Guenfouda

كنفودة

Rural commune in the cercle of Jerada-Banlieue Nord, province of Jerada, Oriental.

Population, 2024
5,712
Since 2014
+2.2%from 5,591 in 2014
Density
14.8people per km², 386.6 km²
Households
1,359
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,1341,134th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 14 in its province

Next door in Ras Asfour, 0.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 35.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 9.2% to 45.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bab Marzouka. Running water: 47.2% here, 33.3% there; aged 65 and over: 11.1% here, 10.7% there; Darija: 98.9% here, 97.2% there.

Compare it with Bab Marzouka

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 Guenfouda.

Guenfouda +2.2%

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
38.2%aged 10 and over48.2% in 201449.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
45.0%9.2% in 201465.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.2%aged 15 and over44.3% in 201410.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.56children per woman1.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
47.2%of settled households43.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Guenfouda: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over4.4%
3.2%70–743.0%
4.2%65–693.8%
5.3%60–645.2%
4.5%55–595.8%
5.6%50–545.8%
6.5%45–496.7%
7.2%40–447.0%
6.7%35–397.9%
6.8%30–346.7%
5.9%25–296.3%
6.3%20–246.0%
8.2%15–197.5%
9.6%10–149.0%
9.7%5–98.0%
6.6%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tamazight6.5%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Tarifit1.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French56.9%
  • English14.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work26.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.2%
  • Informal transport5.5%
  • Private car4.1%
  • Taxi2.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Bus2.1%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9216.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4953.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2044.2 per business
Public services
41
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce42.9%
  • Services28.6%
  • Industry26.5%
  • Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.1%
  • 2 to 322.4%
  • 4 to 910.2%
  • 10 to 4912.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later44.9%
  • 2011–201944.9%
  • 2001–20106.1%
  • 1991–20004.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Guenfouda’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 4 fractions, with 5,709 people. 3 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
ݣنفودةGuenfouda5 douars · 1,701 people
الدبابرةDebabraDispersed1144660.64.95.6
لغواط بوعيشاتLaghwat BouaichatGrouped753150.10.96.3
لمساعدة الجناناتEl Msaada El JnanatDispersed943840.42.52.9
لمساعدة المحصرEl Msaada El MohsarDispersed1024560.32.818.7
لمساعدة فدان لبيضEl Msaada Feddane LabyadDispersed1880———
الخلوفيينElkhaloufine1 douar · 1,262 people
الخلوفيينElkhaloufineDispersed2981,2620.46.37.9
مزغنانMezghnane1 douar · 499 people
مزغنانMezghnaneIn parts1064990.611.911.9
كنفودة المركزGuenfouda Centre1 douar · 2,247 people
كنفودة المركزGuenfouda CentreGrouped5522,2470.10.50.8

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
02.275.09.05
As digits
022750905
Slug
guenfouda
OpenStreetMap
2528007
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("guenfouda");

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