Maadna

المعادنة

Rural commune in the cercle of Oued Zem, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
5,595
Since 2014
−10.2%from 6,227 in 2014
Density
48.1people per km², 116.4 km²
Households
1,302
Rank
1,1481,148th most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 31 in its province

Next door in Oued Zem, 89.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.8%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 39.2% to 75.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tamda. Running water: 4.7% here, 1.9% there; read French: 29.0% here, 29.5% there; aged 65 and over: 12.2% here, 11.9% there.

Compare it with Tamda

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

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 Maadna.

Maadna −10.2%

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
41.8%aged 10 and over46.3% in 201453.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.2%16.9% in 201435.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.8%aged 15 and over41.9% in 201412.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.32children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
4.7%of settled households2.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Maadna: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over5.5%
2.7%70–743.2%
4.5%65–693.6%
5.2%60–645.0%
4.8%55–594.7%
5.6%50–545.8%
6.5%45–495.9%
6.0%40–446.3%
5.4%35–396.7%
5.5%30–346.0%
5.4%25–295.1%
5.7%20–246.3%
9.2%15–198.3%
10.8%10–1411.0%
9.7%5–98.9%
8.1%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.1%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French29.0%
  • English4.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot47.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.6%
  • Private car6.0%
  • Informal transport5.1%
  • Taxi4.6%
  • Bus1.5%
  • Animal1.5%
  • Train1.1%
  • Employer’s transport0.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20135.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3617.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
571.6 per business
Public services
163
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.0%
  • Industry30.6%
  • Services19.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.2%
  • 2 to 322.2%
  • 4 to 92.8%
  • 10 to 492.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.2%
  • 2011–201922.2%
  • 2001–201033.3%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19908.3%
  • 1956–19805.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Maadna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 5 fractions, with 5,570 people. 25 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد حمادي الغربيينOulad Hammadi Lgharbiyine2 douars · 456 people
ايت عمر بن يوسفAït Ahmer-ben YoussefIn parts461721.52.74.0
أولاد امحمد بن عيسىOld Mhamed Ben AissaIn parts622841.13.03.0
العشاشكةEl Achachka6 douars · 2,086 people
المعلمينEl MâlmineIn parts1265321.01.31.8
الزعارطةZaartaDispersed391731.13.65.9
ايت العونيAit El AouniIn parts1636781.04.410.4
اجبابرةJbabraIn parts642701.23.96.9
ايت لطرشAit LatrachIn parts873701.44.09.1
الحي الاداريHay El AdariGrouped1663———
الحوازم الجنوبيينEl Houazem El Jnoubiine4 douars · 1,179 people
البراهمةLabrahmaIn parts471501.64.95.3
أولاد عبوOulad AbbouIn parts1395350.92.36.3
المحافظةLamhafdaIn parts1024430.12.97.8
ولاد احمدOulad AhmedDispersed1151———
الحوازم الشماليين الرمامينEl Houazem Ecchmaliine Errmamine4 douars · 1,072 people
لعبادينLabadineIn parts924432.13.110.2
لمراسلةLamraslaIn parts522410.41.911.2
لهواورةLhouaouraIn parts432020.42.211.0
درادميةDradmiaDispersed431865.44.38.9
أولاد حمادي الشرقيينOulad Hammadi Echarqiyine3 douars · 777 people
أولاد عيادOulad AyadIn parts492321.52.93.8
ايت الفلاح الشرقيينAit El Flah EcharqiyineIn parts844001.12.42.5
ايت الفلاح الغربيينAit El Flah LgharbiyineIn parts371451.72.73.0

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
05.311.07.11
As digits
053110711
Slug
maadna
OpenStreetMap
2879663
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("maadna");

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