Lagfaf

لكفاف

Rural commune in the cercle of Khouribga, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
8,560
Since 2014
+0.6%from 8,510 in 2014
Density
82people per km², 104.3 km²
Households
2,143
Foreign residents
4
Rank
856856th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 31 in its province

Next door in Boujniba, 93.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.3%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 80.9% to 95.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Cebbah. Unemployment: 33.4% here, 35.7% there; Darija: 99.3% here, 99.6% there; household size: 3.9 here, 4.1 there.

Compare it with Ouled Cebbah

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 Lagfaf.

Lagfaf +0.6%

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
23.6%aged 10 and over32.0% in 201434.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.4%27.2% in 201447.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.0%aged 15 and over44.1% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.33children per woman3.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.5%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
20.0%of settled households14.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lagfaf: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over6.0%
2.2%70–743.2%
4.0%65–694.0%
5.7%60–644.3%
6.0%55–594.8%
6.4%50–545.9%
7.0%45–496.5%
6.1%40–446.9%
5.8%35–396.1%
6.0%30–346.0%
5.4%25–295.8%
4.9%20–246.4%
9.1%15–198.1%
10.7%10–149.9%
9.5%5–98.9%
8.3%0–47.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit1.4%
  • Tamazight1.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French66.2%
  • English19.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle28.3%
  • On foot25.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.5%
  • Employer’s transport13.8%
  • Private car10.2%
  • Taxi2.6%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Another way1.2%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17220.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7443.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1562.1 per business
Public services
96
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.6%
  • Services29.7%
  • Industry21.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.8%
  • 2 to 331.1%
  • 4 to 95.4%
  • 10 to 492.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.0%
  • 2011–201948.6%
  • 2001–20108.1%
  • 1991–200014.9%
  • 1981–19904.1%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Lagfaf’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 3 fractions, with 8,290 people. 270 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
الڭفاف الشماليينEl Gfaf Ecchmaliine2 douars · 3,336 people
لڭفاف لحرارLegfaf LehrarIn parts5592,2261.92.55.0
مركز لڭفاف الثكنةCentre Lagfaf CaserneGrouped3011,1100.11.61.6
الڭفاف الجنوبيينEl Gfaf El Jnoubiine3 douars · 2,608 people
المشاهرة الڭعيدةEl Mchahra El GaidaIn parts4481,7860.82.03.7
أولاد عليOulad AliIn parts1636120.21.66.3
ولاد حموOulad HammouIn parts592100.01.56.5
الڭفاف الوسطىEl Gfaf El Ousseta2 douars · 2,346 people
ولاد الجدرةOulad El JdraIn parts4551,7481.12.22.6
المشاهرة ولاد عمارLamchahra Old AmmarIn parts1585981.21.94.0

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.311.05.07
As digits
053110507
Slug
lagfaf
OpenStreetMap
2879649
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lagfaf");

Report an error on this page