Laghdira

لغديرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Azemmour, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
26,192
Since 2014
+31.1%from 19,973 in 2014
Density
132people per km², 198.3 km²
Households
5,709
Foreign residents
9
Rank
218218th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 27 in its province

Next door in Lbir Jdid, 97.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 10.4% to 81.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: M'haya. Aged 65 and over: 7.5% here, 7.0% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.0% here, 31.6% there; running water: 81.2% here, 87.4% there.

Compare it with M'haya

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 Laghdira.

Laghdira +31.1%

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
36.0%aged 10 and over49.1% in 201444.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.1%8.6% in 201424.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.3%aged 15 and over49.1% in 20146.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.55children per woman2.53 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
81.2%of settled households10.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laghdira: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over3.1%
2.1%70–742.1%
2.8%65–692.7%
3.9%60–643.8%
3.5%55–593.2%
5.0%50–544.5%
6.1%45–495.7%
6.9%40–446.7%
7.4%35–397.2%
6.8%30–346.8%
6.4%25–297.0%
7.3%20–247.3%
8.8%15–199.0%
11.1%10–1411.5%
10.7%5–910.8%
9.1%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.8%
  • Tachelhit3.7%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French37.3%
  • English5.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.4%
  • Taxi17.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.0%
  • Private car6.7%
  • Employer’s transport4.4%
  • Informal transport3.2%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
31912.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
21667.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7473.5 per business
Public services
100
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.1%
  • Services23.6%
  • Industry11.1%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person54.2%
  • 2 to 338.9%
  • 4 to 90.9%
  • 10 to 495.1%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.4%
  • 2011–201944.0%
  • 2001–201023.1%
  • 1991–20003.7%
  • 1981–19902.3%
  • 1956–19800.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Laghdira’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 6 fractions, with 26,192 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الصوالح 2Soualah 24 douars · 3,174 people
اولاد موسى الغديرةOld Moussa LaghdiraDispersed2891,3342.03.110.5
اولاد داود الغديرةOulad Daoud El GhdiraDispersed2321,1051.12.16.6
كواكةKouakaDispersed913820.41.04.9
حيانHayyaneGrouped673530.21.46.9
الغربية 1Gharbia 14 douars · 1,672 people
الشلوح الغربيةChlouh-El-GharbiaDispersed793550.04.14.1
اولاد العروسيOld LaaroussaDispersed773850.43.47.7
خنوسةKhanoussaDispersed1597690.13.06.2
الدريعEddriDispersed29163———
السلاطنة-لوطا الحرشSlatna Louta Al Hrach2 douars · 9,027 people
السلاطنةSlatnaGrouped2631,2420.10.45.2
لوطا الحرشLouta Al HrachGrouped1,8947,7850.61.02.0
الغربية 2Gharbia 26 douars · 4,097 people
اولاد تاليةOulad TaliaDispersed1356110.42.66.9
لعباضلةLaabadlaDispersed1286640.01.66.9
الزنانبةZnanbaDispersed1457990.11.67.3
بوبراهيمBoubrahimDispersed502311.23.311.5
اولاد الحيمرOueled AlhaimarDispersed1487731.01.78.1
الفقرة القنارEl Foqra El KnarGrouped1991,0190.72.411.1
اربعاء الغربيةArbaa Gharbia3 douars · 4,617 people
اولاد فرجOulad FrejDispersed2701,2701.22.12.7
الدريع المسيرةDriae-El-MassiraDispersed5222,4680.72.94.5
العيايطةEl AyaytaDispersed1648790.22.28.9
لوطى كواكةLouta Kouaka3 douars · 3,605 people
لوطىLoutaDispersed1466700.14.65.3
المخاطرة الغديرةEl Mkhatra El GhdiraGrouped1827640.22.72.8
كواكةKouakaDispersed4402,1710.42.38.8

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
06.181.03.05
As digits
061810305
Slug
laghdira
OpenStreetMap
2866411
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("laghdira");

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