Ezzhiliga
الزحيلكة
Rural commune in the cercle of Rommani, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 14,788
- Since 2014
- −4.2%from 15,430 in 2014
- Density
- 28.1people per km², 526.6 km²
- Households
- 3,676
- Rank
- 452452nd most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 35 in its province
Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 55.8% to 79.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moulay Bouchta. Can’t read or write: 43.4% here, 44.6% there; unemployment: 14.9% here, 14.7% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.9% here, 26.8% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
15154
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ezzhiliga.
Ezzhiliga −4.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 43.4%aged 10 and over51.6% in 201453.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.9%12.9% in 201427.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.2%aged 15 and over46.9% in 20147.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 91.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.78children per woman2.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.1%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 30.4%of settled households24.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4% | 75 and over | 5.2% | ||
| 2.7% | 70–74 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.3% | 60–64 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.6% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.7% | 45–49 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.5% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.6% | 20–24 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 10.1% | 10–14 | 9.3% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 8.6% | ||
| 7.5% | 0–4 | 6.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 51.6%aged 10 and over43.4% in 202464.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.9%14.9% in 202443.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.9%aged 15 and over34.2% in 202411.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 88.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.51children per woman1.78 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.7%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 24.8%of settled households30.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 3.8% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.2% | 60–64 | 4.2% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.7% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.1% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.4% | 30–34 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 8.1% | ||
| 8.0% | 20–24 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 8.5% | ||
| 10.0% | 10–14 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.1% | 5–9 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.7% | 0–4 | 10.0% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ezzhiliga’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 1,505
- Standing empty
- 19.9%12.7% vacant7.2% a second home
- Precarious
- 29.7%28.8% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 85.3%84.3% on the water mains84.5% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 50.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 36424.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 26572.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3491.3 per business
- Public services
- 89
- Associations
- 10in 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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Ezzhiliga | 4,421 |
Douars
Ezzhiliga’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,367 people. Another 4,421 live in Ezzhiliga, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| النغامشةEnnghamcha6 douars · 3,979 people | ||||||
| ايت بالنغموشAit Ben Naghmouche | Dispersed | 137 | 573 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 9.4 |
| أولاد داوودOuled Daoud | Dispersed | 20 | 86 | — | — | — |
| أيت قدورAyt Qaddour | Dispersed | 156 | 622 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 10.8 |
| الخوارينLakhouarine | In parts | 177 | 909 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 15.5 |
| أيت العروسيAit Laaroussi | In parts | 276 | 1,119 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
| أيت الشرقي ليساسفةAit Charqi Lissasfia | In parts | 187 | 670 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 12.9 |
| أولاد موسىOulad Moussa4 douars · 3,764 people | ||||||
| قمالةKamala | In parts | 429 | 1,943 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 7.1 |
| العراعرةEl Arara | In parts | 165 | 681 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 13.9 |
| الرحاونةErrhaouna | In parts | 180 | 875 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 11.5 |
| أولاد يوسفOulad Youssef | Dispersed | 61 | 265 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| أولاد عمرانOulad Amrane4 douars · 2,624 people | ||||||
| الجبليينJbiliyine | In parts | 191 | 760 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 22.2 |
| أيت عقةAit Akka | In parts | 157 | 632 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 26.1 |
| أيت موسىAit Moussa | In parts | 198 | 830 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 30.0 |
| الكرارميةLakrarmia | In parts | 99 | 402 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 21.9 |
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
04.291.07.07- As digits
042910707- Slug
ezzhiliga- Census figures
/api/communes/04.291.07.07/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.291.07.07/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.291.07.07/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.291.07.07/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/04.291.07.07/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2808267
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ezzhiliga");