Chorfa M'daghra

شرفاء مدغرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Errachidia, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
18,171
Since 2014
+27.0%from 14,312 in 2014
Density
26.3people per km², 690.5 km²
Households
3,641
Foreign residents
4
Rank
347347th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 29 in its province

Next door in Errachidia, 98.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 12.9%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 80.7% to 70.4%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Khallouf. Household size: 4.8 here, 4.8 there; in the labour force: 31.6% here, 33.7% there; running water: 89.3% here, 93.7% there.

Compare it with Oulad Khallouf

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 Chorfa M'daghra.

Chorfa M'daghra +27.0%

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
20.0%aged 10 and over24.0% in 201427.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.9%8.6% in 201445.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.6%aged 15 and over33.2% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.98children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
89.3%of settled households83.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Chorfa M'daghra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.2%
2.5%70–742.4%
2.8%65–692.9%
3.7%60–643.9%
4.2%55–594.2%
5.0%50–545.4%
6.6%45–496.7%
6.8%40–447.4%
5.8%35–396.5%
5.8%30–346.5%
4.7%25–296.1%
6.3%20–246.7%
9.1%15–198.2%
12.1%10–1410.5%
11.9%5–910.7%
9.9%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.0%
  • Tamazight7.9%
  • Tachelhit6.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French45.9%
  • English12.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle34.6%
  • On foot26.3%
  • Taxi12.8%
  • Employer’s transport8.4%
  • Private car8.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.4%
  • Animal3.2%
  • Informal transport1.2%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
30616.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
22673.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2671.2 per business
Public services
72
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce67.3%
  • Construction14.2%
  • Services13.3%
  • Industry5.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.3%
  • 2 to 312.4%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.4%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–20105.8%
  • 1991–20009.7%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19800.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Chorfa M'daghra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 3 fractions, with 17,385 people. 786 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد الحاجOulad El Haj7 douars · 4,965 people
تاوريرتTaourirtGrouped1195681.01.01.0
القصر الجديدKsar JdidGrouped1657330.70.70.7
القصيبةQçibaGrouped371791.01.01.0
أيت مسعودAyt MessoudGrouped2661,2111.01.61.5
القصر البرانيQsar Al BarraniGrouped1417381.21.01.5
الزاوية البكريةZaouia El BakriaGrouped2209571.01.81.0
أولاد بوناجيOulad Bou NajiGrouped1355791.02.01.0
سيدي بو عبد اللهSidi Bou Abdillah8 douars · 5,374 people
سيدي بو عبد اللهSidi Bou AbdillahGrouped5682,7560.91.03.4
القصبة الجديدةKasba JdidaGrouped954251.01.03.0
تيطافTitafGrouped2201,0021.01.13.9
أولاد امحمدOulad MhamedGrouped452401.00.23.0
بني محليBni MhalliGrouped25116———
أسريرAsrirGrouped793441.01.27.5
تسكدلتTisegdeltGrouped492331.01.17.9
الحيبوسEl HaibousGrouped542581.01.06.0
مسكيMeski10 douars · 7,046 people
بوسعيدBou SaidGrouped482201.11.62.9
الكنزAl KenzGrouped693401.01.13.9
مسكيMeskiGrouped4812,4241.01.11.1
تازناقتTaznaketGrouped2641,3041.01.01.0
بني موسيBni MoussiGrouped2101,0771.01.01.4
كاوزGaouzIn parts472311.01.01.1
القصبة القديمةKasba KdimaGrouped1838490.90.73.6
مديونةMediounaGrouped301551.02.96.0
بوزمواBouzmouaGrouped573501.02.12.3
القصيرةEl KsiraGrouped1596———

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
08.201.07.03
As digits
082010703
Slug
chorfa-m-daghra
OpenStreetMap
2827228
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("chorfa-m-daghra");

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