Lakhnafif

الخنافيف

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Teima, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 10,706
Since 2014: +7.8%from 9,936 in 2014
Density: 153people per km², 70.1 km²
Households: 2,470
Rank: 690690th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 89 in its province

Next door in El Guerdane, 51.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.6%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 41.1% to 27.9%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lalla Takarkoust. Read French: 56.6% here, 61.2% there; running water: 99.2% here, 95.4% there; can’t read or write: 27.9% here, 27.5% there.

Compare it with Lalla Takarkoust

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

83423

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Lakhnafif.

Lakhnafif +7.8%

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: 27.9%aged 10 and over41.1% in 201436.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.2%13.1% in 201424.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.4%aged 15 and over40.9% in 201410.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.00children per woman1.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.3%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 99.2%of settled households98.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lakhnafif: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	3.2%
2.7%	70–74	2.4%
3.2%	65–69	3.2%
5.0%	60–64	5.2%
5.2%	55–59	5.1%
6.2%	50–54	6.1%
6.1%	45–49	6.5%
6.4%	40–44	7.1%
6.7%	35–39	6.8%
6.0%	30–34	6.8%
6.5%	25–29	6.3%
6.7%	20–24	7.5%
8.7%	15–19	8.3%
10.0%	10–14	9.6%
9.3%	5–9	8.5%
7.8%	0–4	7.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.3%
Tachelhit20.1%
Tamazight1.7%
Hassania0.3%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French56.6%
English16.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle32.3%
Employer’s transport26.2%
On foot13.4%
Private car8.7%
Bus6.1%
Doesn’t travel to work5.3%
Taxi3.9%
Informal transport2.9%
Another way1.0%
Animal0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 41.1%aged 10 and over27.9% in 202451.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.1%18.2% in 202426.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.9%aged 15 and over36.4% in 20248.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.83children per woman2.00 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people3.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 98.2%of settled households99.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Lakhnafif: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.2%
1.5%	70–74	1.6%
2.1%	65–69	1.9%
3.6%	60–64	3.5%
4.1%	55–59	3.7%
5.9%	50–54	5.4%
5.8%	45–49	5.7%
7.3%	40–44	6.8%
7.4%	35–39	7.3%
7.6%	30–34	7.8%
7.8%	25–29	8.0%
8.3%	20–24	9.1%
8.7%	15–19	8.8%
8.5%	10–14	9.4%
9.4%	5–9	9.0%
9.8%	0–4	9.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.6%
Tachelhit16.3%
Hassania0.4%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French50.5%
Arabic only33.5%
Arabic, French and English14.9%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle47.5%
On foot12.0%
Taxi10.7%
Private car8.1%
Employer’s transport7.9%
Another way5.4%
Works at home3.2%
Bus2.6%
Not stated2.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another commune34.3%
Their own neighbourhood32.0%
No fixed place16.8%
Another province6.0%
Another in the commune4.5%
At home3.2%
Not stated2.6%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour35.5%
Crafts and skilled trades20.2%
Labouring and small trades10.9%
Machine operating9.9%
Farming and fishing8.1%
Clerical work6.5%
Trade and broking4.6%
Managers and senior professionals2.5%
Technicians1.0%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma63.4%
Primary21.2%
Lower secondary9.8%
Upper secondary3.7%
DEUG or Licence1.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 14513.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 9162.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2562.8 per business
Public services: 41
Associations: 13in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce74.7%
Industry15.4%
Services9.9%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person82.4%
2 to 36.6%
4 to 92.2%
10 to 498.8%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later20.9%
2011–201953.8%
2001–201014.3%
1991–20007.7%
1981–19902.2%
1956–19801.1%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Lakhnafif’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,706 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الخنافيف 1Lakhnafif 16 douars · 6,830 people
لوزازطةLouzazta	In parts	136	571	0.3	0.5	5.0
المعلمينMallemine	Grouped	61	254	0.0	3.0	1.3
لبراكيك البحرانيLabrakik El Bahrani	Grouped	430	1,886	1.0	1.6	5.0
أيت عبد الجليلAït Abd el Jelil	Grouped	188	843	0.5	1.3	3.1
الحجاجEl Hajjaj	In parts	697	3,090	0.4	1.1	3.0
العرب فروماAl Arab Frouma	Grouped	36	186	0.0	3.5	6.3
الخنافيف 2Lakhnafif 26 douars · 3,541 people
الخنافيفLakhnafif	Grouped	352	1,477	0.3	0.9	5.2
البراكيك القبلانيEl Brakik El Kblani	In parts	125	553	1.0	1.0	5.4
أيت رحمونAït Rahmoun	Grouped	102	468	1.0	1.0	6.0
أولاد بوربيعةOulad bou Rabiaa	Grouped	101	419	1.0	0.0	2.9
البهسيةBahsia	Grouped	66	263	2.0	0.0	2.1
أمعازىAmaaza	In parts	102	361	1.0	1.0	6.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 335 people
أيت بوعزةAït Bouazza	Grouped	74	335	0.2	1.7	3.3

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

In the data

Files and code

Code: 09.541.05.19
As digits: 095410519
Slug: lakhnafif
Record: /api/communes/09.541.05.19.json
Boundary: /api/communes/09.541.05.19/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/09.541.05.19/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/09.541.05.19/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/09.541.05.19/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/09.541.05.19/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/09.541.05.19/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2835897

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