Lamharza Essahel

لمهارزة الساحل

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

Population, 2024
20,929
Since 2014
+17.8%from 17,766 in 2014
Density
159people per km², 131.7 km²
Households
4,645
Foreign residents
26
Rank
292292nd most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 27 in its province

Where it is

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

El JadidaOulad HamdaneHaouziaOulad RahmouneAzemmourSi Hsaien Ben AbderrahmaneMy AbdellahSidi AbedOuled HcineOulad AissaLbir JdidChtoukaChaibateZaouiat LakouacemOuled FrejOulad Sidi Ali Ben YoussefBoulaouaneMettouhMogressSidi SmailZaouiat SaissSidi M'hamed AkhdimOuled GhanemSebt SaissLaghdiraSidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

How it changed

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

Lamharza Essahel +17.8%

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
32.1%aged 10 and over42.0% in 201440.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.3%10.4% in 201445.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.7%aged 15 and over48.7% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.08children per woman2.63 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.3%of settled households44.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lamharza Essahel: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over3.2%
2.0%70–742.3%
3.0%65–692.6%
4.2%60–644.3%
4.1%55–593.5%
4.8%50–544.9%
6.7%45–495.8%
6.8%40–446.5%
7.0%35–397.1%
6.7%30–347.1%
6.8%25–297.0%
6.9%20–247.1%
8.9%15–198.5%
10.8%10–1410.5%
10.5%5–911.0%
8.5%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit1.9%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French48.4%
  • English12.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot33.9%
  • Taxi20.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.5%
  • Private car8.4%
  • Employer’s transport6.7%
  • Bus0.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23211.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14462.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4633.2 per business
Public services
68
Associations
20in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce65.3%
  • Services20.1%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction0.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person59.0%
  • 2 to 329.9%
  • 4 to 96.3%
  • 10 to 493.5%
  • 50 and over1.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.7%
  • 2011–201929.9%
  • 2001–201019.4%
  • 1991–200010.4%
  • 1981–19904.2%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
06.181.03.07
As digits
061810307
Slug
lamharza-essahel
Record
/api/communes/06.181.03.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.181.03.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.181.03.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.181.03.07/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.181.03.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2806139
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lamharza-essahel");

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