Jaafra

الجعافرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Rehamna, province of Rehamna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
10,689
Since 2014
−1.9%from 10,896 in 2014
Density
29.9people per km², 357.4 km²
Households
2,200
Rank
691691st most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 25 in its province

Next door in Hiadna, 92.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.7%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 47.7% to 93.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mogress. Aged 0 to 14: 33.3% here, 32.7% there; household size: 4.9 here, 4.9 there; can’t read or write: 44.4% here, 45.6% there.

Compare it with Mogress

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 Jaafra.

Jaafra −1.9%

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
44.4%aged 10 and over55.8% in 201453.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
42.1%10.1% in 201459.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.0%aged 15 and over46.5% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.48children per woman3.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average7.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.7%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jaafra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over2.6%
2.1%70–742.4%
2.5%65–692.6%
3.4%60–643.7%
2.9%55–593.1%
4.3%50–544.1%
5.9%45–495.2%
6.4%40–446.6%
5.9%35–396.4%
6.8%30–346.9%
7.5%25–296.6%
7.3%20–246.8%
9.4%15–199.7%
12.3%10–1413.0%
12.1%5–911.4%
8.9%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French47.8%
  • English11.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot26.9%
  • Informal transport24.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work21.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.0%
  • Private car2.7%
  • Taxi2.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14913.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6745.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
671.0 per business
Public services
81
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce77.6%
  • Services11.9%
  • Industry7.5%
  • Construction3.0%

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 later20.9%
  • 2011–201949.3%
  • 2001–201026.9%
  • 1991–20001.5%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Jaafra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 2 fractions, with 10,689 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد احسينOulad H'cine12 douars · 6,573 people
السحاباتSehabatIn parts1758401.82.19.4
اولاد مسعودOulad MassaoudIn parts1687042.02.04.8
لقسامةQsamaIn parts1417071.31.53.2
انزالت الخطاطبةNzalat LekhtatbaGrouped391750.72.614.9
اولاد أوݣاد الحجرة البيضاءOulad Waggad Lhajra BidaIn parts913891.81.813.6
اولاد عيسى الصخيرةOulad Aissa SkhairaIn parts2501,0942.90.911.4
القنيدلاتKenidlatGrouped1004631.11.16.8
الحوزية أولاد ساسيEl Haouzzia Oulad SassiGrouped1786771.21.31.3
اولاد بن اخليفةOulad Ben KhlifaIn parts1034502.90.712.7
اولاد عبد القادرOulad AbdalkadurGrouped743———
أولاد أوݣاد المشبوݣOulad Ouaggad MechboukGrouped1145160.70.612.5
أولاد أوݣاد البرويݣOulad Waggad El BrouygGrouped1165155.51.616.1
سلام الݣعدةSallam Lgaada10 douars · 4,116 people
اولاد احريزOulad HrizIn parts1015732.51.617.4
إتليلItlilIn parts1472———
اتومغار العوامAtoumghar El AouamGrouped623787.01.112.1
المتاݣيل بئر الجديدMtaguil Bir JhadIn parts1991,10218.33.518.7
المتاݣيل المصرانMtaguil MasranIn parts1931,16514.54.214.8
اولاد بلةOulad BellaGrouped693826.52.314.5
اݣزولةGzoulaDispersed212———
اولاد سي منصورOulad Si MansourGrouped1995———
اولاد اسعيد واموسىOulad Said OuamoussaGrouped3015418.25.918.2
اتومغار الفقرةAtoumghar El FoqraGrouped29183———

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
07.427.07.07
As digits
074270707
Slug
jaafra
OpenStreetMap
2881869
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jaafra");

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