Laamamra

لعمامرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Gzoula, province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
12,025
Since 2014
−5.4%from 12,717 in 2014
Density
60.3people per km², 199.5 km²
Households
2,706
Rank
599599th most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 25 in its province

Next door in Sidi M'hamed Ou Marzouq, 88.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 43.9% to 92.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Loulja. Running water: 0.9% here, 4.2% there; can’t read or write: 49.2% here, 50.9% there; higher education: 1.4% here, 1.6% there.

Compare it with Loulja

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 Laamamra.

Laamamra −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
49.2%aged 10 and over61.7% in 201457.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.7%1.6% in 201455.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.6%aged 15 and over53.5% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.52children per woman2.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.6%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.9%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laamamra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over4.4%
2.4%70–742.9%
2.6%65–693.0%
3.8%60–644.2%
3.8%55–594.0%
4.0%50–544.6%
4.5%45–495.4%
5.3%40–445.2%
6.4%35–396.3%
7.2%30–346.3%
7.8%25–295.4%
8.8%20–246.8%
9.7%15–1910.6%
11.8%10–1411.6%
10.1%5–910.2%
7.7%0–49.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French14.1%
  • English2.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work23.9%
  • Taxi23.7%
  • On foot17.8%
  • Bus13.8%
  • Informal transport5.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.5%
  • Animal4.2%
  • Private car2.9%
  • Another way2.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
22118.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10045.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1361.4 per business
Public services
120
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.0%
  • Services19.0%
  • Industry17.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.0%
  • 2 to 39.0%
  • 4 to 91.0%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.0%
  • 2011–201943.0%
  • 2001–201017.0%
  • 1991–20007.0%
  • 1981–19901.0%
  • 1956–19805.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Laamamra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 5 fractions, with 12,023 people. 2 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
الخضارة الخبيزاتLkhaddara El Khabizat7 douars · 2,341 people
لغويزاتLaghouizateIn parts582461.33.313.0
الركيباتRguibatGrouped26118———
البورات الخبيزاتLbourrate LakhbizatIn parts1566422.24.113.2
البورات الخضارةLbourrate KhadaraIn parts1155141.92.59.9
أولاد الحاج الجيلاليOulad Hadj JilaliIn parts552591.15.28.0
أولاد الزاويةOulad ZaouiaIn parts461971.03.05.9
الخضارةLkhaddaraIn parts863651.11.76.6
أولاد بوعيشOulad Bouich4 douars · 1,654 people
الدعيجات (اولاد بوعيش)Eddaijat (Oulad Bouich)In parts944231.21.88.8
أولاد مومنOulad MoumenIn parts1264933.02.07.8
لعمارنةLaamarnaIn parts1034194.04.19.6
أولاد عُباد أوتغانOulad Abad OuatghaneIn parts723192.52.015.3
أولاد سيدي أعمارةOulad Sidi Amara4 douars · 2,361 people
اولاد بلعسريOulad Bel AsriIn parts1015022.13.710.1
الزحاحفةEzzhahfaIn parts783567.84.111.9
البلاعدةEl BeladaIn parts1666765.04.38.7
أولاد ابراهيمOulad BrahimIn parts1788271.72.54.9
لغويزاتLaghouizate8 douars · 2,857 people
الهشاشمةLahchachmaGrouped391500.00.35.0
الدريواتDrouiateIn parts582390.42.42.4
لحمامدةLahmamdaIn parts542970.21.21.2
لغويزاتLaghouizateIn parts602490.61.98.4
أولاد سعيدOulad SaidIn parts612521.21.59.2
لمعاتيكLamaatigueIn parts1978403.22.85.8
العمامشةLaamamchaIn parts1265711.81.29.3
الدعيجات (العويزات)Eddaijat (El Aouyzat)In parts602591.62.38.8
البرجةEl Berja5 douars · 2,810 people
العرب بوشيبةLaarab Bou ChabaGrouped422231.01.81.5
العرب مفتاحةAl Arab MftahaIn parts317———
القواسمةQouasmaIn parts2371,1842.02.12.0
العويمراتLaaouimrateIn parts1707642.23.25.7
العويدEl AouydIn parts1396221.32.73.4

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
07.431.07.07
As digits
074310707
Slug
laamamra
OpenStreetMap
2827856
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("laamamra");

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