M'tioua

متيوة

Rural commune in the cercle of Jebha, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 10,336
Since 2014: −19.3%from 12,812 in 2014
Density: 61people per km², 169.4 km²
Households: 2,430
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 724724th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 28 in its province

Next door in Ouaouzgane, 0.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 45.8%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.7% to 26.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi El Mekki. Read French: 37.2% here, 37.0% there; Darija: 98.4% here, 99.2% there; aged 65 and over: 8.0% here, 8.9% there.

Compare it with Sidi El Mekki

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

91054

How it changed

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

M'tioua −19.3%

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: 34.8%aged 10 and over44.4% in 201445.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 26.6%6.7% in 201420.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.4%aged 15 and over52.2% in 20148.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.52children per woman2.33 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.2%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 46.0%of settled households33.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

M'tioua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	3.2%
2.2%	70–74	2.1%
3.7%	65–69	2.8%
3.7%	60–64	4.2%
4.4%	55–59	3.8%
4.7%	50–54	4.7%
5.1%	45–49	5.7%
6.5%	40–44	5.9%
8.0%	35–39	8.1%
8.7%	30–34	9.1%
6.7%	25–29	7.8%
7.3%	20–24	7.3%
8.4%	15–19	7.7%
10.3%	10–14	9.5%
10.7%	5–9	10.2%
7.8%	0–4	7.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.4%
Tarifit0.6%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tamazight0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French37.2%
English11.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot80.7%
Private car4.5%
Animal3.5%
Informal transport2.9%
Doesn’t travel to work2.8%
Employer’s transport1.8%
Taxi1.7%
Bus1.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 44.4%aged 10 and over34.8% in 202455.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.7%26.6% in 202415.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 52.2%aged 15 and over40.4% in 202420.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 88.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.33children per woman1.52 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.9%of people6.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 33.6%of settled households46.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

M'tioua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.0%
1.0%	70–74	1.2%
0.9%	65–69	1.3%
2.4%	60–64	2.1%
3.7%	55–59	3.1%
4.0%	50–54	3.7%
4.6%	45–49	4.4%
5.1%	40–44	5.1%
5.3%	35–39	5.7%
7.2%	30–34	7.0%
9.9%	25–29	10.6%
11.9%	20–24	11.4%
11.2%	15–19	12.0%
11.5%	10–14	11.7%
9.3%	5–9	8.9%
10.1%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tamazight0.4%
Tarifit0.4%
Tachelhit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only45.4%
Arabic and French45.1%
Arabic, French and English7.7%
Other combinations1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot91.3%
Not stated2.4%
Taxi2.2%
Private car1.8%
Bus0.8%
Another way0.7%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Works at home0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood87.9%
Another in the commune4.8%
No fixed place2.8%
Not stated2.5%
Another commune1.0%
Another province0.8%
Somewhere else0.2%
At home0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour43.8%
Farming and fishing30.6%
Crafts and skilled trades7.7%
Clerical work5.5%
Trade and broking4.3%
Labouring and small trades4.3%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Machine operating0.7%
Not classified0.7%
Technicians0.6%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma73.2%
Primary17.3%
Lower secondary6.1%
Upper secondary2.1%
DEUG or Licence1.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 1,696
Standing empty: 32.5%13.8% vacant18.8% a second home
Precarious: 1.8%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 91.8%92.7% on the water mains96.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.5%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house95.9%
Other1.4%
Traditional house1.2%
Apartment0.9%
Slum or basic house0.3%
Villa0.2%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years46.6%
20 to 49 years47.9%
50 years or more5.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 34833.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 16948.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2971.8 per business
Public services: 173
Associations: 6in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce52.1%
Services41.4%
Industry5.3%
Construction1.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person48.5%
2 to 345.6%
4 to 95.9%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later15.4%
2011–201943.8%
2001–201020.7%
1991–20007.1%
1981–19903.0%
1956–198010.1%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Jebha

4,471

Douars

M'tioua’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 35 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,865 people. Another 4,471 live in Jebha, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
يݣونYagoune20 douars · 3,706 people
لقوارLakouar	Dispersed	58	267	1.1	1.6	4.5
لعزيبLaazib	Dispersed	42	139	6.5	1.8	17.3
تكموتTakamout	Grouped	74	296	7.0	1.2	10.3
تبرانينTibrranine	In parts	17	68	—	—	—
تلامقرانTalamkrane	In parts	48	248	7.8	1.4	25.3
بوسلامBou Sellam	In parts	67	357	1.7	2.0	18.8
تلانتازرتTalantazert	In parts	65	371	1.1	1.4	19.4
بوحنينBouhnine	In parts	71	348	1.4	1.9	18.0
طوجيتToujit	Grouped	33	154	5.8	1.9	25.3
يݣونYagoune	Dispersed	15	62	—	—	—
تانوتTanout	Dispersed	39	172	6.8	2.2	27.8
تاسمرطاستTasmartast	In parts	18	100	—	—	—
تاوريرتTaourirt	Grouped	15	82	—	—	—
تاغزوتTaghzout	Grouped	10	38	—	—	—
تورارنTiourarane	Grouped	19	69	—	—	—
تلاعبوTala Abbou	In parts	67	297	8.5	2.3	18.1
العرعارةLaraara	Dispersed	44	247	2.5	1.2	12.6
ولمسةOulemsa	Dispersed	47	240	9.0	1.9	20.7
تلغامنTalghamen	Grouped	25	127	—	—	—
مرقد قدورMarkd Kaddour	Grouped	5	24	—	—	—
إزمورنIzmmouren8 douars · 1,194 people
إحدوشنIhdddouchene	In parts	45	213	2.0	1.4	22.6
تثولةTitoula	Grouped	55	289	5.2	1.5	27.7
أمزاوروAmzaourou	Grouped	26	120	—	—	—
تاجليتTaglit	Grouped	17	60	—	—	—
أغرامAghram	In parts	29	146	—	—	—
القلعةEl Kelâa	Grouped	18	67	—	—	—
إمزوغنImezoughouène	Dispersed	55	242	4.9	0.9	34.8
إزمورنIzmmouren	Grouped	10	57	—	—	—
بني مكايلBni Mkayl7 douars · 965 people
أجرسيفAguercif	In parts	49	236	8.2	1.5	37.0
أيولAyoul	Dispersed	30	138	8.1	1.5	37.6
حادقHadeq	Grouped	17	82	—	—	—
أجرمالكAquermalek	Grouped	17	73	—	—	—
شاينورChaïnour	In parts	50	241	4.2	1.4	41.4
إمنزةImanza	Grouped	15	52	—	—	—
إخنيخنIkhnikhn	Dispersed	31	143	10.1	0.7	37.0

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: 01.151.09.17
As digits: 011510917
Slug: m-tioua
Record: /api/communes/01.151.09.17.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.151.09.17/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.151.09.17/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.151.09.17/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/01.151.09.17/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.151.09.17/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.151.09.17/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.151.09.17/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563404

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