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

Where it is

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

BerrechidDerouaEl GaraHad SoualemSidi Rahal ChataiSidi El MekkiKasbat Ben MchichOuled ZidaneOuled CebbahLahsasnaFoqra Oulad AameurLambarkiyneRiahSidi AbdelkhaleqSahel Oulad H'rizLaghnimyineBen MaachouOulad AbbouZaouiat Sidi Ben HamdounSoualem TrifiyaOulad Ziyane

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%

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%
  • Taxi11.8%
  • Private car7.5%
  • Employer’s transport4.4%
  • Bus0.0%

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

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%

In the data

Code
06.117.08.07
As digits
061170807
Slug
jaqma
Record
/api/communes/06.117.08.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.117.08.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.117.08.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.117.08.07/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.117.08.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2822695
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jaqma");

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