Ketama

كتامة

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

Population, 2024: 16,690
Since 2014: −3.8%from 17,351 in 2014
Density: 146people per km², 114.2 km²
Households: 3,699
Rank: 385385th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 36 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 16.5% to 41.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laatatra. Darija: 98.9% here, 98.7% there; household size: 4.5 here, 4.7 there; higher education: 4.5% here, 3.6% there.

Compare it with Laatatra

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

32323

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ketama.

Ketama −3.8%

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: 31.3%aged 10 and over35.4% in 201446.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 41.6%16.5% in 201446.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.8%aged 15 and over55.9% in 20149.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.44children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.2%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 0.8%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ketama: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.5%	75 and over	2.3%
1.4%	70–74	2.1%
2.1%	65–69	2.6%
3.3%	60–64	4.4%
3.3%	55–59	4.0%
4.5%	50–54	4.0%
5.9%	45–49	5.3%
8.2%	40–44	6.7%
10.0%	35–39	8.7%
10.0%	30–34	8.7%
8.3%	25–29	8.0%
7.4%	20–24	7.6%
7.1%	15–19	7.3%
9.0%	10–14	9.3%
8.8%	5–9	9.7%
9.3%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tarifit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French30.2%
English3.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot84.4%
Doesn’t travel to work5.9%
Animal3.5%
Private car1.6%
Taxi1.6%
Informal transport1.4%
Bus0.9%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 35.4%aged 10 and over31.3% in 202454.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.5%41.6% in 202419.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 55.9%aged 15 and over45.8% in 202426.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 89.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.24children per woman2.44 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.7%of people6.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.3people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.2%of settled households0.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ketama: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.6%	75 and over	1.5%
1.0%	70–74	1.1%
1.1%	65–69	1.4%
1.7%	60–64	2.3%
2.8%	55–59	3.0%
3.6%	50–54	4.4%
4.1%	45–49	4.3%
5.3%	40–44	4.6%
7.2%	35–39	6.1%
9.5%	30–34	7.8%
11.8%	25–29	11.2%
12.2%	20–24	12.0%
10.0%	15–19	10.9%
9.6%	10–14	9.8%
8.3%	5–9	8.8%
10.2%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tarifit0.9%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only58.1%
Arabic and French36.1%
Arabic, French and English4.7%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot93.5%
Not stated2.0%
Taxi1.6%
Private car1.5%
Works at home0.6%
Bus0.4%
Another way0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood91.8%
Another in the commune3.3%
Not stated1.9%
No fixed place0.9%
Another province0.8%
Another commune0.7%
At home0.6%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour43.2%
Farming and fishing42.6%
Crafts and skilled trades3.8%
Labouring and small trades2.7%
Clerical work2.6%
Trade and broking2.0%
Managers and senior professionals1.6%
Machine operating0.7%
Not classified0.5%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma75.0%
Primary18.3%
Lower secondary4.0%
Upper secondary1.6%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 31919.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20463.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3261.6 per business
Public services: 114
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.9%
Services31.4%
Industry7.8%
Construction5.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person60.8%
2 to 334.8%
4 to 94.4%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later28.9%
2011–201943.6%
2001–201018.6%
1991–20006.9%
1981–19901.5%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.5%

Douars

Ketama’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 6 fractions, with 16,688 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
امزازAmzaz4 douars · 3,075 people
اضغوصAdghous	In parts	186	828	20.5	3.5	23.2
اكجارAkjar	Dispersed	91	430	14.7	2.1	18.5
اتوتAtout	In parts	238	1,073	3.3	2.6	6.1
باب بورفضBab Bourfed	In parts	178	744	3.8	3.8	10.4
ازغار"تنزة سابقاAzghartenzat ex4 douars · 2,255 people
ابضوشAbdouch	Grouped	35	171	7.0	3.4	9.6
تينزةTainza	In parts	154	668	5.6	1.0	10.9
بوماديBoumadi	In parts	163	703	3.0	4.8	9.4
تسكيتTiskouite	Dispersed	169	713	6.4	1.4	14.1
تملوكيتTamloukit3 douars · 2,288 people
تملوكيتTamloukit	In parts	372	1,774	1.3	1.8	7.2
اكدو ملاحAkdou Mellah	Grouped	40	212	0.4	2.3	2.3
مركز كتامةCentre Ketama	Grouped	76	302	0.1	0.6	0.6
وحشيتOuahchiyat2 douars · 4,794 people
وحشيتOuahchiyat	In parts	959	4,282	2.1	2.5	21.4
موياMouya	Dispersed	106	512	1.9	1.9	13.7
كريحةGriha3 douars · 2,206 people
كريحةGriha	In parts	342	1,519	8.8	8.5	14.0
عزابة كريحةAzzaba Griha	In parts	99	483	14.4	15.3	15.3
تينفيTinfi	Dispersed	47	204	14.2	14.0	14.0
إموزغارImouzghar5 douars · 2,070 people
ازغارAzghar	In parts	199	910	8.9	0.9	13.7
بوهيايBouhyay	Dispersed	44	215	1.4	3.2	3.2
تشتيتTachtit	Grouped	36	177	0.4	4.4	4.4
إموزغارImouzghar	Grouped	137	646	0.3	1.6	1.6
الصيبEssib	Grouped	28	122	—	—	—

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: 01.051.09.15
As digits: 010510915
Slug: ketama
Record: /api/communes/01.051.09.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.051.09.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.051.09.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.051.09.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.051.09.15/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.051.09.15/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.051.09.15/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2516838

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ketama");

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