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

Next door in Tinejdad, 87.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 83.0% to 93.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Freija. Read French: 22.2% here, 18.9% there; running water: 93.0% here, 99.3% there; in the labour force: 34.5% here, 32.4% there.

Compare it with Freija

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 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%
More census figures

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%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.6%
  • Informal transport5.8%
  • Private car4.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Taxi1.2%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

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
More business figures

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%

Douars

Ferkla Es-Soufla’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 5 fractions, with 11,864 people. 22 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
المرابطينAl Mrabtine5 douars · 4,232 people
أيت بن عمرAit Ben OmarGrouped1375451.01.13.9
القصيبةKsibaGrouped1948951.12.33.8
قصر الزاويةKsar ZaouiaGrouped824700.50.64.0
أيت معمر القديمAit Maamer LakdimGrouped954881.01.04.0
قطع الوادKtaa El OuedGrouped3671,8340.81.02.3
تغرماتينTaghrmatine3 douars · 2,261 people
تغفرتTighfarteGrouped2751,6370.30.63.5
تلالتTalaltGrouped925450.10.53.0
تيرزةTairzaGrouped1979———
إزلفIzlef1 douar · 804 people
قصر إزيلفKsar IzilfGrouped1738040.50.67.3
تزكاغينTizougaghine3 douars · 4,052 people
قصر تزكاغينKsar TizougaghineGrouped5502,9981.01.31.6
قصر ايت با معطيKsar Ait Ba MatiGrouped1086090.81.46.0
قصر أيت مولاي المامونKsar Ait Moulay MamouneGrouped894451.01.09.4
دار أميرةDar Amira3 douars · 515 people
دار أميرة الجديدةDar Amira El JadidaGrouped312161.01.19.0
دار أميرة القديمةDar Amira KdimaGrouped331671.01.010.2
آيت أولغمAit AoulghmGrouped25132———

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
08.201.15.05
As digits
082011505
Slug
ferkla-es-soufla
OpenStreetMap
2884860
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ferkla-es-soufla");

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