Iksane

إيكسان

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

Population, 2024
7,731
Since 2014
−8.2%from 8,417 in 2014
Density
119people per km², 64.7 km²
Households
1,967
Foreign residents
3
Rank
933933rd most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 23 in its province

Next door in Selouane, 82.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 6.2%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 43.6% to 66.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tafingoult. Aged 65 and over: 12.7% here, 12.0% there; in the labour force: 31.8% here, 33.7% there; household size: 3.9 here, 3.9 there.

Compare it with Tafingoult

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 Iksane.

Iksane −8.2%

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
33.4%aged 10 and over35.2% in 201441.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.5%13.3% in 201450.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.8%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20147.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.53children per woman1.88 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
66.2%of settled households43.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Iksane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over4.6%
3.4%70–743.0%
6.0%65–695.1%
6.4%60–647.9%
5.9%55–596.6%
5.5%50–546.7%
5.6%45–496.1%
6.8%40–447.1%
5.7%35–395.2%
6.3%30–345.5%
6.2%25–296.1%
6.1%20–247.2%
8.1%15–197.4%
9.4%10–148.8%
9.1%5–97.5%
6.0%0–45.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit94.2%
  • Darija48.0%
  • Tamazight1.0%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French37.0%
  • English7.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Taxi51.8%
  • On foot15.4%
  • Private car12.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9812.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4748.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
781.7 per business
Public services
49
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce74.5%
  • Industry14.9%
  • Construction6.4%
  • Services4.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.9%
  • 2 to 317.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 492.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.4%
  • 2011–201919.1%
  • 2001–201046.8%
  • 1991–20006.4%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19804.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Iksane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 1 fraction, with 7,731 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
إكسانIksane12 douars · 7,731 people
بقويةBakouiaDispersed1636300.00.42.5
إحجامنIhajjamenGrouped2981,2400.61.91.8
أولاد تحاضيتOulad TahaditGrouped1215251.32.57.1
إخرباشينIkherbachyeneGrouped391782.03.33.3
أولاد حدو وعليOulad Haddou OuliDispersed1897711.21.73.1
بركانةBarkanaGrouped1837440.41.73.8
اولاد حدو رحوOulad Haddou RahhouGrouped1566040.61.12.9
إبلحسانينIbelahsanineGrouped1626590.71.13.0
سيدي بوصبرSidi BoussbarGrouped4481,5950.72.09.5
إبرودينIbaroudièneIn parts953680.71.64.1
إحبوشاتنIhbouchateneIn parts802981.01.33.0
إحدهومنIhedhoumeneIn parts331190.91.93.3

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
02.381.05.17
As digits
023810517
Slug
iksane
OpenStreetMap
2443010
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("iksane");

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