Jaqma

جاقمة

Rural commune in the cercle of El Gara, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
10,733
Since 2014
+4.1%from 10,306 in 2014
Density
87.5people per km², 122.7 km²
Households
2,405
Foreign residents
3
Rank
688688th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 22 in its province

Next door in Berrechid, 98.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.7%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Souk Kdim. Darija: 99.4% here, 99.4% there; higher education: 3.6% here, 3.2% there; read French: 41.5% here, 37.4% there.

Compare it with Souk Kdim

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 Jaqma.

Jaqma +4.1%

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
37.3%aged 10 and over42.9% in 201446.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.9%10.4% in 201414.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.4%aged 15 and over45.8% in 20147.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.98children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
6.6%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jaqma: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.4%75 and over3.2%
2.8%70–742.8%
4.0%65–693.4%
4.2%60–644.4%
4.4%55–594.2%
4.7%50–545.3%
6.1%45–495.9%
5.8%40–446.1%
7.0%35–397.5%
7.0%30–347.2%
6.9%25–296.8%
6.7%20–247.1%
8.3%15–198.2%
10.2%10–1410.1%
10.6%5–99.4%
8.9%0–48.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit1.8%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French41.5%
  • English6.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot30.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle22.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work17.5%
  • Taxi11.8%
  • Private car7.5%
  • Employer’s transport4.4%
  • Another way4.1%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Train0.1%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13913.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9669.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,21112.6 per business
Public services
43
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.5%
  • Industry28.1%
  • Services10.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person56.3%
  • 2 to 322.9%
  • 4 to 95.2%
  • 10 to 4911.5%
  • 50 and over4.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.9%
  • 2011–201940.6%
  • 2001–201017.7%
  • 1991–200010.4%
  • 1981–19903.1%
  • 1956–19802.1%
  • Before 19563.1%

Douars

Jaqma’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,733 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لحباشة 1Lahbacha 16 douars · 3,640 people
اجددAjddIn parts1697721.62.511.1
أولاد سعيد امحمدOulad Said M'HamedIn parts2029051.02.49.0
اولاد الشاويOulad ChaouiGrouped492411.43.76.8
اقبالةKbalaIn parts2019113.62.76.2
بئر الثورBir EtourIn parts1215120.61.22.6
لحلالفةLahlalfaGrouped642992.00.56.6
اولاد رحال 1Oulad Rahal 15 douars · 3,814 people
أولاد بوعزة لعوامرOulad Bouazza LaouamrIn parts1285647.61.57.5
شرقاوةCharcaouaIn parts1375635.80.65.7
الزواتنةZwatnaGrouped1486173.02.93.1
الرڭاڭنةRgagnaIn parts1346642.32.33.3
كريز عبارةKrayz AbbaraIn parts2721,4062.52.77.6
لحباشة 2Lahbacha 22 douars · 1,447 people
أولاد عيسى كريزOulad Aissa KrayzIn parts2209232.02.44.0
التشاينشEttachaynechGrouped1145240.51.04.0
لحباشة 3Lahbacha 32 douars · 734 people
لكرارمةAl KrarmaGrouped1325510.02.06.9
أولاد أحمد بن عليOulad Ahmed Ben AliGrouped441830.92.24.6
أولاد رحال 2Oulad Rahal 24 douars · 1,098 people
السلاهمةSlahmaGrouped431801.00.47.9
الرحيحاتRhayhatGrouped481890.30.65.3
أولاد محمد بن اعمرOulad Mohammed Ben AmurGrouped662130.62.74.1
أولاد اعمرOulad AmorGrouped1135160.81.04.7

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.117.08.07
As digits
061170807
Slug
jaqma
OpenStreetMap
2822695
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jaqma");

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