Laqraqra

لقراقرة

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

Population, 2024: 10,493
Since 2014: −8.1%from 11,419 in 2014
Density: 46.7people per km², 224.6 km²
Households: 2,073
Foreign residents: 4
Rank: 706706th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 46 in its province

Next door in Sidi Moussa, 98.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 6.4%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 20.1% to 35.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rbaa El Fouki. Running water: 6.4% here, 4.3% there; can’t read or write: 44.2% here, 45.3% there; higher education: 2.5% here, 2.9% there.

Compare it with Rbaa El Fouki

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Laqraqra −8.1%

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: 44.2%aged 10 and over51.9% in 201453.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 35.7%20.1% in 201430.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 30.1%aged 15 and over41.3% in 20142.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.03children per woman2.98 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 6.4%of settled households4.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laqraqra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.2%	75 and over	3.8%
2.4%	70–74	2.8%
3.1%	65–69	3.4%
4.1%	60–64	4.3%
3.9%	55–59	4.3%
5.3%	50–54	4.9%
5.8%	45–49	6.9%
5.6%	40–44	6.6%
6.3%	35–39	6.4%
5.2%	30–34	5.9%
6.5%	25–29	6.8%
6.7%	20–24	7.4%
9.0%	15–19	8.8%
12.3%	10–14	10.6%
11.9%	5–9	9.4%
8.9%	0–4	7.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.3%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tamazight0.2%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French40.0%
English8.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot57.5%
Doesn’t travel to work13.9%
Bike or motorcycle9.8%
Private car6.1%
Taxi3.8%
Employer’s transport3.7%
Another way1.6%
Informal transport1.5%
Bus1.3%
Animal0.7%
Tram0.1%
Train0.0%

Can’t read or write: 51.9%aged 10 and over44.2% in 202463.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.1%35.7% in 202459.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.3%aged 15 and over30.1% in 20243.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.98children per woman2.03 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.2people on average5.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 4.4%of settled households6.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Laqraqra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.4%
1.8%	70–74	1.8%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
3.0%	60–64	3.5%
2.7%	55–59	2.5%
4.0%	50–54	4.2%
4.2%	45–49	4.4%
6.0%	40–44	5.7%
7.4%	35–39	7.3%
7.7%	30–34	8.5%
8.3%	25–29	8.4%
8.1%	20–24	8.4%
10.6%	15–19	10.2%
9.9%	10–14	9.6%
9.6%	5–9	10.1%
12.6%	0–4	11.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija100.0%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only51.1%
Arabic and French43.1%
Arabic, French and English5.0%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot62.9%
Bus9.1%
Works at home7.5%
Taxi5.9%
Another way5.2%
Bike or motorcycle4.5%
Private car3.1%
Not stated1.1%
Train0.8%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood45.9%
Another province15.5%
Somewhere else15.3%
At home7.5%
Another commune6.9%
No fixed place6.6%
Another in the commune1.2%
Not stated1.1%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades31.7%
Farming and fishing26.3%
Farm and fishing labour20.1%
Crafts and skilled trades9.4%
Trade and broking5.8%
Clerical work4.0%
Machine operating1.8%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%
Not classified0.5%
Technicians0.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma78.4%
Primary15.6%
Lower secondary4.7%
Upper secondary0.9%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 827.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 3340.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 381.2 per business
Public services: 49
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce81.8%
Industry15.2%
Services3.0%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person87.9%
2 to 312.1%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later18.2%
2011–201954.5%
2001–201015.2%
1991–200012.1%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Laqraqra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,492 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
المتارفةEl Mtarfa6 douars · 3,288 people
اولاد الحيسونOulad El Hayssoune	Grouped	101	523	0.6	0.9	7.0
اولاد دادةOulad Dada	Grouped	207	1,053	0.7	1.8	4.0
اولاد ابا حمادةOuled Bahamada	Grouped	71	360	0.6	1.5	1.5
اولاد الشلحةOulad Chalha	Grouped	54	255	0.4	1.1	2.3
لحماداتLahmadat	Grouped	128	664	1.4	1.9	13.1
اولاد عيادOulad Ayad	Grouped	80	433	0.6	2.6	11.6
اولاد سي عبد الرحمانOulad Si Abderrahmane3 douars · 1,912 people
اولاد باباOulad Baba	Grouped	7	33	—	—	—
اولاد سي عبدالرحمنOulad Si Abderrahman	Grouped	280	1,487	2.3	2.2	18.3
اولاد سي موسىOulad Si Moussa	Grouped	78	392	3.2	1.3	25.3
الصحاروةEssaharoua3 douars · 1,583 people
العلاوةEl Alaoua	Grouped	180	1,060	3.7	3.6	19.0
اولاد سي بوعزةOulad Si Bouazza	In parts	51	277	1.3	2.4	11.8
الدحامنةDhamna	Grouped	52	246	0.9	1.1	5.1
الحرشةEl Harcha3 douars · 2,046 people
ولاد الراضيOulad Rhadi	In parts	106	494	1.4	2.0	8.1
ولاد الشرقيOulad Charqui	In parts	153	664	0.9	2.0	9.1
ولاد اعمرOulad Amer	In parts	190	888	0.9	2.1	9.7
بئر قدورBir Kaddour1 douar · 1,663 people
بئر قدورBir Kaddour	Grouped	335	1,663	1.1	1.9	15.6

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: 06.461.07.07
As digits: 064610707
Slug: laqraqra
Record: /api/communes/06.461.07.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.461.07.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.461.07.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.461.07.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.461.07.07/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.461.07.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2879988

In JavaScript

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