El Orjane
العرجان
Rural commune in the cercle of Outat El Haj, province of Boulemane, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 7,706
- Since 2014
- −0.4%from 7,740 in 2014
- Density
- 17.2people per km², 447 km²
- Households
- 1,608
- Rank
- 937937th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 21 in its province
Next door in Oulad Ali Youssef, 25.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 80.9%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.4% to 40.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Zmam. Unemployment: 40.9% here, 38.1% there; household size: 4.8 here, 4.6 there; running water: 80.9% here, 84.7% there.
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 Orjane.
El Orjane −0.4%
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 over46.9% in 201452.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 40.9%6.4% in 201441.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 31.2%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20141.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.72children per woman2.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.2%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 80.9%of settled households66.4% 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 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.0% | 70–74 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.8% | 65–69 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 5.0% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.3% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 7.5% | ||
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.0% | 25–29 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.5% | 20–24 | 6.3% | ||
| 9.4% | 15–19 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.7% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 11.7% | 5–9 | 10.1% | ||
| 8.5% | 0–4 | 8.6% | ||
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
- 46.9%aged 10 and over36.6% in 202466.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.4%40.9% in 202413.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 43.6%aged 15 and over31.2% in 202413.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.96children per woman2.72 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.9%of people6.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.8people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 66.4%of settled households80.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6% | 75 and over | 3.1% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.0% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.1% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 3.8% | 45–49 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.7% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.8% | 25–29 | 9.1% | ||
| 8.7% | 20–24 | 7.7% | ||
| 10.3% | 15–19 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.4% | 10–14 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.8% | 5–9 | 10.0% | ||
| 12.0% | 0–4 | 11.4% | ||
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
- 10513.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 7672.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1091.4 per business
- Public services
- 28
- 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 Orjane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,706 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| العرجانEl Orjane11 douars · 4,059 people | ||||||
| اولاد قدورOuled Kaddour | Grouped | 56 | 229 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| اهل تمانوكتAhl Tmanoukt | In parts | 115 | 520 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| اولاد فاوزOulad Fouz | In parts | 109 | 503 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
| اولاد سيدي احمد اليعقوبي (الشرفا)Oulad Sidi Ahmed El Ykoubi (Chorfa) | Grouped | 142 | 673 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| اولاد عايدOulad Ayd | Grouped | 44 | 199 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| اولاد بوشريفةOulad Bouchrifa | Grouped | 94 | 389 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| اولاد موحى بن عبيدOulad Mouha Ben Abid | In parts | 105 | 555 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| اولاد الميرOulad El Mir | Grouped | 31 | 109 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| طينتTint | Dispersed | 157 | 814 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.1 |
| اولاد سعيدOulad Saïd | Grouped | 16 | 56 | — | — | — |
| حيونHayyoune | Grouped | 4 | 12 | — | — | — |
| تيرنستTiranst11 douars · 2,790 people | ||||||
| اولاد بوشريفةOuled Bouchrifa | Grouped | 11 | 46 | — | — | — |
| اولاد لحسنOuled Lahcen | Grouped | 49 | 239 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 13.9 |
| اولاد بلقاسمOuled Belkacem | Grouped | 20 | 77 | — | — | — |
| اولاد شنافOuled Achnaf | Grouped | 21 | 86 | — | — | — |
| اولاد عبد الرحمنOuled Abderrahmane | Grouped | 13 | 54 | — | — | — |
| لمحاجيبLamhajib | Grouped | 10 | 52 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الطاهرOuled Taher | Grouped | 20 | 94 | — | — | — |
| اولاد عامرOuled Aamer | Grouped | 18 | 94 | — | — | — |
| لكراكرLakraker | Grouped | 28 | 131 | — | — | — |
| تاسةTassa | Grouped | 275 | 1,342 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 25.5 |
| لمواجنLamouajen | Grouped | 112 | 575 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 857 people | ||||||
| الغابةEl Ghaba | Grouped | 158 | 857 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.1 |
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
03.131.07.01- As digits
031310701- Slug
el-orjane- Census figures
/api/communes/03.131.07.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.131.07.01/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.131.07.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.131.07.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2817793
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-orjane");