Ferkla Es-Soufla

فركلة السفلى

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

Population, 2024
11,886
Since 2014
−3.6%from 12,335 in 2014
Density
49people per km², 242.7 km²
Households
2,272
Foreign residents
32
Rank
607607th most populous of 1,503 communes14th 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 El OuliaEr-RissaniMoulay Ali Cherif

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ferkla Es-Soufla.

Ferkla Es-Soufla −3.6%

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
24.4%aged 10 and over30.4% in 201434.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.6%19.6% in 201445.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.5%aged 15 and over38.3% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.73children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.2people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.0%of settled households83.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ferkla Es-Soufla: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.4%75 and over5.2%
2.1%70–743.2%
3.0%65–693.2%
4.0%60–644.8%
3.3%55–594.5%
4.2%50–545.4%
5.6%45–496.4%
6.1%40–447.5%
6.2%35–396.4%
7.3%30–347.6%
8.3%25–296.5%
7.6%20–246.6%
8.5%15–196.9%
10.5%10–148.8%
10.2%5–99.0%
8.8%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija80.1%
  • Tamazight28.2%
  • Tachelhit2.9%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French22.2%
  • English4.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot41.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle28.1%
  • Bus8.0%
  • Private car4.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Taxi1.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
24920.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
16064.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2161.4 per business
Public services
69
Associations
20in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.5%
  • Services15.0%
  • Industry7.5%
  • Construction5.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.9%
  • 2 to 30.6%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 492.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later56.9%
  • 2011–201936.3%
  • 2001–20103.8%
  • 1991–20003.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.201.15.05
As digits
082011505
Slug
ferkla-es-soufla
Record
/api/communes/08.201.15.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.201.15.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.15.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.15.05/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.15.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2884860
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ferkla-es-soufla");

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