Kaf El Ghar

كاف الغار

Rural commune in the cercle of Tainaste, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,060
Since 2014
−12.9%from 8,104 in 2014
Density
48.7people per km², 145.1 km²
Households
1,846
Rank
998998th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 38 in its province

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 43.2% to 18.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zghira. In the labour force: 18.5% here, 20.7% there; running water: 2.1% here, 1.8% there; household size: 3.8 here, 3.7 there.

Compare it with Zghira

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 Kaf El Ghar.

Kaf El Ghar −12.9%

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
46.4%aged 10 and over55.1% in 201460.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
34.1%10.8% in 201455.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
18.5%aged 15 and over43.2% in 20143.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.22children per woman2.05 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
12.2%of people7.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.1%of settled households1.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Kaf El Ghar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over5.0%
3.2%70–743.3%
4.8%65–694.2%
6.0%60–647.7%
5.9%55–596.1%
5.5%50–547.0%
4.9%45–496.1%
6.3%40–446.4%
6.1%35–395.7%
6.9%30–345.7%
5.7%25–295.4%
6.3%20–245.6%
7.3%15–198.3%
10.0%10–148.3%
9.5%5–98.5%
7.9%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French38.3%
  • English7.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.7%
  • Private car8.9%
  • Taxi8.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.3%
  • Animal8.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.8%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Informal transport2.3%
  • Another way1.7%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17725.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7441.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
801.1 per business
Public services
101
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.8%
  • Services37.8%
  • Industry1.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person94.6%
  • 2 to 35.4%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later4.1%
  • 2011–201924.3%
  • 2001–201032.4%
  • 1991–200032.4%
  • 1981–19906.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Kaf El Ghar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 6 fractions, with 7,054 people. 6 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
أسامرAssammar4 douars · 1,266 people
الزياينةZyaynaIn parts2685———
اولاد ابشيرOulad BchirDispersed973702.31.16.1
واد الشريفOued ChrifIn parts622372.81.211.0
الصمامضةEs SmamdaIn parts1555741.33.05.6
بني حمادBni Hammad3 douars · 922 people
اوشتامAouchtamIn parts381362.71.313.0
سيدي داوودSidi DaoudIn parts552331.33.013.8
بني حمادBni HammadIn parts1345531.14.114.6
المهريينEl Mehriine5 douars · 1,420 people
الزيتونةZaitounaDispersed722366.61.09.4
الركبةEr RoukbaIn parts1365997.00.99.4
عين اقصبAin KsibGrouped3411210.11.212.0
آزروAzrouIn parts10431011.11.216.4
أغبالوAghbalouDispersed4316311.73.727.2
اهل الوادAhl El Oued3 douars · 1,217 people
اهل الوادAhl El OuedIn parts1123883.84.14.3
الشرادChradIn parts974231.40.95.3
أشقربانChqirbaneDispersed994062.51.58.8
المركزCentre3 douars · 767 people
فج قلوعFejklouaIn parts1213880.71.71.7
جامع البابJamal el BabIn parts753142.01.33.5
العنينةEl AninaIn parts1965———
أولاد إبراهيمOulad Brahim3 douars · 1,462 people
أولاد إبراهيمOulad BrahimIn parts2751,0680.10.916.5
أهل أمالوAhl AmalouGrouped662910.10.116.0
أولاد أحمدOulad AhmedIn parts26103———

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
03.561.11.07
As digits
035611107
Slug
kaf-el-ghar
OpenStreetMap
2758256
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kaf-el-ghar");

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