Maatarka
معتركة
Rural commune in the cercle of Figuig, province of Figuig, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 6,554
- Since 2014
- −17.9%from 7,986 in 2014
- Density
- 0.9people per km², 7,018.7 km²
- Households
- 1,334
- Rank
- 1,0531,053rd most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 13 in its province
Next door in Tendrara, 64.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.1%.
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 12.3% to 70.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Yagrine. Read French: 17.0% here, 21.9% there; running water: 0.1% here, 1.3% there; can’t read or write: 50.7% here, 52.7% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
61012
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Maatarka.
Maatarka −17.9%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 50.7%aged 10 and over70.0% in 201459.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 30.9%4.1% in 201440.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 35.6%aged 15 and over72.4% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 88.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.48children per woman3.63 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.7%of people1.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.1%of settled households3.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9% | 75 and over | 2.1% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 1.3% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 3.2% | ||
| 2.9% | 55–59 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.2% | 50–54 | 4.4% | ||
| 3.9% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.4% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.6% | 30–34 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.6% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 7.3% | 20–24 | 8.3% | ||
| 11.1% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 14.3% | 10–14 | 13.1% | ||
| 14.0% | 5–9 | 12.4% | ||
| 9.5% | 0–4 | 10.4% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 70.0%aged 10 and over50.7% in 202479.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.1%30.9% in 20241.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 72.4%aged 15 and over35.6% in 202455.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 53.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.63children per woman2.48 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 1.9%of people2.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.8people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 3.5%of settled households0.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 75 and over | 1.0% | ||
| 1.2% | 70–74 | 1.2% | ||
| 1.4% | 65–69 | 1.1% | ||
| 1.7% | 60–64 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.6% | 55–59 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.4% | 50–54 | 3.9% | ||
| 2.7% | 45–49 | 3.5% | ||
| 3.8% | 40–44 | 5.0% | ||
| 4.2% | 35–39 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.7% | 30–34 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 8.0% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 9.0% | ||
| 11.9% | 15–19 | 12.2% | ||
| 13.0% | 10–14 | 12.0% | ||
| 13.8% | 5–9 | 11.6% | ||
| 15.4% | 0–4 | 15.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 639.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 1727.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 191.1 per business
- Public services
- 44
- Associations
- 2in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households cooking with another fuel is 15.2%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across 9 of the 10 communes it borders, the median is 0.3%. Ouled Ghziyel is furthest from it, at 0.0%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
The share of households with a toilet is 26.3%, among the lowest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across 9 of the 10 communes it borders, the median is 58.4%. Bouanane is furthest from it, at 77.7%.
In 2014 it was 14.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
The share of households living in another kind of dwelling is 39.5%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across 9 of the 10 communes it borders, the median is 7.0%. Tissaf is furthest from it, at 1.1%.
In 2014 it was 69.9%. Across Morocco, it barely changed.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Maatarka’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 7 fractions, with 6,509 people. 45 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| اولاد امباركOulad Mbarek2 douars · 962 people | ||||||
| اولاد امباركOulad Mbarek | Dispersed | 116 | 555 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 14.3 |
| اولاد رحوOulad Rahou | Dispersed | 82 | 407 | 7.6 | 13.8 | 30.4 |
| أولاد احمد بن عبد اللهOulad Ahmed Ben Abdellah2 douars · 792 people | ||||||
| اولاد عليOulad Ali | Dispersed | 46 | 202 | 7.0 | 17.1 | 61.1 |
| اولاد اعمرOulad Amer | Dispersed | 110 | 590 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 63.4 |
| اولاد جابر أولاد الجنفيOulad Jaber Oulad El Jnfi3 douars · 1,252 people | ||||||
| اولاد الجنفيOulad El Jnfi | Dispersed | 154 | 687 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 22.9 |
| اولاد محندOulad Mhand | Dispersed | 60 | 280 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 24.7 |
| معتركة المركزMaatarka Centre | Grouped | 72 | 285 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| اولاد أيوبOulad Youb4 douars · 1,126 people | ||||||
| اولاد بن أعمرOulad Ben Amer | Dispersed | 13 | 61 | — | — | — |
| اولاد بادةOulad Bada | Dispersed | 47 | 238 | 6.4 | 13.9 | 61.5 |
| اولاد بلقاسمOulad Belkacem | Dispersed | 91 | 439 | 16.2 | 19.6 | 57.5 |
| اولاد اسلامةOulad Slama | Dispersed | 73 | 388 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 45.1 |
| أولاد علي بن ياسينOulad Ali Ben Yassine3 douars · 668 people | ||||||
| اولاد حماديOulad Hammadi | Dispersed | 52 | 247 | 13.3 | 20.3 | 47.8 |
| اولاد عيسىOulad Aissa | Dispersed | 29 | 137 | — | — | — |
| اولاد رمضانOulad Ramdane | Dispersed | 60 | 284 | 9.6 | 16.1 | 41.3 |
| اولاد جابرOulad Jaber4 douars · 1,180 people | ||||||
| اولاد عبدوسOulad Abdous | Dispersed | 67 | 331 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 14.5 |
| أولاد برحوOulad Berhou | Dispersed | 16 | 61 | — | — | — |
| أولاد امبارك بن رمضانOulad Mbarek Ben Ramdane | Dispersed | 38 | 179 | 16.4 | 9.1 | 67.5 |
| أولاد لبيضOulad Labyad | Dispersed | 108 | 609 | 14.1 | 7.7 | 53.7 |
| اولاد محجوبOulad Mohjoub4 douars · 529 people | ||||||
| خطيط أحمدKhtit Ahmed | Dispersed | 40 | 257 | 19.1 | 5.8 | 56.7 |
| واد سيدي عليOued Sidi Ali | Dispersed | 32 | 174 | 13.6 | 5.9 | 51.6 |
| كرعKra | Dispersed | 7 | 41 | — | — | — |
| نويدرNouyder | Dispersed | 10 | 57 | — | — | — |
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
02.251.05.05- As digits
022510505- Slug
maatarka- Census figures
/api/communes/02.251.05.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.251.05.05/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/02.251.05.05/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.251.05.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.251.05.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2527823
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("maatarka");