Eddachra

الدشرة

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Beni Ameur, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
6,939
Since 2014
−7.8%from 7,522 in 2014
Density
88.3people per km², 78.6 km²
Households
1,642
Rank
1,0101,010th most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 43 in its province

Next door in Had Boumoussa, 58.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 98.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.1% to 35.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ksabi-Moulouya. Read French: 27.6% here, 28.5% there; unemployment: 35.6% here, 33.7% there; running water: 98.7% here, 87.7% there.

Compare it with Ksabi-Moulouya

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 Eddachra.

Eddachra −7.8%

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
34.4%aged 10 and over39.5% in 201442.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
35.6%6.1% in 201459.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.7%aged 15 and over44.5% in 20145.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.68children per woman2.30 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.7%of settled households99.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Eddachra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over3.7%
2.9%70–742.8%
3.5%65–692.8%
4.9%60–643.8%
4.9%55–594.2%
4.9%50–544.4%
6.1%45–496.6%
5.4%40–446.8%
4.4%35–395.9%
5.1%30–346.2%
4.3%25–296.4%
5.1%20–247.4%
9.7%15–199.0%
13.9%10–1412.5%
13.5%5–910.2%
8.3%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French27.6%
  • English4.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle37.6%
  • On foot34.7%
  • Private car7.2%
  • Informal transport5.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.3%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%
  • Animal2.0%
  • Bus1.9%
  • Another way1.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17825.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
13575.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1871.4 per business
Public services
30
Associations
13in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.6%
  • Services28.9%
  • Industry19.3%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.7%
  • 2 to 336.3%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.7%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–201021.5%
  • 1991–20007.4%
  • 1981–19900.7%
  • 1956–19805.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Eddachra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,929 people. 10 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
الدشرةEddachra4 douars · 3,357 people
الدشرةEddachraIn parts4852,0220.91.52.6
أهل الزاويةAhl ZaouiaGrouped1716620.71.31.4
انزالة تاملوNzala TamlouGrouped803431.01.06.2
العزابة أيت العسريAzzaba Ait LasriGrouped873300.61.01.0
أولاد حماديOulad Hammadi3 douars · 3,572 people
أولاد حمادي عتارةOulad Hammadi AtaraGrouped2781,2930.31.61.8
أولاد حمادي لقصورOd Hammadi LaqusourGrouped3761,6580.21.01.0
العزابة الفوقانيينEl Azzaba El FouganiyineIn parts1656210.71.13.0

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.191.13.03
As digits
071911303
Slug
eddachra
OpenStreetMap
2881973
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("eddachra");

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