Harbil

حربيل

Rural commune in the cercle of Bour, préfecture of Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
105,790
Since 2014
+103.9%from 51,881 in 2014
Density
367people per km², 288.4 km²
Households
24,609
Foreign residents
101
Rank
4444th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 15 in its préfecture

Next door in Jbilate, 1.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 84.6%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 49.4% to 84.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ech-challalate. Apartments: 25.9% here, 24.5% there; aged 65 and over: 4.5% here, 5.2% there; can’t read or write: 20.9% here, 20.3% there.

Compare it with Ech-challalate

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Harbil.

Harbil +103.9%

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
20.9%aged 10 and over31.5% in 201426.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.1%13.3% in 201428.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.3%aged 15 and over50.1% in 201413.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.35children per woman2.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.4%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.6%of settled households88.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Harbil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.1%75 and over1.4%
1.4%70–741.3%
2.1%65–691.7%
3.3%60–642.9%
3.8%55–593.3%
5.3%50–544.3%
6.2%45–495.8%
7.1%40–446.9%
7.1%35–397.5%
6.5%30–348.1%
6.4%25–297.7%
7.1%20–247.8%
9.3%15–199.1%
11.9%10–1411.3%
11.6%5–911.2%
9.7%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.5%
  • Tachelhit13.7%
  • Tamazight6.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French52.2%
  • English16.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle34.4%
  • On foot21.7%
  • Bus13.7%
  • Private car12.5%
  • Employer’s transport5.5%
  • Taxi5.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.1%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Harbil’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
30,810
Standing empty
48.0%32.6% vacant15.4% a second home
Precarious
3.3%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
95.4%97.2% on the water mains97.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
4.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment44.4%
  • Modern house41.9%
  • Villa8.9%
  • Rural-type2.2%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.9%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years98.0%
  • 20 to 49 years1.7%
  • 50 years or more0.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,38322.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,19292.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6,6293.0 per business
Public services
138
Associations
53in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.0%
  • Services27.9%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction7.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person51.1%
  • 2 to 337.5%
  • 4 to 97.7%
  • 10 to 493.0%
  • 50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later52.4%
  • 2011–201934.1%
  • 2001–201010.9%
  • 1991–20001.3%
  • 1981–19900.3%
  • 1956–19800.9%
  • Before 19560.1%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Tamensourte68,285

Douars

Harbil’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 1 fraction, with 37,504 people. Another 68,285 live in Tamensourte, its urban centre, which has no douars. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
حربيلHarbil18 douars · 37,504 people
ايت بوشنتAit BouchentGrouped3661,6080.40.93.4
لميةLamiaGrouped693340.10.16.0
ايت بلا اوسعيدAït Bella Ou SaïdGrouped4771,8901.01.61.4
ايت الباكريAït BakriIn parts2048301.24.06.1
القايد آيت تومرتEl Caïd Ait ToumertGrouped2,33810,4441.63.17.1
اولاد اسعيد الرحمانيOulad Said ErrahmaniGrouped502351.74.012.5
انزالة السفيرNzala EssfirIn parts2401,1420.91.46.8
اولاد علي بوخريصOulad Ali BoukhrisseGrouped702720.00.49.8
انزالة الدربNzala DerbGrouped402164.06.810.0
ايت اسعيدAit SaidGrouped823660.41.113.3
الرميلة أيت مسعودErmila Ait MassaoudDispersed2159781.92.26.9
انزالة الحسينNzalet LhousseinIn parts612600.70.76.5
المرادسة بلعزريLamradssa Bel AzriIn parts4472,2081.42.18.1
ايت واعزوAit OuazzouGrouped2391,0722.01.14.4
ايت مسعودAit-MessaoudIn parts2,38710,5690.10.33.5
العشاشLaachachIn parts7243,2891.11.23.1
بئر الظراويBir DraouiGrouped482320.12.23.2
لغشيوةLaghchiouaDispersed3431,5591.72.44.0

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.351.03.03
As digits
073510303
Slug
harbil
OpenStreetMap
2824264
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("harbil");

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