M'hajer

امهاجر

Rural commune in the cercle of Rif Sud, province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
8,008
Since 2014
−14.7%from 9,386 in 2014
Density
75.8people per km², 105.7 km²
Households
2,062
Rank
903903rd most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 23 in its province

Next door in Ben Taieb, 73.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.4%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 19.4% to 44.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ali Bourakba. Running water: 3.4% here, 6.9% there; aged 0 to 14: 24.8% here, 24.1% there; apartments: 0.1% here, 0.3% there.

Compare it with Sidi Ali Bourakba

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

M'hajer −14.7%

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
48.8%aged 10 and over49.5% in 201458.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
44.9%19.4% in 201447.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.6%aged 15 and over38.5% in 20142.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.70children per woman1.98 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.4%of people8.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.4%of settled households3.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

M'hajer: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over4.1%
3.4%70–743.2%
4.7%65–695.4%
6.5%60–645.9%
5.1%55–596.6%
5.3%50–547.3%
6.5%45–497.1%
6.7%40–447.1%
6.6%35–396.1%
6.0%30–345.4%
5.7%25–296.3%
5.8%20–245.6%
7.9%15–196.8%
9.8%10–147.8%
9.4%5–99.1%
7.6%0–46.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit98.0%
  • Darija50.9%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French39.2%
  • English8.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.6%
  • Informal transport14.5%
  • Private car13.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.9%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Taxi0.7%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14317.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4330.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
471.1 per business
Public services
100
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce65.1%
  • Services27.9%
  • Construction7.0%
  • Industry0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person93.0%
  • 2 to 37.0%
  • 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 later20.9%
  • 2011–201944.2%
  • 2001–201011.6%
  • 1991–20007.0%
  • 1981–19907.0%
  • 1956–19809.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

M'hajer’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 47 douars in 6 fractions, with 8,008 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني عبد السلام الجبلBni Abdessalam Jbel7 douars · 888 people
إمحمودا الجبلImhmouda JbelDispersed481861.02.42.4
إملكيوا الجبلImilkioua JbelDispersed1650———
إفيدجوساIfidjoussaDispersed25101———
أولاد الحاج عليOulad Lhaj AliDispersed833410.52.25.5
اولاد بنحدوOulad BenhdouGrouped2499———
أولاد الحاج محندOulad Lhaj MohandDispersed301020.93.53.5
إرمضانا الجبلIramdanenne JbelDispersed39———
أمهاجر أزروM'hajer Azrou4 douars · 412 people
إسوساناIssoussaneIn parts913130.72.03.0
إدهرياIdhryaGrouped27———
أمهاجرM'HajerDispersed2488———
تالغنت الجبلTalghante JbelGrouped34———
بني يخلف أمهاجرBni Yakhlef M'hajer8 douars · 577 people
إموشواImouchouaGrouped2077———
إمعلاطاImalataGrouped351310.31.310.6
إهراوياIhraouyaIn parts32990.31.15.7
ايت الخيارAit El KhyarGrouped1247———
تازروتTazrouteGrouped1769———
تاغروتTaghroutGrouped320———
إزياناIzyanaDispersed331311.32.22.2
إجوهرياIjouhryaGrouped23———
إمزيلن أمهاجرImzilene M'hajer11 douars · 3,965 people
اولاد عبد الرحمانOulad AbderahmaneIn parts2068160.61.23.2
إخرشيشاIkharchichaDispersed863760.50.83.9
إلموياIlmouyaDispersed773080.21.14.0
إعبيدلاتا لوطاIbidlata LoutaGrouped24106———
تاغيلاستTaghilastDispersed2079010.02.34.8
إبونوها لوطاIbounouha LoutaGrouped311250.01.23.9
إقدارا لوطاIkdara LoutaDispersed935———
إبشريواIbchriouaIn parts803241.21.84.4
إحياتا لوطاIhyata LoutaDispersed1535631.11.02.2
إعجوشا لوطاIjoucha LoutaGrouped311220.81.02.8
أولاد محند أوعليOulad Mohand Ou AliGrouped742890.00.12.2
بني جابر الجبلBni Jaber Jbel13 douars · 1,260 people
ايت رحوAit RahhouDispersed471680.62.215.9
ايت يرورAit YarourDispersed481770.91.215.2
إقادريوا الجبلIkadrioua JbelGrouped836———
إحياتا الجبلIhyata JbelGrouped471460.81.615.6
إقدارا الجبلIkdara JbelGrouped1664———
إبونوها الجبلIbounouha JbelGrouped482090.20.813.6
إلبايا الجبلIlbaya JbelGrouped1982———
تانوت لعسارةTanoute LaassaraGrouped501850.00.014.1
إسكوراIskouraGrouped629———
أمان أيتمانAmane Ait ManeGrouped23———
بوكيداد الجبلBoukidade JbelGrouped2187———
إفتاتاIftataGrouped1240———
إعجوشا الجبلIjoucha JbelGrouped834———
بني جابر لوطاBni Jaber Louta4 douars · 906 people
أيت عليAit AliDispersed1274311.02.88.5
إحقوناIhkounaIn parts29———
إكعبوناIkeabouneneIn parts1037———
إعياداIyadaGrouped1104290.61.14.7

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
02.167.13.15
As digits
021671315
Slug
m-hajer
OpenStreetMap
2428511
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("m-hajer");

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