Jbel Lahbib

جبل لحبيب

Rural commune in the cercle of Jebala, province of Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
4,126
Since 2014
+9.2%from 3,780 in 2014
Density
65.8people per km², 62.7 km²
Households
1,109
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,2951,295th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 22 in its province

Next door in Ayacha, 18.1% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 76.1%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 74.7% to 51.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Jbel Lahbib.

Jbel Lahbib +9.2%

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
28.9%aged 10 and over35.9% in 201437.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
4.8%18.7% in 20148.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.8%aged 15 and over46.8% in 201413.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.19children per woman2.11 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.9%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
37.2%of settled households32.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jbel Lahbib: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over3.4%
2.1%70–742.8%
3.8%65–693.2%
4.4%60–643.9%
4.6%55–593.7%
5.1%50–545.1%
6.3%45–495.4%
6.7%40–446.1%
6.5%35–397.6%
7.3%30–347.8%
6.6%25–295.2%
6.3%20–247.6%
7.7%15–198.7%
9.8%10–149.7%
10.4%5–910.7%
9.2%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tarifit4.6%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French76.1%
  • English27.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot69.5%
  • Employer’s transport7.9%
  • Private car7.3%
  • Informal transport7.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.9%
  • Bus1.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.1%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
503
Standing empty
24.1%15.9% vacant8.2% a second home
Precarious
7.4%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
69.8%93.6% on the water mains93.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
10.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.0%
  • Rural-type4.6%
  • Other2.8%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Traditional house0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years72.6%
  • 20 to 49 years26.2%
  • 50 years or more1.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
19447.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12866.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1831.4 per business
Public services
60
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.2%
  • Services28.9%
  • Industry18.8%
  • Construction3.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.9%
  • 2 to 325.8%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.4%
  • 2011–201937.5%
  • 2001–201024.2%
  • 1991–20005.5%
  • 1981–19907.0%
  • 1956–19802.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Karia1,494

Douars

Jbel Lahbib’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 5 fractions, with 2,632 people. Another 1,494 live in Karia, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
جبل لحبيب الأولىJbel Lahbib El Aoula1 douar · 267 people
الرملRmelGrouped592671.94.94.9
جبل لحبيب الثانيةJbel Lahbib Ettania5 douars · 777 people
هباطةHabataGrouped592270.00.35.0
ريحانةRihanaGrouped2190———
بني اهداينBeni HadaïneGrouped541830.02.17.1
الصفÈs SafGrouped381434.91.014.0
تازروتنTazeroutanGrouped431340.00.08.0
جبل لحبيب الثالثةJbel Lahbib Ettaleta4 douars · 704 people
الفلالسةFelalessaGrouped401421.55.76.9
الروسييشEr RoussiechGrouped2295———
اخشابشKhchabechGrouped28100———
اجبيلةJbilaDispersed1053671.52.42.5
جبل لحبيب الرابعةJbel Lahbib Errabaa3 douars · 872 people
بومزودBoumazouedGrouped481561.21.41.4
الخروبEl KharroubGrouped913371.02.02.0
دار بن صدوقDar Ben SadoukGrouped1033791.22.02.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 12 people
الحجريينEl HajriyineGrouped312———

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
01.571.03.09
As digits
015710309
Slug
jbel-lahbib
OpenStreetMap
2563433
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jbel-lahbib");

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