Lqliaa

لقليعة

Urban commune in the préfecture of Inezgane-Aït Melloul, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
107,133
Since 2014
+28.7%from 83,235 in 2014
Density
1,032people per km², 103.8 km²
Households
25,615
Foreign residents
1,246
Rank
4141st most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 6 in its préfecture

Next door in Sidi Bibi, 0.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 53.5%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 1.3% to 53.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Bou Othmane. In the labour force: 47.2% here, 45.6% there; running water: 99.1% here, 95.3% there; read French: 54.5% here, 52.8% there.

Compare it with Sidi Bou Othmane

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

86356

Villages and hamlets

Ben Annfer, Lazib, Lekhmaïs

How it changed

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

Lqliaa +28.7%

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
26.7%aged 10 and over32.7% in 201434.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.2%13.9% in 201426.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
47.2%aged 15 and over49.8% in 201422.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.87children per woman2.22 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.1%of settled households95.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lqliaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.5%75 and over1.7%
1.6%70–741.4%
2.4%65–692.0%
3.9%60–643.4%
4.2%55–594.1%
5.5%50–545.6%
6.2%45–496.7%
6.9%40–447.6%
7.2%35–397.8%
7.3%30–348.0%
7.0%25–297.8%
8.0%20–248.2%
9.2%15–198.7%
10.5%10–149.9%
10.0%5–99.6%
8.5%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.7%
  • Tachelhit42.8%
  • Tamazight2.6%
  • Hassania0.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.4%
  • French54.5%
  • English17.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Employer’s transport23.6%
  • On foot22.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.7%
  • Bus12.2%
  • Private car9.6%
  • Taxi8.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.6%
  • Informal transport0.5%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
30,579
Standing empty
18.2%13.1% vacant5.0% a second home
Precarious
2.0%1.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
51.5%95.7% on the water mains94.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.0%
  • Apartment2.6%
  • Traditional house2.4%
  • Slum or basic house1.2%
  • Villa1.0%
  • Other0.7%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years78.6%
  • 20 to 49 years20.6%
  • 50 years or more0.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
3,64934.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3,46895.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5,2801.5 per business
Public services
95
Associations
86in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.1%
  • Services23.1%
  • Industry15.5%
  • Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.9%
  • 2 to 323.6%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later49.5%
  • 2011–201934.2%
  • 2001–201010.6%
  • 1991–20003.8%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.273.01.17
As digits
092730117
Slug
lqliaa
OpenStreetMap
2758288
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lqliaa");

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