Ijermaouas

اجرمواس

Rural commune in the cercle of Rif Nord, province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
5,303
Since 2014
−29.7%from 7,540 in 2014
Density
31.8people per km², 166.9 km²
Households
1,351
Rank
1,1691,169th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 23 in its province

Next door in Bni Bouayach, 89.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.3%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 18.5% to 42.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ali Bourakba. Darija: 30.8% here, 28.5% there; running water: 1.3% here, 6.9% there; read French: 28.8% here, 27.1% there.

Compare it with Sidi Ali Bourakba

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 Ijermaouas.

Ijermaouas −29.7%

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
52.8%aged 10 and over57.6% in 201463.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
42.4%18.5% in 201450.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.9%aged 15 and over37.5% in 20141.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.82children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.3%of people9.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.3%of settled households0.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ijermaouas: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over4.0%
3.4%70–742.9%
4.9%65–694.5%
5.1%60–646.0%
5.4%55–595.7%
5.0%50–546.0%
6.5%45–496.3%
7.4%40–447.5%
7.8%35–398.1%
7.0%30–346.4%
6.5%25–295.8%
5.4%20–245.2%
6.0%15–197.7%
8.7%10–147.9%
10.0%5–99.1%
8.0%0–46.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit98.3%
  • Darija30.8%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French28.8%
  • English4.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot54.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work24.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.8%
  • Informal transport7.0%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Taxi1.3%
  • Employer’s transport0.4%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Bus0.1%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13826.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2115.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
211.0 per business
Public services
117
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce85.7%
  • Services14.3%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later14.3%
  • 2011–201928.6%
  • 2001–201028.6%
  • 1991–200023.8%
  • 1981–19904.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ijermaouas’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 35 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,301 people. 2 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
بني بلعيزBni Belaiz19 douars · 1,369 people
إندوحاIndouhaIn parts421490.71.92.6
إجراياIjrayaIn parts2071———
أيت تارينتAit TarintIn parts1756———
الزاويةZaouiaIn parts341120.00.21.6
أيت عمر وعليAit Amer Ou AliIn parts622———
أيت علي وأحمدAit Ali Ou AhmedIn parts1859———
إميموناImimounGrouped416———
إخمالاIkhemalaGrouped839———
بوصفريBoussefriDispersed1034———
بني حسانBni HassaneIn parts1133———
ساكاSakaGrouped11———
إرزوقاIrzoukaIn parts381136.80.86.8
آتغاغتTghaghetIn parts5923610.04.110.6
إحدوتاIhdoutaIn parts1453———
السقيفاتSkîfatGrouped310———
إورديجا بني بلعيزIourdija Bni BelaizIn parts3413210.01.210.0
بوجداياBoujdayaDispersed2180———
بني محسنBeni MahsèneIn parts2398———
إمييسارImiyssarIn parts1155———
بني عكيBni Akki16 douars · 3,932 people
إمياياImyayaIn parts1847122.82.77.2
إورديجا بني عكيIourdija Bni AkkiIn parts1134770.32.23.2
إزرايIzraïIn parts1976———
إقشوعاIkchouaaIn parts592660.13.68.3
إصلحيواIslhiouaGrouped1467———
أغيل تازقاAghil ThazeqqaIn parts471780.62.06.1
إمنيتاImnitaIn parts552234.22.96.0
بني ميلكBeni MalekIn parts461605.42.36.2
تعمارتTaammartDispersed411541.41.518.2
إبوعقيلاIboukilaGrouped936———
إبولحفاتاIboulahfataIn parts3814217.57.420.6
بوضيلبBoudilbIn parts662342.71.93.7
تغزوتTaghzouteIn parts2292———
إسليماتاIslimataIn parts27110———
تحواستTahaouastIn parts722846.53.06.6
الصندونEssandouneDispersed1657210.41.91.8

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
02.167.11.11
As digits
021671111
Slug
ijermaouas
OpenStreetMap
2428506
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ijermaouas");

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