Ferkla El Oulia

فركلة العليا

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

Population, 2024
23,449
Since 2014
+3.2%from 22,722 in 2014
Density
30.6people per km², 766.3 km²
Households
4,404
Foreign residents
2
Rank
253253rd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

BoudnibOued NaamAmellagouAghbalou-N'kerdousTadighoustLkhengErrachidiaChorfa M'daghraAoufousSidi AliEt-TaousEs-SfalatBni M'hamed-SijelmassaEs-SifaEr-RtebAarab Sebbah ZizArfoudAarab Sebbah GherisJorfFeznaGheris Es-SoufliGoulmimaGheris El OulouiMelaabTinejdadFerkla Es-SouflaEr-RissaniMoulay Ali Cherif

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ferkla El Oulia.

Ferkla El Oulia +3.2%

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
21.8%aged 10 and over30.0% in 201430.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.7%14.5% in 201448.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.3%aged 15 and over35.9% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.13children per woman2.08 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.4%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.3people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.7%of settled households82.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ferkla El Oulia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over4.2%
1.9%70–742.2%
2.9%65–693.1%
4.0%60–643.8%
3.8%55–594.0%
4.7%50–545.6%
5.2%45–495.8%
6.2%40–447.2%
6.2%35–396.6%
7.2%30–346.9%
7.0%25–296.8%
7.2%20–247.5%
9.0%15–198.3%
11.5%10–1410.3%
10.5%5–99.8%
9.1%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight85.7%
  • Darija39.1%
  • Tachelhit12.7%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.2%
  • French55.9%
  • English14.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh8.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle29.0%
  • Private car7.5%
  • Bus6.0%
  • Employer’s transport5.8%
  • Taxi1.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
57724.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
46780.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6051.3 per business
Public services
94
Associations
16in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.7%
  • Services24.4%
  • Industry7.9%
  • Construction4.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person91.0%
  • 2 to 35.1%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.8%
  • 2011–201941.5%
  • 2001–20109.4%
  • 1991–20004.1%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19800.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.201.15.03
As digits
082011503
Slug
ferkla-el-oulia
Record
/api/communes/08.201.15.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.201.15.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.15.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.15.03/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.15.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2884857
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ferkla-el-oulia");

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