Lalla Mimouna

للا ميمونة

Rural commune in the cercle of Lalla Mimouna, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
35,600
Since 2014
+20.8%from 29,479 in 2014
Density
297people per km², 120 km²
Households
7,381
Foreign residents
14
Rank
153153rd most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 23 in its province

Next door in Beni Malek, 1.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 47.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 29.9% to 47.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Haouzia. Aged 65 and over: 5.9% here, 6.0% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.9% here, 31.5% there; in the labour force: 41.9% here, 42.5% there.

Compare it with Haouzia

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 Lalla Mimouna.

Lalla Mimouna +20.8%

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
33.9%aged 10 and over45.0% in 201441.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.0%7.7% in 201428.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.9%aged 15 and over47.0% in 201410.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.92children per woman2.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
47.4%of settled households29.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lalla Mimouna: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.7%75 and over1.8%
1.8%70–741.6%
2.5%65–692.2%
3.5%60–643.5%
3.3%55–593.4%
4.9%50–544.8%
5.4%45–495.2%
7.0%40–447.2%
7.3%35–397.2%
6.6%30–347.0%
6.9%25–296.9%
7.9%20–248.3%
9.3%15–199.3%
11.2%10–1411.1%
11.3%5–911.0%
9.4%0–49.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French38.9%
  • English8.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.1%
  • Informal transport24.2%
  • Employer’s transport12.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.5%
  • Taxi5.2%
  • Private car5.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.9%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Lalla Mimouna’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
4,847
Standing empty
16.0%9.0% vacant7.0% a second home
Precarious
6.1%0.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
10.3%74.8% on the water mains90.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
7.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house90.6%
  • Rural-type5.0%
  • Traditional house3.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.7%
  • Other0.3%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years63.5%
  • 20 to 49 years33.4%
  • 50 years or more3.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
91525.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
82389.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,8532.3 per business
Public services
80
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.3%
  • Services29.3%
  • Industry14.6%
  • Construction4.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.3%
  • 2 to 332.3%
  • 4 to 96.4%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.6%
  • 2011–201941.3%
  • 2001–201016.9%
  • 1991–20004.9%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19804.6%
  • Before 19560.6%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Lalla Mimouna19,644

Douars

Lalla Mimouna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 15,956 people. Another 19,644 live in Lalla Mimouna, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الدشرةEddachra1 douar · 660 people
اولاد جرايOulad JarrayGrouped1136600.11.24.4
اولاد النفخةOuled Nefkha10 douars · 9,926 people
امغيطنMerhitenGrouped2371,2621.02.06.6
المريجةLamrijaGrouped4732,3710.20.55.3
بوحجرBouhjarGrouped16101———
البخاخشةLabkhakhchaGrouped984921.01.06.3
الكعابزةEl KaâbzaGrouped974791.01.36.7
اولاد اللوشةOulad LouchaGrouped2081,2832.12.18.2
اولاد النفخةOuled NefkhaGrouped5802,8590.90.94.0
العرب اولاد سيد الشيخArab Oulad Sidi CheikhGrouped583172.92.318.1
الفواراتLfouaratGrouped1277302.02.017.9
عين الحمرةAin LhamraGrouped832———
العنابسةLaanabssa3 douars · 5,370 people
العنابسةLaanabssaIn parts8084,3810.91.67.6
ظهر الحدجDhar LehdejGrouped1548110.01.16.2
بير مطاطBir MettatDispersed301780.02.04.0

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
04.281.11.05
As digits
042811105
Slug
lalla-mimouna
OpenStreetMap
2753070
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lalla-mimouna");

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