El Borj
البرج
Rural commune in the cercle of Khénifra, province of Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.
- Population, 2024
- 3,266
- Since 2014
- −14.3%from 3,812 in 2014
- Density
- 25.1people per km², 130.1 km²
- Households
- 844
- Rank
- 1,3681,368th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 22 in its province
Next door in Khenifra, 99.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.4%.
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 38.9% to 89.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
54032
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is El Borj.
El Borj −14.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 48.9%aged 10 and over57.6% in 201461.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 33.1%21.8% in 201444.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.5%aged 15 and over48.1% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.85children per woman1.32 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 13.2%of people8.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.5%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8% | 75 and over | 6.0% | ||
| 3.6% | 70–74 | 3.4% | ||
| 5.1% | 65–69 | 5.0% | ||
| 5.4% | 60–64 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.7% | 50–54 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.7% | 45–49 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.7% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.7% | 30–34 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.4% | 25–29 | 5.2% | ||
| 6.8% | 20–24 | 6.2% | ||
| 8.1% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.3% | 10–14 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.3% | 5–9 | 8.1% | ||
| 5.8% | 0–4 | 6.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 57.6%aged 10 and over48.9% in 202468.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 21.8%33.1% in 202459.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 48.1%aged 15 and over34.5% in 202411.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.32children per woman1.85 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.2%of people13.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.2%of settled households0.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1% | 75 and over | 4.2% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 2.9% | 65–69 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.5% | 55–59 | 4.8% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.7% | 25–29 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.1% | 20–24 | 10.0% | ||
| 8.5% | 15–19 | 8.1% | ||
| 8.2% | 10–14 | 8.3% | ||
| 8.9% | 5–9 | 8.0% | ||
| 9.6% | 0–4 | 8.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 4714.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 1736.2% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1036.1 per business
- Public services
- 29
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
El Borj’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 4 fractions, with 3,266 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أيت بومزيل أزغارAit Boumzil Azghar7 douars · 1,041 people | ||||||
| أيت عزوز إيشيAit Azzouz Ou Ichi | Dispersed | 121 | 478 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| أيت خويا احدوAit Khouya Haddou | Dispersed | 74 | 283 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| أيت بن يحيىAit Ben Yahya | Dispersed | 11 | 39 | — | — | — |
| أيت لحسن أو يحيىAit Lahcen Ou Yahya | Dispersed | 7 | 30 | — | — | — |
| أيت شارطAit Chart | Dispersed | 11 | 53 | — | — | — |
| إنادموتنIndmouten | Dispersed | 25 | 107 | — | — | — |
| أيت بوحدو تالمكتارتAit Bouhaddou Talmaktart | Dispersed | 12 | 51 | — | — | — |
| آيت الحرشAit Al Hrach4 douars · 1,211 people | ||||||
| أيت القاضيAit El Kadi | Dispersed | 89 | 316 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 9.0 |
| أيت باباAit Baba | Dispersed | 146 | 530 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 8.2 |
| أيت سيدي احمد أوعليAit Sidi Ahmed Ou Ali | Dispersed | 85 | 306 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 9.0 |
| أيت محمد أوعليAit Mohamed Ou Ali | Dispersed | 18 | 59 | — | — | — |
| آيت لحسن أو سعيدAit Lahcen Ou Said3 douars · 906 people | ||||||
| ايت خوياAit Khouya | In parts | 150 | 609 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 9.3 |
| الظهرةEddahra | Dispersed | 34 | 153 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| تيشوت أو زمورTichchout Ou Zemmour | Dispersed | 35 | 144 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 8.7 |
| آيت باجيAit Baji1 douar · 108 people | ||||||
| إشرويضنIcharwiden | Dispersed | 26 | 108 | — | — | — |
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
05.301.05.05- As digits
053010505- Slug
el-borj- Census figures
/api/communes/05.301.05.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.301.05.05/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.301.05.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/05.301.05.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2875667
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-borj");