Derdara

الدردارة

Rural commune in the cercle of Bab Taza, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
11,276
Since 2014
−2.4%from 11,547 in 2014
Density
52.5people per km², 214.8 km²
Households
2,506
Foreign residents
1
Rank
649649th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 28 in its province

Next door in Chefchaouen, 97.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.7%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 41.6% to 30.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Saadla. Running water: 3.7% here, 0.5% there; higher education: 2.1% here, 2.2% there; Darija: 97.4% here, 98.6% there.

Compare it with Saadla

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

91042

How it changed

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

Derdara −2.4%

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
30.3%aged 10 and over41.6% in 201440.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
1.8%7.0% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.3%aged 15 and over46.0% in 201411.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.72children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.7%of settled households2.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Derdara: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.4%
2.3%70–742.2%
2.6%65–692.5%
3.4%60–643.8%
3.6%55–593.7%
4.3%50–544.3%
5.6%45–495.3%
6.6%40–446.3%
8.7%35–398.2%
8.0%30–347.5%
7.7%25–296.9%
7.6%20–247.3%
8.1%15–198.9%
10.5%10–1410.4%
9.8%5–910.7%
8.6%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.4%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French16.9%
  • English2.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot84.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.1%
  • Taxi3.7%
  • Informal transport2.3%
  • Private car2.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.0%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Employer’s transport0.3%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
26123.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
15459.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3642.4 per business
Public services
103
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.6%
  • Services37.7%
  • Industry8.4%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.1%
  • 2 to 326.6%
  • 4 to 913.0%
  • 10 to 493.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.9%
  • 2011–201929.2%
  • 2001–201027.3%
  • 1991–200014.3%
  • 1981–19905.2%
  • 1956–19807.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Derdara’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 6 fractions, with 11,276 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني زرويلBni Zrouyl6 douars · 2,278 people
كركرKarkarGrouped2078———
بني يفتنBni YftenIn parts702596.00.17.5
بني عشيرBeni AachirGrouped10148210.91.710.9
القوابعةEl KouabaaGrouped6128912.00.012.0
تازةTazaIn parts16883012.80.112.8
مركز الدردارةCentre DerdaraGrouped933400.50.50.5
الدردارةDerdara9 douars · 2,103 people
المرابطيشLamrabticheGrouped482091.01.012.0
اهلاليشAhlalicheGrouped26111———
لبعابعةLbaabaaGrouped572721.41.412.1
الشتنواغنAchtaounouagheneGrouped23109———
تلايتةTalaïtaGrouped26149———
المازينMezineIn parts572921.01.17.2
حراقاتEl HarakateGrouped733401.71.19.5
بني أكمانوBnikmanouGrouped1779———
اكراطAkaratIn parts1285421.01.34.5
بني جبارةBni Jbara2 douars · 1,321 people
العشايشLaachayechGrouped1926601.61.012.0
الماوزكرEl MaouzkirGrouped1456618.01.721.0
دار اقوباعDar Akouba6 douars · 2,142 people
مركز دار اقوباعCentre Dar AkoubaGrouped1164740.10.511.5
الدهيسةEddhissaGrouped371451.14.14.3
أنجرةAnjraGrouped301351.56.06.1
المركز الفلاحيCentre El FlahiGrouped592571.32.110.2
الريحانةRihanaGrouped823463.32.58.3
المهرشنEl MeharchenGrouped1777853.60.54.7
تونيتTaounite8 douars · 2,403 people
تونيتTaouniteGrouped371909.13.611.9
الكتانEl KetaneGrouped2197———
امرحومينAmerhoumenGrouped1678———
بوعلدينBoualdineGrouped532317.83.312.0
المنصورةMansouraGrouped431968.11.411.8
اودالAoudalGrouped1085308.11.014.1
تانفلتTanafeltIn parts884635.61.114.5
تاريةTariaGrouped1266187.81.411.6
تاريةTaria5 douars · 1,029 people
كردادKerdadGrouped4823910.11.020.0
اعثمانينAaoutmaneneGrouped482407.82.212.7
شقورةChqouraGrouped6332412.62.021.1
إسوراحIssourahGrouped29129———
تبرانتTaberranèteGrouped2097———

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
01.151.05.09
As digits
011510509
Slug
derdara
OpenStreetMap
2563413
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("derdara");

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