Jahjouh

جحجوح

Rural commune in the cercle of Agourai, province of El Hajeb, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,867
Since 2014
+5.1%from 7,485 in 2014
Density
54.7people per km², 143.8 km²
Households
1,967
Rank
920920th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 16 in its province

Where it is

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

Ain TaoujdateLaqsirAit BoubidmaneSabaa AiyounAit YaazemAgouraiRas IjerriBititAit Harz AllahAit NaamaneIqaddarAit BourzouineTamchachateEl HajebAit Ouikhalfen

How it changed

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

Jahjouh +5.1%

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
33.7%aged 10 and over43.7% in 201444.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.5%11.1% in 201421.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.6%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20147.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.94children per woman1.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people6.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
59.4%of settled households55.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jahjouh: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.3%
2.7%70–743.4%
3.5%65–693.2%
5.8%60–645.5%
5.5%55–595.9%
6.1%50–546.1%
7.6%45–497.1%
6.5%40–446.6%
6.5%35–397.9%
5.7%30–346.0%
5.4%25–295.5%
6.2%20–246.0%
8.4%15–197.1%
10.2%10–149.8%
9.1%5–99.0%
7.7%0–46.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tamazight42.7%
  • Tarifit2.7%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French51.5%
  • English11.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot50.8%
  • Employer’s transport15.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.4%
  • Private car9.6%
  • Taxi3.8%
  • Bus0.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,288
Standing empty
13.7%6.5% vacant7.1% a second home
Precarious
19.6%17.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.8%67.5% on the water mains91.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
28.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house72.7%
  • Slum or basic house17.2%
  • Traditional house5.1%
  • Apartment1.6%
  • Other1.5%
  • Villa0.9%
  • Rural-type0.9%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years45.3%
  • 20 to 49 years39.1%
  • 50 years or more15.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
19024.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
13973.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2481.8 per business
Public services
45
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce46.8%
  • Services35.3%
  • Industry14.4%
  • Construction3.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person68.3%
  • 2 to 327.3%
  • 4 to 92.9%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.0%
  • 2011–201922.3%
  • 2001–201012.2%
  • 1991–200016.5%
  • 1981–19904.3%
  • 1956–19803.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Sebt Jahjouh4,276

In the data

Code
03.171.03.05
As digits
031710305
Slug
jahjouh
Record
/api/communes/03.171.03.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.171.03.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.171.03.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.171.03.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.171.03.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.171.03.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2808107
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jahjouh");

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