Dcheira

الدشيرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Laâyoune, province of Laâyoune, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024
901
Since 2014
+77.0%from 509 in 2014
Density
0.2people per km², 3,917.1 km²
Households
371
Foreign residents
6
Rank
1,4861,486th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 5 in its province

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

BoukraaEl MarsaLaâyouneFoum El Oued

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Dcheira.

Dcheira +77.0%

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
32.9%aged 10 and over44.9% in 201441.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
45.1%20.6% in 201474.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.1%aged 15 and over63.6% in 201421.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
100.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.55children per woman1.92 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.4people on average3.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.0%of settled households4.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dcheira: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
9.6%75 and over8.8%
6.7%70–746.1%
5.1%65–698.8%
7.3%60–645.6%
5.1%55–595.4%
8.1%50–547.8%
7.5%45–495.6%
9.0%40–448.5%
7.7%35–395.4%
5.1%30–345.1%
4.1%25–295.4%
5.5%20–246.3%
5.7%15–194.6%
5.7%10–146.3%
3.5%5–96.3%
4.3%0–43.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Hassania95.8%
  • Darija54.7%
  • Tachelhit2.3%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French41.0%
  • English11.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car23.9%
  • On foot11.7%
  • Taxi10.6%
  • Employer’s transport9.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.6%
  • Bus1.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2527.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1248.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
23319.4 per business
Public services
13
Associations
0in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.3%
  • Services25.0%
  • Industry16.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person58.3%
  • 2 to 325.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 498.3%
  • 50 and over8.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.7%
  • 2011–201983.3%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
11.321.03.03
As digits
113210303
Slug
dcheira
Record
/api/communes/11.321.03.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/11.321.03.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/11.321.03.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/11.321.03.03/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/11.321.03.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
3409848
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("dcheira");

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