Ksar Bjir

قصر بجير

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

Population, 2024
17,182
Since 2014
+5.4%from 16,308 in 2014
Density
198people per km², 86.8 km²
Households
4,028
Foreign residents
1
Rank
374374th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 19 in its province

Next door in Ksar El Kebir, 99.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.6%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 66.5% to 94.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laghdira. Aged 65 and over: 6.8% here, 7.5% there; aged 0 to 14: 32.0% here, 31.0% there; higher education: 3.3% here, 2.9% there.

Compare it with Laghdira

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 Ksar Bjir.

Ksar Bjir +5.4%

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
40.0%aged 10 and over47.3% in 201449.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
9.4%10.8% in 201413.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.2%aged 15 and over54.1% in 20149.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.03children per woman2.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
80.3%of settled households56.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ksar Bjir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.4%75 and over2.5%
1.8%70–742.0%
2.5%65–692.6%
3.4%60–644.0%
3.0%55–593.0%
4.7%50–544.7%
4.9%45–495.4%
7.1%40–447.0%
7.6%35–397.8%
7.3%30–347.8%
6.1%25–296.3%
7.1%20–246.7%
9.8%15–198.8%
11.6%10–1411.9%
11.5%5–911.5%
9.2%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French26.4%
  • English5.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle25.2%
  • Taxi10.2%
  • Employer’s transport9.6%
  • Animal6.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.1%
  • Private car3.9%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Informal transport1.1%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
21412.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14266.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,1047.8 per business
Public services
72
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.1%
  • Services23.2%
  • Industry10.6%
  • Construction2.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.8%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 4 to 94.2%
  • 10 to 492.1%
  • 50 and over2.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.4%
  • 2011–201941.5%
  • 2001–201018.3%
  • 1991–20004.9%
  • 1981–19902.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ksar Bjir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 7 fractions, with 17,182 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
قصر ابجير الشماليةKsar Abjir Chamalia5 douars · 1,520 people
القيايرة البدورEl Kyayra El BdourGrouped27122———
الدباريينDbarineGrouped481830.02.012.1
القيايرة الرملEl Kyayra RmelGrouped28113———
عين معسكرAin MoaskarGrouped1023831.21.36.6
المعادةMaadaIn parts1947191.70.86.1
lقصر ابجير الجنوبيةKsar Abjir Janoubia6 douars · 3,146 people
جهجوكةJajoukaGrouped823820.50.112.2
جبل الغنيJbel LaghniGrouped1064561.72.811.8
عين توتةAïn ToutaGrouped1874———
البواحطةEl BouhataGrouped593032.32.310.1
صيار بوجناحSyar-BoujenahGrouped2229891.51.48.9
السرايمةSraimaGrouped2039421.30.78.7
سيدي سلامةSidi Slama2 douars · 2,547 people
البناندةLebnandaGrouped3211,5520.30.914.7
أولاد يشوOulad IchouGrouped1949953.51.510.7
الكشاشرةLagchachra2 douars · 3,674 people
كشاشرةLagchachraIn parts6852,7110.51.71.7
الضوامرEddouamerGrouped2279630.00.91.2
قصر ابجير الوسطىKsar Abjir El Ousseta3 douars · 2,362 people
الدكاكلةDekaklaGrouped1104500.00.40.5
أولاد سدرةOulad SadraGrouped3751,6100.70.41.8
كراروةLekrarouaGrouped723020.40.32.0
محمية الزيتونيMohmia Ezzitouni5 douars · 3,660 people
الخيايطةKhyaytaGrouped2549990.20.11.2
أولاد شتوانOulad ChatouaneGrouped2319680.01.91.9
مدشر المعلمMdcher El MalemGrouped743100.60.13.0
المزاينةEl MzaynaGrouped1435590.40.91.4
لحلالفةLahlalfaGrouped1938240.10.41.7
سيدي البياتيSidi El Byati2 douars · 273 people
البدور أولاد موسىEl Bdour Oulad MoussaGrouped311350.00.18.1
البدور الجوابرEl Bdour JouaberGrouped29138———

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
01.331.07.03
As digits
013310703
Slug
ksar-bjir
OpenStreetMap
2563440
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ksar-bjir");

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