El Foqra
الفقراء
Rural commune in the cercle of Khouribga, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.
- Population, 2024
- 2,965
- Since 2014
- −6.0%from 3,154 in 2014
- Density
- 15.4people per km², 192.8 km²
- Households
- 715
- Rank
- 1,3841,384th most populous of 1,503 communes29th of 31 in its province
Next door in Bni Oukil, 91.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.9%.
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 54.3% to 97.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
25022
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is El Foqra.
El Foqra −6.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 42.6%aged 10 and over52.0% in 201455.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 55.7%17.4% in 201482.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.0%aged 15 and over41.9% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.52children per woman3.56 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.5%of people6.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.1people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 2.9%of settled households4.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3% | 75 and over | 5.2% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.2% | 65–69 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.6% | 60–64 | 5.2% | ||
| 4.1% | 55–59 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.2% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.7% | 35–39 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 30–34 | 7.7% | ||
| 6.5% | 25–29 | 5.1% | ||
| 7.6% | 20–24 | 6.8% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 6.4% | ||
| 11.9% | 10–14 | 10.8% | ||
| 9.0% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 8.3% | 0–4 | 8.5% | ||
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
- 52.0%aged 10 and over42.6% in 202465.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.4%55.7% in 202438.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.9%aged 15 and over42.0% in 20244.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.56children per woman2.52 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.5%of people5.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 4.8%of settled households2.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 3.9% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 3.5% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.7% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.3% | 45–49 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.7% | 40–44 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.0% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.0% | 25–29 | 6.4% | ||
| 10.5% | 20–24 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 9.9% | ||
| 10.4% | 10–14 | 10.3% | ||
| 8.0% | 5–9 | 7.8% | ||
| 12.3% | 0–4 | 11.2% | ||
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
- 6321.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 1320.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 362.8 per business
- Public services
- 48
- Associations
- 2in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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 Foqra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,965 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| الفقراء الغربيينEl Foqra Lgharbiyine4 douars · 1,505 people | ||||||
| السلالمة الوارتيينSlalma Louartyine | In parts | 112 | 438 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| السلالمة أولاد عزوز بن علالSlalma Old Azzoz Ben Allal | In parts | 84 | 392 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 5.9 |
| لحدادنةLahdadna | In parts | 56 | 235 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 10.9 |
| السلالمة الصمامدةSlalma Smamda | In parts | 95 | 440 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 11.5 |
| الفقراء الشرقيينEl Foqra Echarqiyine6 douars · 1,460 people | ||||||
| فيلالةFilala | In parts | 92 | 377 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| التوانسةTwansa | Dispersed | 61 | 213 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 11.7 |
| لحفاينة شرقاوةLahfayna Cherkaoua | In parts | 92 | 414 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| الشيوخةEcchioukha | In parts | 27 | 109 | — | — | — |
| لغزاونةLaghzaouna | In parts | 7 | 29 | — | — | — |
| لغفافرةEl Ghfafra | In parts | 89 | 318 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 6.6 |
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
05.311.05.09- As digits
053110509- Slug
el-foqra- Census figures
/api/communes/05.311.05.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.311.05.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.311.05.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/05.311.05.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2879632
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-foqra");