Khlalfa

الخلالفة

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

Population, 2024
14,340
Since 2014
−2.3%from 14,681 in 2014
Density
134people per km², 107.2 km²
Households
3,584
Rank
476476th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 49 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 15.3% to 53.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zaaroura. Unemployment: 53.4% here, 55.6% there; running water: 7.7% here, 6.7% there; household size: 4.0 here, 3.9 there.

Compare it with Zaaroura

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 Khlalfa.

Khlalfa −2.3%

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
34.9%aged 10 and over45.3% in 201448.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
53.4%15.3% in 201458.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.3%aged 15 and over45.8% in 20143.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.81children per woman2.47 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.0%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
7.7%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Khlalfa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.7%
2.2%70–742.8%
2.3%65–693.2%
3.1%60–643.9%
4.7%55–594.0%
6.0%50–545.9%
6.9%45–496.1%
7.2%40–447.0%
6.9%35–396.9%
5.7%30–346.6%
5.5%25–295.2%
7.2%20–246.8%
9.4%15–199.0%
10.7%10–1410.8%
10.5%5–99.6%
8.8%0–48.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.0%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French28.2%
  • English6.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot53.8%
  • Informal transport21.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Taxi5.7%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Animal3.8%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.7%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
27819.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
20774.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4162.0 per business
Public services
71
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.8%
  • Services33.8%
  • Industry10.6%
  • Construction5.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person49.3%
  • 2 to 339.1%
  • 4 to 911.6%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.2%
  • 2011–201957.5%
  • 2001–201014.5%
  • 1991–20004.8%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19800.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Khlalfa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 3 fractions, with 14,339 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني خالدBni Khaled6 douars · 3,613 people
مرزاينMerzainIn parts2478600.91.16.8
الميزابEl MizabGrouped1304631.01.04.0
قلعة الميزابKalaat El MizabIn parts1033721.01.66.0
تيجدة القديمةTijda LakdimaIn parts1445928.94.418.2
تيجدة مزمالةTijda MazmalaGrouped19083010.42.717.0
هجهوجةHajhoujaIn parts1214967.81.617.3
واد الصفاحOued Seffah6 douars · 4,379 people
تاونات القشورTaounate LakchourIn parts2449830.81.36.7
دشر فلاحDchar FellahIn parts2741,1140.72.43.5
تاورطةTaourtaGrouped2289661.31.23.7
أولاد الحاج عمرOulad Haj AamarGrouped451610.71.41.9
أبزازنAbazzazineGrouped923461.01.24.0
اللبابرةEl BabraGrouped1898090.61.15.4
أسرىAsra5 douars · 6,347 people
زغريرنZaghrireneGrouped1686700.71.22.5
علاوةAlaouaDispersed1537424.43.313.6
خلالفةKhlalfaDispersed3581,3620.51.71.3
المرابطيونMrabtioueneIn parts4802,0750.11.03.4
مشكورMechkourIn parts4181,4980.81.55.2

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.07.13
As digits
035310713
Slug
khlalfa
OpenStreetMap
2754997
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("khlalfa");

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