El Aamria

العامرية

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

Population, 2024
8,625
Since 2014
−8.8%from 9,454 in 2014
Density
197people per km², 43.8 km²
Households
1,891
Rank
847847th most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 43 in its province

Next door in Sidi Moussa, 46.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.5% to 42.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Orjane. Unemployment: 42.2% here, 40.9% there; household size: 4.6 here, 4.8 there; running water: 91.2% here, 80.9% there.

Compare it with El Orjane

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 El Aamria.

El Aamria −8.8%

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
36.6%aged 10 and over44.0% in 201444.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
42.2%8.5% in 201442.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.0%aged 15 and over42.3% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.71children per woman3.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.2%of settled households94.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Aamria: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.5%
2.6%70–742.8%
3.5%65–693.1%
3.9%60–643.8%
4.3%55–593.8%
5.4%50–545.6%
5.9%45–496.4%
6.5%40–447.0%
4.7%35–396.2%
5.9%30–346.0%
6.2%25–296.2%
7.0%20–246.8%
9.5%15–199.8%
12.9%10–1411.2%
10.9%5–910.5%
8.0%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French23.0%
  • English4.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle23.6%
  • Bus10.2%
  • Taxi5.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.9%
  • Private car4.2%
  • Animal2.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.9%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18121.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12066.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2021.7 per business
Public services
41
Associations
20in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.5%
  • Services23.3%
  • Industry22.5%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person54.2%
  • 2 to 341.7%
  • 4 to 93.3%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.8%
  • 2011–201935.8%
  • 2001–201024.2%
  • 1991–20006.7%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

El Aamria’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 5 fractions, with 8,614 people. 11 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
الريح 1Rih 11 douar · 2,535 people
رݣراݣةRagragaIn parts5372,5350.60.83.5
أولاد موسىOd Moussa3 douars · 1,844 people
أولاد لبيضOulad LabyadGrouped1156080.00.31.0
أولاد موسىOd MoussaGrouped1065830.71.12.3
البغولةLabghoulaGrouped1356531.02.03.0
الريح 2Rih 24 douars · 3,077 people
أولاد صالحOd SalahIn parts1858120.02.23.1
أولاد سي مصورOulad Si MessourIn parts1496570.11.75.8
لزرݣLazrougGrouped2911,1900.11.25.1
أولاد عيادOulad AyyadGrouped894180.51.27.5
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 86 people
المنيرةEl MniraGrouped2186———
مركز العامريةCentre El Aamria1 douar · 1,072 people
الشرفاءChorfaGrouped2631,0720.00.80.1

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
07.191.13.05
As digits
071911305
Slug
el-aamria
OpenStreetMap
2881967
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-aamria");

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