Jraifia

جريفية

Rural commune in the cercle of Jraifia, province of Boujdour, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024
835
Since 2014
−12.1%from 950 in 2014
Density
0.1people per km², 16,169.2 km²
Households
385
Foreign residents
3
Rank
1,4901,490th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 4 in its province

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 Jraifia.

Jraifia −12.1%

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
29.9%aged 10 and over42.9% in 201442.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
0.5%2.4% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
81.0%aged 15 and over95.9% in 20146.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.25children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
1.8%of people1.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.2people on average2.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.0%of settled households7.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jraifia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over6.5%
1.9%70–747.4%
2.1%65–6910.2%
3.9%60–644.6%
6.7%55–598.3%
10.2%50–543.7%
11.7%45–496.5%
9.9%40–449.3%
8.3%35–398.3%
10.5%30–3410.2%
10.2%25–297.4%
13.3%20–244.6%
5.9%15–192.8%
0.8%10–141.9%
1.0%5–94.6%
1.2%0–43.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija71.1%
  • Hassania30.7%
  • Tachelhit9.5%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French18.3%
  • English2.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work48.7%
  • On foot28.5%
  • Informal transport12.3%
  • Private car5.7%
  • Another way2.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.5%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5262.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4484.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
942.1 per business
Public services
8
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.5%
  • Industry27.3%
  • Services18.2%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person54.5%
  • 2 to 336.4%
  • 4 to 94.5%
  • 10 to 494.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later6.8%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–201056.8%
  • 1991–200011.4%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Jraifia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 4 douars in 1 fraction, with 823 people. 12 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الجريفيةJraifia4 douars · 823 people
الكاب 7El Kab 7Grouped1923461.360.31.3
لكراعLagraGrouped961764.3172.9114.3
مركز نويفظCentre NouyfedGrouped33923.2116.465.9
ام رجيلاتOum RjilatDispersed562094.326.426.4

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
11.121.03.03
As digits
111210303
Slug
jraifia
OpenStreetMap
3552447
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jraifia");

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