Harhoura

الهرهورة

Urban commune in the préfecture of Skhirate-Témara, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
20,950
Since 2014
+36.4%from 15,361 in 2014
Density
2,070people per km², 10.1 km²
Households
7,021
Foreign residents
704
Rank
291291st most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 10 in its préfecture

Next door in Rabat, 99.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 39.7%.

Since 2014, households in an apartment went from 21.0% to 39.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mohammadia. Running water: 98.0% here, 95.6% there; Darija: 96.0% here, 97.9% there; aged 0 to 14: 19.4% here, 20.9% there.

Compare it with Mohammadia

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

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 Harhoura.

Harhoura +36.4%

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
3.3%aged 10 and over10.7% in 20144.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
7.3%11.0% in 20145.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
50.7%aged 15 and over57.1% in 201441.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.72children per woman1.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
1.8%of people2.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.0people on average3.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.0%of settled households87.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Harhoura: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over4.3%
4.9%70–743.7%
6.2%65–695.6%
6.8%60–647.2%
6.7%55–596.8%
6.8%50–547.0%
6.5%45–497.6%
7.1%40–448.3%
6.1%35–397.8%
5.8%30–346.8%
4.7%25–295.3%
5.5%20–245.3%
7.3%15–196.3%
8.2%10–147.2%
7.0%5–96.2%
5.6%0–44.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija96.0%
  • Tachelhit5.4%
  • Tamazight2.4%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic96.8%
  • French90.2%
  • English61.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car75.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.1%
  • Employer’s transport4.6%
  • On foot4.2%
  • Taxi2.8%
  • Bus2.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.5%
  • Train1.4%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Tram0.1%
  • Animal0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
13,395
Standing empty
48.5%22.0% vacant26.6% a second home
Precarious
4.4%1.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
32.4%97.6% on the water mains98.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment47.8%
  • Villa40.4%
  • Modern house7.0%
  • Other2.4%
  • Slum or basic house1.1%
  • Rural-type0.9%
  • Traditional house0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years74.4%
  • 20 to 49 years22.5%
  • 50 years or more3.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
34416.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
30488.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,9836.5 per business
Public services
36
Associations
4in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services51.6%
  • Commerce41.4%
  • Industry5.6%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person29.3%
  • 2 to 338.2%
  • 4 to 919.7%
  • 10 to 4911.8%
  • 50 and over1.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.9%
  • 2011–201946.7%
  • 2001–201017.4%
  • 1991–20003.3%
  • 1981–19901.0%
  • 1956–19801.3%
  • Before 19560.3%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households living in a villa or a floor of one is 43.2%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 2.8%. Ain Attig is furthest from it, at 0.6%.

In 2014 it was 59.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was one point.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

The share of households living in a villa or a floor of one went from 59.2% in 2014 to 43.2% in 2024, a far bigger fall than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Across 3 of the 4 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is −1.3 points. Ain Attig is furthest from it, at −1.2 points.

Across Morocco, the fall was one point.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

The share of workers who get to work by car is 75.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 26.8%. Skhirate is furthest from it, at 14.4%.

In 2014 it was 57.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.501.01.03
As digits
045010103
Slug
harhoura
OpenStreetMap
2498874
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("harhoura");

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