Lahdar

لحضر

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

Population, 2024
12,809
Since 2014
−7.7%from 13,870 in 2014
Density
96.3people per km², 133 km²
Households
2,974
Rank
557557th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 25 in its province

Next door in Jamaat Shaim, 96.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.5%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.6% to 29.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ziaida. Running water: 0.5% here, 2.7% there; unemployment: 29.3% here, 30.0% there; aged 65 and over: 11.1% here, 10.8% there.

Compare it with Ziaida

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 Lahdar.

Lahdar −7.7%

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
40.3%aged 10 and over44.3% in 201450.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.3%6.6% in 201444.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.7%aged 15 and over42.0% in 20146.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.08children per woman2.41 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.5%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.5%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lahdar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over4.9%
2.7%70–743.1%
3.7%65–694.2%
4.8%60–645.1%
4.6%55–594.6%
5.2%50–545.6%
5.4%45–496.1%
6.3%40–445.2%
6.6%35–395.9%
6.3%30–345.6%
6.8%25–295.4%
7.1%20–247.6%
9.6%15–199.2%
10.0%10–1410.7%
9.2%5–99.7%
7.9%0–47.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French39.5%
  • English7.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.4%
  • Taxi11.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.5%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Bus3.8%
  • Animal2.8%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Another way2.1%
  • Informal transport1.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28222.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9533.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1131.2 per business
Public services
184
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce80.0%
  • Industry12.6%
  • Services4.2%
  • Construction3.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person92.6%
  • 2 to 35.3%
  • 4 to 92.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.9%
  • 2011–201948.4%
  • 2001–201013.7%
  • 1991–200016.8%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Lahdar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 45 douars in 4 fractions, with 12,809 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد محيةOulad Mhia9 douars · 3,128 people
أولاد عمارةOulad AmaraGrouped321461.01.09.0
أولاد بن داوودOulad Ben DaoudDispersed1706470.90.99.1
لكواشLakouachIn parts632691.01.510.1
أولاد احمدOulad AhmedGrouped501931.01.18.9
العيساتAissatDispersed1325141.01.210.1
أولاد ابراهيمOulad BrahimIn parts983470.71.010.5
اشلوحChlouhGrouped1245602.52.511.0
خيام ابيهKhyam BouihDispersed713702.23.58.7
أولاد دحانOulad DahhaneGrouped1782———
دراع الخيلDra El Khil12 douars · 4,693 people
لعيايدةLaayaydaGrouped732530.00.16.0
أولاد لحسنOulad LahsenGrouped642940.60.77.4
السورEssourGrouped1496010.20.46.6
أولاد بن الصريديOuladben SraydiGrouped351422.32.28.0
ادويبات أولاد عبد اللهDouibat Oulad AbdellahGrouped743171.72.58.0
بن حيدةben HidaIn parts954382.43.17.9
البجوجةBjoujaGrouped753291.04.14.3
الزحاحفةZhahfaIn parts1808841.51.15.8
لعبيضلاتLaabidlatteGrouped491871.03.03.0
لوراكنةLaouragnaGrouped25116———
لمرازيكLemrazigIn parts964521.02.93.8
أولاد الصيفOulad EssayfDispersed1496801.11.45.0
المطارفةLemtarfa20 douars · 3,965 people
أولاد العينOulad NainGrouped1978———
أولاد اعبيد الورانيينOulad Abid El WaraneGrouped26117———
النواجي الكوحلNouaji LakehalGrouped27112———
أولاد سلمونOulad SalmouneGrouped783735.01.05.0
لكواسمةGouasmaGrouped923571.04.04.0
أولاد حمزةOulad HamzaDispersed1776———
البيبEl BouibIn parts512473.03.16.0
لمصاغرةMuasraGrouped1235560.01.14.0
البراهمةLebrahmaGrouped602310.80.84.7
القبةEl QobbaGrouped482370.61.15.1
لغزالاتGhzalatDispersed632830.41.95.1
أولاد خلف اللهOulad Khalf-AllahGrouped2184———
الزوانةEzzouanaGrouped371621.02.04.0
لعميراتLaamiratGrouped783351.31.14.3
أولاد بومهديOulad BoumehdiGrouped1347———
الحميداتLahmidateGrouped381713.03.06.0
لهرماكيةLaharmakiaGrouped451961.03.16.9
لعواكلLaouaklGrouped341512.72.75.0
لغوال أولاد السالميLeghoual Oulad EssalmiDispersed2286———
النواجي لغوالNouaji LeghoualGrouped1266———
أولاد زيانOulad Ziyane4 douars · 1,023 people
أولاد الطالبOulad TalebIn parts983910.61.54.5
أولاد لغليميOulad LeghlimiGrouped27135———
أولاد يحيىOulad YahyaGrouped733080.70.73.0
لغوالLaghoualGrouped511891.01.01.0

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
07.431.03.07
As digits
074310307
Slug
lahdar
OpenStreetMap
2827832
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lahdar");

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