Hassi-Berkane

حاسي بركان

Rural commune in the cercle of Louta, province of Nador, Oriental.

Population, 2024
7,465
Since 2014
−15.1%from 8,788 in 2014
Density
13.3people per km², 561.4 km²
Households
1,713
Rank
964964th most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 23 in its province

Next door in Chouihia, 94.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 23.0%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 64.6% to 95.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Lent. Unemployment: 45.6% here, 42.6% there; running water: 23.0% here, 10.2% there; in the labour force: 33.0% here, 31.5% there.

Compare it with Bni Lent

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 Hassi-Berkane.

Hassi-Berkane −15.1%

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
45.4%aged 10 and over55.5% in 201456.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
45.6%18.2% in 201451.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.0%aged 15 and over43.7% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.70children per woman2.07 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.8%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
23.0%of settled households11.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Hassi-Berkane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.7%
2.9%70–742.5%
3.7%65–694.1%
4.4%60–644.8%
4.4%55–594.8%
4.8%50–545.6%
6.4%45–496.1%
6.2%40–447.3%
6.2%35–397.0%
6.7%30–346.2%
6.7%25–297.4%
6.4%20–245.8%
8.8%15–198.1%
10.4%10–149.0%
11.1%5–99.3%
8.0%0–47.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija96.8%
  • Tarifit62.9%
  • Tamazight1.3%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French42.5%
  • English12.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot37.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.9%
  • Private car9.4%
  • Informal transport9.3%
  • Taxi6.9%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14219.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6747.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5788.6 per business
Public services
72
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.7%
  • Services40.3%
  • Industry3.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.6%
  • 2 to 322.4%
  • 4 to 91.5%
  • 10 to 493.0%
  • 50 and over1.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later3.0%
  • 2011–201995.5%
  • 2001–20101.5%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Hassi-Berkane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,448 people. 17 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
إخياينIkhyaine2 douars · 129 people
إمختارنImekhtarnDispersed15———
اولاد امحند إرحوتنOulad M'Hand IrahoutenDispersed22124———
أولاد موسى وامحندOulad Moussa Ouamhand4 douars · 2,439 people
إموساتنImoussatèneIn parts1305481.42.014.6
اولاد محند أمزيانOulad Mhand AmzyaneIn parts2118972.52.911.5
أولاد محند وعمروOulad Mhand OumrouDispersed1475904.96.316.6
اولاد هروOulad HerrouDispersed944041.21.52.2
بني وكيلBni Oukil3 douars · 1,973 people
أولاد يوسفOulad YoussefIn parts592081.84.26.0
اولاد أحمد بنعليOulad Ahmed Ben AliIn parts713153.310.912.8
حاسي بركان المركزHassi Berkane CentreGrouped3261,4500.21.22.1
أولاد عبد الله بن عسوOulad Abdellah Ben Asou4 douars · 836 people
إعسوتنIaassoutèneDispersed1882———
أولاد محند وموسىOulad Mohand Ou MoussaDispersed532081.72.04.9
الجرابعةEl JrabaaDispersed984251.23.73.6
أولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdallahDispersed311212.54.76.7
اولاد رحو امحندOulad Rahou M'Hand9 douars · 2,071 people
أولاد عثمانOulad OthmaneIn parts2401,1231.63.719.1
إحرشيونIherchiouèneIn parts1770———
إبركاننIbarkaneneDispersed863671.92.918.1
إمباركنImbarknDispersed24126———
إمنصورنIminsournDispersed2094———
إميموننImimounenDispersed361514.817.217.4
إقدورنIqeddoureneDispersed1158———
إملوكنImlouknDispersed945———
سد محمد الخامسBarrage Mohammed VGrouped937———

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
02.381.07.09
As digits
023810709
Slug
hassi-berkane
OpenStreetMap
2444882
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("hassi-berkane");

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