Lamjaara

لمجاعرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Al Ouahda, province of Ouezzane, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 19,162
Since 2014: +1.8%from 18,820 in 2014
Density: 203people per km², 94.4 km²
Households: 4,579
Rank: 327327th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 17 in its province

Next door in Zghira, 1.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 31.8%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 15.4% to 29.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Dfali. Running water: 31.8% here, 21.1% there; Darija: 99.2% here, 99.4% there; unemployment: 29.8% here, 26.7% there.

Compare it with Ain Dfali

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

16204

How it changed

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

Lamjaara +1.8%

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: 34.7%aged 10 and over39.6% in 201446.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 29.8%15.4% in 201443.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.3%aged 15 and over44.1% in 20149.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.35children per woman1.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.7%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 31.8%of settled households25.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lamjaara: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.5%	75 and over	3.8%
2.5%	70–74	2.7%
3.4%	65–69	3.2%
4.6%	60–64	4.8%
4.9%	55–59	4.6%
4.8%	50–54	4.7%
6.3%	45–49	6.2%
6.6%	40–44	6.5%
7.1%	35–39	8.0%
6.5%	30–34	6.8%
5.1%	25–29	6.4%
6.0%	20–24	7.1%
9.0%	15–19	8.5%
10.6%	10–14	9.6%
10.3%	5–9	9.0%
8.5%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.2%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tamazight0.3%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French38.7%
English11.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.3%
Informal transport13.4%
Private car9.1%
Doesn’t travel to work8.4%
Taxi5.5%
Bike or motorcycle2.5%
Employer’s transport2.4%
Another way1.4%
Animal0.5%
Bus0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.6%aged 10 and over34.7% in 202455.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.4%29.8% in 202427.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.1%aged 15 and over36.3% in 202416.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.93children per woman2.35 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.3%of people7.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 25.5%of settled households31.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Lamjaara: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	3.0%
1.6%	70–74	2.0%
1.7%	65–69	1.6%
2.9%	60–64	3.2%
3.3%	55–59	3.2%
4.8%	50–54	4.8%
5.1%	45–49	4.8%
5.4%	40–44	5.7%
5.9%	35–39	6.2%
7.0%	30–34	7.1%
8.9%	25–29	9.5%
10.3%	20–24	10.0%
10.2%	15–19	10.6%
10.9%	10–14	10.1%
8.7%	5–9	9.2%
10.1%	0–4	8.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit0.9%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French45.6%
Arabic only35.3%
Arabic, French and English18.5%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot66.4%
Taxi9.4%
Bus8.5%
Another way5.7%
Works at home3.4%
Private car3.0%
Not stated2.2%
Bike or motorcycle1.0%
Employer’s transport0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood57.5%
Another province14.7%
No fixed place12.8%
Another in the commune6.4%
At home3.4%
Another commune2.4%
Not stated2.2%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour22.3%
Farming and fishing21.1%
Crafts and skilled trades14.7%
Clerical work13.9%
Labouring and small trades13.6%
Trade and broking6.7%
Managers and senior professionals3.4%
Machine operating2.3%
Technicians1.0%
Not classified0.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma66.3%
Primary17.5%
Lower secondary10.3%
Upper secondary4.1%
DEUG or Licence1.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 1,575
Standing empty: 18.9%12.6% vacant6.2% a second home
Precarious: 11.5%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 87.2%93.0% on the water mains95.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 16.8%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house84.6%
Rural-type9.3%
Apartment2.3%
Traditional house1.5%
Other1.3%
Slum or basic house0.9%
Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years82.0%
20 to 49 years15.9%
50 years or more2.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 59431.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 48181.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7211.5 per business
Public services: 110
Associations: 3in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce44.9%
Services26.4%
Industry26.2%
Construction2.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person69.4%
2 to 327.9%
4 to 92.3%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later24.1%
2011–201957.8%
2001–201010.8%
1991–20005.0%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19801.0%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ain Dorij

4,852

Douars

Lamjaara’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 4 fractions, with 12,236 people. Another 4,852 live in Ain Dorij, its urban centre, which has no douars. 2,074 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بني خالد وورغةBni Khaled Ouourgha3 douars · 1,986 people
العرقوب السفلىArgoub Ssoufla	Dispersed	150	566	0.8	1.2	2.3
العرقوب العلياArgoub Olya	Dispersed	175	779	1.2	2.4	4.7
عين بوعزةAin Bouazza	In parts	138	641	0.4	2.2	3.2
الجزوليEl Jazouli10 douars · 4,486 people
التعاونية الجزوليCoopérative El Jazouli	Grouped	55	238	0.4	1.4	3.9
كدية بن يوسفKodiat Ben Youssef	Grouped	60	246	1.7	2.2	2.2
كاف الضربانKaf Darbane	Grouped	80	312	0.6	1.0	3.5
لهويتةLhouyta	In parts	79	284	0.8	2.3	3.5
الشعليينChaliine	Grouped	136	482	0.7	2.1	5.6
يوكةYouka	Grouped	115	418	1.5	4.8	8.0
اشهابنChehabene	In parts	263	1,037	1.4	2.0	8.6
الحليينLhaliyine	Grouped	118	450	0.5	1.4	11.9
الهواوسEl Houaoues	In parts	235	918	0.5	1.9	8.9
باب معروفBab Maârouf	Grouped	30	101	2.6	4.2	4.2
الطرفانيةEttarfania5 douars · 1,951 people
عين بوعطيةAin Bouatia	Grouped	38	152	2.2	4.6	6.2
مشاشطةMechtata	In parts	203	699	0.1	1.0	10.5
المواليEl Mwali	Grouped	45	133	0.5	0.6	11.0
العدوةEl Adoua	Grouped	109	357	0.7	1.5	9.6
النهيرEnnhir	In parts	177	610	0.5	2.3	11.2
المجاعرةMjara13 douars · 3,813 people
الهنديةEl Hndia	Grouped	29	94	—	—	—
بئر أبراهيمBir Brahim	Grouped	96	317	5.8	1.2	6.2
المغاسلMghassel	Grouped	133	476	0.9	4.0	10.2
المجاعرةMjara	In parts	296	1,150	0.2	1.6	7.8
تازروتTazrout	In parts	196	664	0.3	1.7	10.4
طويسةTouissa	Grouped	56	206	0.6	1.2	11.9
الدهاريDhari	Grouped	70	280	1.2	0.9	15.7
لغويبةGhouiba	Grouped	23	61	—	—	—
حجر عباسHjar Abbas	In parts	36	111	0.9	3.2	12.2
الجرفEl Jorf	Grouped	41	165	1.6	1.0	4.0
الخروبةKharouba	Grouped	38	133	3.5	1.0	4.8
المكازيينMgaziyine	Grouped	14	68	—	—	—
الدشيرEd Dechira	Grouped	26	88	—	—	—

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: 01.405.13.03
As digits: 014051303
Slug: lamjaara
Record: /api/communes/01.405.13.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.405.13.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.405.13.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.405.13.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/01.405.13.03/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.405.13.03/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.405.13.03/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.405.13.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2753147

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