Hjar Ennhal

حجر النحل

Rural commune in the cercle of Tanger, préfecture of Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
27,204
Since 2014
+177.8%from 9,792 in 2014
Density
263people per km², 103.3 km²
Households
6,048
Foreign residents
38
Rank
206206th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 12 in its préfecture

Next door in Al Manzla, 0.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 53.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 9.3% to 68.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: My Abdellah. Aged 65 and over: 4.3% here, 5.1% there; can’t read or write: 21.2% here, 24.6% there; Darija: 98.4% here, 98.5% there.

Compare it with My Abdellah

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 Hjar Ennhal.

Hjar Ennhal +177.8%

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
21.2%aged 10 and over37.5% in 201427.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.6%17.7% in 201418.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
48.1%aged 15 and over49.3% in 201418.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.36children per woman2.49 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
68.1%of settled households9.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Hjar Ennhal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.3%75 and over1.3%
1.3%70–741.1%
2.0%65–691.5%
3.0%60–642.6%
2.9%55–592.7%
4.6%50–543.9%
5.6%45–495.1%
8.2%40–447.2%
8.7%35–398.9%
7.2%30–349.0%
6.4%25–297.6%
6.8%20–247.4%
7.5%15–197.4%
11.4%10–1411.0%
11.9%5–912.1%
10.9%0–411.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tarifit3.1%
  • Tachelhit3.0%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French32.0%
  • English4.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Employer’s transport33.7%
  • On foot23.1%
  • Bus11.6%
  • Informal transport7.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Taxi3.5%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
53919.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
47588.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,0294.3 per business
Public services
57
Associations
7in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.1%
  • Services28.2%
  • Industry16.0%
  • Construction5.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.8%
  • 2 to 313.9%
  • 4 to 96.1%
  • 10 to 495.5%
  • 50 and over1.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later69.3%
  • 2011–201924.8%
  • 2001–20103.6%
  • 1991–20001.7%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Hjar Ennhal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 25,301 people. 1,903 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
حجر النحلHjar Ennhal3 douars · 12,187 people
سكدلةSeguedlaIn parts4651,9661.23.210.7
المديارModyarIn parts1426230.40.55.9
حجر النحلHjar EnnhalIn parts2,3329,5980.61.73.1
بوكدورBougdour5 douars · 13,114 people
شراقةChrakaIn parts1,9368,2010.21.78.4
دار زهيروDar ZhirouDispersed2781,0731.12.07.8
بوكدورBougdourDispersed6452,8051.21.410.1
عين بلوطAïn BellouthDispersed1174991.03.011.0
قنوعةKannouaGrouped1335360.91.76.0

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
01.511.05.19
As digits
015110519
Slug
hjar-ennhal
OpenStreetMap
2758747
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("hjar-ennhal");

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