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

Where it is

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

MoqrissatZoumiKalaat BouqorraAin BeidaBrikchaAsjenMzefrouneMasmoudaOuezzaneBni QuollaSidi Ahmed CherifSidi BousberSidi RedouaneOuannanaTeroualZghira

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
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over3.8%
2.5%70–742.7%
3.4%65–693.2%
4.6%60–644.8%
4.9%55–594.6%
4.8%50–544.7%
6.3%45–496.2%
6.6%40–446.5%
7.1%35–398.0%
6.5%30–346.8%
5.1%25–296.4%
6.0%20–247.1%
9.0%15–198.5%
10.6%10–149.6%
10.3%5–99.0%
8.5%0–48.0%

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%

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%
  • Private car9.1%
  • Taxi5.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Bus0.4%

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

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

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 Dorij4,852

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap
2753147
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lamjaara");

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