dispersed | 100 | 473 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| تعاونية أحنيشCoopérative Ahnich | Dispersed | 131 | 644 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| تعاونية گفايCoopérative Gfay | Dispersed | 109 | 567 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| الطواهرةTouahra | In parts | 157 | 784 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
| القضيةKodia | Grouped | 38 | 176 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
| الشبابكةEcchbabka | Dispersed | 77 | 351 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| الكواملةKwamla | Grouped | 86 | 445 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| أولاد الفقيهOd Lafkih | Grouped | 9 | 37 | — | — | — |
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
07.191.05.05- As digits
071910505- Slug
choara- Census figures
/api/communes/07.191.05.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.191.05.05/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.191.05.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.191.05.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2881881
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("choara");