El Menzeh
المنزه
Rural commune in the cercle of Ain El Aouda, préfecture of Skhirate-Témara, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 7,168
- Since 2014
- −37.0%from 11,370 in 2014
- Density
- 135people per km², 53 km²
- Households
- 2,162
- Foreign residents
- 204
- Rank
- 985985th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 10 in its préfecture
Next door in Oumazza, 0.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 70.9%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 19.6% to 70.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Jadida. Can’t read or write: 10.2% here, 10.6% there; household size: 3.3 here, 3.5 there; running water: 89.5% here, 98.4% there.
One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.
Where it is
Its préfecture, 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 Menzeh.
El Menzeh −37.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 10.2%aged 10 and over29.1% in 201413.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.2%14.5% in 20149.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 57.3%aged 15 and over55.6% in 201443.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.74children per woman2.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.2%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.3people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 89.5%of settled households71.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 3.6% | ||
| 3.3% | 70–74 | 2.9% | ||
| 4.7% | 65–69 | 3.9% | ||
| 5.9% | 60–64 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.0% | 55–59 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.1% | 50–54 | 6.3% | ||
| 7.6% | 45–49 | 8.3% | ||
| 7.6% | 40–44 | 9.2% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 8.1% | ||
| 6.1% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 5.2% | 25–29 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.3% | 20–24 | 4.9% | ||
| 7.7% | 15–19 | 6.8% | ||
| 9.1% | 10–14 | 8.8% | ||
| 8.4% | 5–9 | 7.8% | ||
| 5.9% | 0–4 | 5.8% | ||
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
- 29.1%aged 10 and over10.2% in 202436.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.5%9.2% in 202423.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 55.6%aged 15 and over57.3% in 202432.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.69children per woman1.74 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.5%of people2.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average3.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 71.9%of settled households89.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5% | 75 and over | 1.8% | ||
| 1.0% | 70–74 | 1.4% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.2% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.1% | 55–59 | 3.2% | ||
| 5.6% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.9% | 45–49 | 4.8% | ||
| 7.1% | 40–44 | 7.1% | ||
| 8.1% | 35–39 | 8.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 8.5% | ||
| 8.8% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 9.9% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 9.3% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 9.5% | ||
| 10.7% | 0–4 | 11.0% | ||
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
- 7810.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5570.5% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2614.7 per business
- Public services
- 21
- Associations
- 2in 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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households living in a villa or a floor of one went from 15.2% in 2014 to 40.1% in 2024, against an average fall in other communes.
Across 5 of the 6 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is −0.9 points. Ain El Aouda is furthest from it, at −2.5 points.
Across Morocco, the fall was one point.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
The share of households living in a villa or a floor of one is 40.1%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 2.6%. Mers El Kheir is furthest from it, at 0.4%.
In 2014 it was 15.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was one point.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
The share of people with higher education went from 9.8% in 2014 to 39.3% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.
Across 5 of the 6 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +5.2 points. Oumazza is furthest from it, at +2.7 points.
Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
El Menzeh’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,143 people. 25 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد مباركOulad Mbarek4 douars · 1,197 people | ||||||
| بحيرة بن عزوز(دوار العربي)Bahirat Ben Azzouz (Douar Larbi) | Dispersed | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| الضويات أولاد امباركEddouyat Oulad Mbarek | Dispersed | 85 | 267 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 4.6 |
| القلعةEl Kelâa | Grouped | 3 | 10 | — | — | — |
| ايت عبوAit Abbou | Dispersed | 267 | 917 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| أولاد بوطيبOulad Boutayeb3 douars · 2,155 people | ||||||
| العبابسةEl Aababsa | Dispersed | 526 | 1,603 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| الكبابرةLekbabra | Grouped | 128 | 458 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| الرميلاتRmilat | Dispersed | 24 | 94 | — | — | — |
| شراكةCheraga1 douar · 618 people | ||||||
| شراكة (سيدي العربي)Chraga Sidi Laarbi | Dispersed | 162 | 618 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 7.3 |
| بساتين المنزهBsatine El Menzeh1 douar · 2,088 people | ||||||
| بساتين المنزهBsatine El Menzeh | Grouped | 665 | 2,088 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| الدحاحنةDhahna1 douar · 1,085 people | ||||||
| أولاد بوطيب الدحاحنةOulad Boutayeb D'Hahna | Dispersed | 301 | 1,085 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
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
04.501.03.01- As digits
045010301- Slug
el-menzeh- Census figures
/api/communes/04.501.03.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.501.03.01/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/04.501.03.01/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.501.03.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/04.501.03.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2498870
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-menzeh");