Lkheng

الخنك

Rural commune in the cercle of Errachidia, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
18,381
Since 2014
+29.7%from 14,177 in 2014
Density
10.8people per km², 1,700.9 km²
Households
4,011
Foreign residents
18
Rank
344344th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

BoudnibOued NaamAmellagouAghbalou-N'kerdousTadighoustErrachidiaChorfa M'daghraAoufousSidi AliEt-TaousEs-SfalatBni M'hamed-SijelmassaEs-SifaEr-RtebAarab Sebbah ZizArfoudAarab Sebbah GherisJorfFeznaGheris Es-SoufliGoulmimaGheris El OulouiMelaabTinejdadFerkla El OuliaFerkla Es-SouflaEr-RissaniMoulay Ali Cherif

How it changed

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

Lkheng +29.7%

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
21.2%aged 10 and over29.1% in 201429.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.0%18.5% in 201442.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.9%aged 15 and over37.3% in 20148.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.85children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
79.5%of settled households83.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lkheng: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.5%
1.9%70–742.4%
2.8%65–692.7%
3.8%60–643.9%
4.4%55–594.0%
6.0%50–545.0%
6.4%45–496.3%
6.3%40–447.5%
5.5%35–397.1%
5.4%30–346.8%
5.3%25–296.5%
5.9%20–247.1%
9.9%15–198.0%
12.1%10–1410.8%
11.9%5–99.8%
9.9%0–48.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.1%
  • Tamazight39.9%
  • Tachelhit1.7%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French52.6%
  • English13.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle52.8%
  • On foot19.9%
  • Private car8.8%
  • Employer’s transport6.8%
  • Taxi2.5%
  • Bus2.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
27114.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
17564.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4912.8 per business
Public services
88
Associations
8in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.6%
  • Industry12.0%
  • Construction12.0%
  • Services11.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.0%
  • 2 to 36.3%
  • 4 to 91.7%
  • 10 to 498.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later48.6%
  • 2011–201932.0%
  • 2001–201013.1%
  • 1991–20003.4%
  • 1981–19902.3%
  • 1956–19800.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.201.07.07
As digits
082010707
Slug
lkheng
Record
/api/communes/08.201.07.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.201.07.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.07.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.07.07/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.07.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2827219
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lkheng");

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