Lagdadra

لكدادرة

Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
6,699
Since 2014
−1.9%from 6,825 in 2014
Density
72.7people per km², 92.1 km²
Households
1,701
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,0451,045th most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 57 in its province

Next door in El Hanchane, 70.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 25.3% to 45.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Abderrazak. In the labour force: 30.6% here, 29.5% there; household size: 3.9 here, 3.8 there; higher education: 2.1% here, 2.7% there.

Compare it with Sidi Abderrazak

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 Lagdadra.

Lagdadra −1.9%

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
48.5%aged 10 and over55.9% in 201454.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.8%6.6% in 201429.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.6%aged 15 and over44.4% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
91.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.44children per woman2.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.9%of people10.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
45.7%of settled households25.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lagdadra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over4.4%
3.3%70–742.9%
4.3%65–692.9%
4.6%60–645.0%
4.9%55–593.2%
6.0%50–546.9%
6.0%45–495.9%
7.3%40–447.0%
5.5%35–395.8%
5.8%30–345.9%
5.9%25–296.0%
5.2%20–246.3%
7.9%15–199.2%
11.6%10–1411.2%
10.1%5–99.8%
7.5%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit2.0%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French28.6%
  • English5.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.4%
  • Taxi13.7%
  • Informal transport10.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.9%
  • Animal7.0%
  • Bus6.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.8%
  • Private car2.9%
  • Another way1.6%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14020.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4935.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
901.8 per business
Public services
91
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry49.0%
  • Commerce44.9%
  • Services6.1%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person51.0%
  • 2 to 344.9%
  • 4 to 92.0%
  • 10 to 492.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.3%
  • 2011–201928.6%
  • 2001–201022.4%
  • 1991–200024.5%
  • 1981–19906.1%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Lagdadra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,699 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لكدادرةLagdadra5 douars · 2,074 people
الزكاريEzzakariIn parts772850.03.44.8
سيدي امحمدSidi MohamedIn parts1214971.11.96.1
أيت دوباحAit DouibIn parts1024050.12.27.9
أيت أبيشAit BaichIn parts712920.65.17.0
أيت بريدعةAit BridaaIn parts1525950.63.76.3
الشرفةChorfa4 douars · 2,632 people
أيت باراAit BaraIn parts3141,2560.41.92.0
الشرفةChorfaIn parts1606352.02.95.0
الربابعةErrbabaaIn parts1415581.22.44.0
النجارةNejjaraIn parts511831.11.313.9
ولد خدايمOuld Khadaym6 douars · 1,976 people
أيت بو ارݣانةAit BouargnaIn parts732721.02.75.3
شلالكةChlalgaIn parts732861.11.98.6
أولاد عبوOuled AbbouIn parts913631.31.57.0
لمساتلةLamsatlaIn parts1184691.52.36.9
أولاد عيسىOuled AissaIn parts913532.12.77.2
أيت علي أو عليAit Ali Ou AliIn parts612331.14.35.5
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 17 people
ايت الخيمةAit El KhimaGrouped517———

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
07.211.09.11
As digits
072110911
Slug
lagdadra
OpenStreetMap
2821031
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lagdadra");

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