Imrabten

امرابطن

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Ouriaghel Charqia, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
6,983
Since 2014
−19.9%from 8,715 in 2014
Density
69.9people per km², 99.9 km²
Households
1,836
Rank
1,0081,008th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 36 in its province

Next door in Tifarouine, 0.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 66.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 39.5% to 53.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Dar El Kebdani. Darija: 45.2% here, 47.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 23.8% here, 23.1% there; in the labour force: 31.4% here, 29.2% there.

Compare it with Dar El Kebdani

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

32202

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Imrabten.

Imrabten −19.9%

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
41.0%aged 10 and over46.3% in 201452.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
53.0%39.5% in 201464.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.4%aged 15 and over43.1% in 20148.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
88.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.67children per woman1.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.8%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
66.0%of settled households59.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Imrabten: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.3%75 and over4.4%
3.0%70–743.3%
4.1%65–694.6%
4.9%60–646.3%
5.0%55–597.4%
6.2%50–547.3%
5.9%45–497.4%
6.9%40–446.5%
6.8%35–396.5%
6.9%30–345.5%
6.6%25–295.4%
6.4%20–246.2%
7.3%15–197.2%
8.9%10–148.0%
10.4%5–97.9%
6.5%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit96.9%
  • Darija45.2%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tachelhit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French48.0%
  • English7.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.4%
  • Taxi24.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.3%
  • Private car8.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.0%
  • Informal transport4.9%
  • Employer’s transport4.3%
  • Another way3.7%
  • Bus1.5%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
664
Standing empty
34.8%2.7% vacant32.1% a second home
Precarious
0.9%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
56.6%95.3% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house95.2%
  • Traditional house2.6%
  • Apartment0.8%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Rural-type0.6%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years84.6%
  • 20 to 49 years14.9%
  • 50 years or more0.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
16623.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9758.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1361.4 per business
Public services
68
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.5%
  • Services37.1%
  • Industry12.4%
  • Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.0%
  • 2 to 332.0%
  • 4 to 91.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later15.5%
  • 2011–201927.8%
  • 2001–201037.1%
  • 1991–200011.3%
  • 1981–19904.1%
  • 1956–19804.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Tamassint1,796

Douars

Imrabten’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 4 fractions, with 5,186 people. Another 1,796 live in Tamassint, its urban centre, which has no douars. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
زاوية سيدي عيسىZaouiat Sidi Aissa3 douars · 1,960 people
زاوية سيدي عيسىZaouiat Sidi AissaIn parts2629991.01.53.1
أغليظAghlidIn parts1043702.81.94.1
إداردوشنIdardoucheneIn parts1385911.22.35.7
تماسينتTamassint4 douars · 1,540 people
تماسينت السفلىTamassint es SouflaIn parts1294491.02.42.4
تماسينت العلياTamassint El OuliaDispersed732802.51.84.1
إعثماننIatmaneneGrouped712951.61.73.3
إعيادنIayadenIn parts1345161.54.64.6
إصريحنIsrihene3 douars · 669 people
إصريحنIsriheneIn parts762688.50.914.3
أيت محند أو يحيىAit Mohand Ou HyaIn parts321170.32.29.9
تغانيتTaghanintIn parts742845.61.618.4
سيدي عليSidi Ali4 douars · 1,017 people
آيت عزيزAit AzizIn parts1274502.52.54.2
آيت القاضيAit AlkadiIn parts863340.82.09.3
إكلثومنIkaltoumenIn parts562100.41.314.4
إغميرن نجبلIghmiren JbelGrouped423———

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
01.051.13.13
As digits
010511313
Slug
imrabten
OpenStreetMap
2440970
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("imrabten");

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