Foqra Oulad Aameur

الفقرا أولاد عمرو

Rural commune in the cercle of El Gara, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
6,093
Since 2014
−2.6%from 6,256 in 2014
Density
71.6people per km², 85.1 km²
Households
1,540
Foreign residents
3
Rank
1,0911,091st most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 22 in its province

Next door in Sidi El Aidi, 60.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.4%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.4% to 34.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laghoualem. Running water: 0.4% here, 11.1% there; can’t read or write: 44.4% here, 47.3% there; read French: 30.0% here, 35.0% there.

Compare it with Laghoualem

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 Foqra Oulad Aameur.

Foqra Oulad Aameur −2.6%

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
44.4%aged 10 and over51.5% in 201452.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
34.0%10.4% in 201469.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.4%aged 15 and over46.2% in 20144.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.4%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Foqra Oulad Aameur: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over5.2%
2.6%70–743.2%
3.4%65–692.5%
4.5%60–645.1%
4.9%55–593.6%
5.8%50–545.4%
6.8%45–495.6%
6.9%40–446.6%
5.7%35–396.5%
5.4%30–346.6%
5.6%25–295.2%
7.8%20–246.4%
8.7%15–199.1%
10.5%10–1411.3%
9.5%5–910.5%
7.7%0–47.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit1.0%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French30.0%
  • English5.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work43.3%
  • Taxi21.6%
  • On foot13.4%
  • Private car9.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.4%
  • Informal transport3.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.8%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Bus0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6310.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2742.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
772.9 per business
Public services
36
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce74.1%
  • Industry18.5%
  • Services7.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.2%
  • 2 to 37.4%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 497.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.5%
  • 2011–201925.9%
  • 2001–201025.9%
  • 1991–200022.2%
  • 1981–19903.7%
  • 1956–19803.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Foqra Oulad Aameur’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,093 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الفقرة 2El Foqra 23 douars · 832 people
الهباطة 2Hbata 2In parts632———
الدبيرات 2D'BirateIn parts531994.14.17.9
أولاد قاسمOulad QacemIn parts1536010.50.57.6
الفقرة 1El Foqra 17 douars · 5,261 people
لهباطة 1LahbataIn parts3171,3121.31.78.4
لوداد سيين 1LoudadsiyineIn parts2751,1731.62.013.0
الدبيرات 1Eddbirat 1In parts752812.01.74.6
أولاد لحسن 1Oulad LahsenIn parts2258281.92.25.9
أولاد العسريOulad El AsriIn parts1526772.63.03.8
أولاد بوعبيدOulad BouabidIn parts1304372.82.85.4
الشراقةChraqaIn parts1545533.42.86.2

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
06.117.08.05
As digits
061170805
Slug
foqra-oulad-aameur
OpenStreetMap
2822741
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