Er-Rteb

الرتب

Rural commune in the cercle of Errachidia, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
12,852
Since 2014
−4.5%from 13,461 in 2014
Density
47.6people per km², 270.3 km²
Households
2,544
Foreign residents
1
Rank
554554th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 29 in its province

Next door in Fezna, 84.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.3%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.1% to 18.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Assahrij. Read French: 28.0% here, 25.5% there; running water: 95.4% here, 98.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.2% here, 31.8% there.

Compare it with Assahrij

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

52016

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Er-Rteb.

Er-Rteb −4.5%

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
23.1%aged 10 and over28.6% in 201432.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.6%8.1% in 201433.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.8%aged 15 and over36.1% in 20143.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.49children per woman2.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people7.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.1people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.4%of settled households89.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Er-Rteb: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.4%
3.2%70–743.4%
3.5%65–694.0%
4.3%60–644.2%
4.3%55–594.1%
5.3%50–545.0%
6.0%45–496.2%
5.9%40–446.7%
5.7%35–396.4%
4.8%30–346.3%
5.1%25–295.7%
6.2%20–246.2%
9.8%15–198.8%
11.9%10–1411.4%
11.3%5–99.7%
9.6%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija91.7%
  • Tachelhit16.6%
  • Tamazight10.9%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French28.0%
  • English5.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.8%
  • Taxi4.0%
  • Employer’s transport3.7%
  • Private car3.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.9%
  • Animal1.5%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Informal transport0.9%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18714.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12164.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2061.7 per business
Public services
63
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce67.8%
  • Services22.3%
  • Industry8.3%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.6%
  • 2 to 311.6%
  • 4 to 95.0%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.1%
  • 2011–201929.8%
  • 2001–201010.7%
  • 1991–200013.2%
  • 1981–199010.7%
  • 1956–19802.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Er-Rteb’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 4 fractions, with 12,827 people. 25 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
الزريقاتEzzrikat5 douars · 4,688 people
القنطرةEl KentraGrouped2031,1611.01.22.2
الرحبةRahbaGrouped1759711.01.22.2
القصبةEl KesbahGrouped814441.03.54.4
الحارةEl HaraGrouped1659691.01.01.0
اولاد النصرOulad EnnacerGrouped2181,1431.01.01.7
الرتب التحتانيةEr Rteb Tahtania4 douars · 5,531 people
البطاطحةEl BetathaGrouped1176311.01.32.6
الزاوية القديمةZaouya LakdimaGrouped2391,0591.01.03.6
البلاغمةEl BelaghmaGrouped1355881.01.07.0
الدويرةDouiraGrouped6583,2531.01.21.3
الرتب الوسطانيةEr Rteb Louastaniya1 douar · 611 people
الربيتRbiteIn parts1226111.01.34.8
الزاوية الجديدةZaouia El Jadida3 douars · 1,997 people
الزاوية الجديدةZaouia El JadidaGrouped2239972.02.02.0
المعاركةMaarkaGrouped1105461.41.52.8
تمعاركيتTamaarkiteGrouped944541.01.41.8

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.201.07.05
As digits
082010705
Slug
er-rteb
OpenStreetMap
2884802
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("er-rteb");

Report an error on this page