Machraa El Ain

مشرع العين

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Teima, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
12,243
Since 2014
+7.6%from 11,378 in 2014
Density
158people per km², 77.4 km²
Households
3,021
Foreign residents
7
Rank
578578th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 89 in its province

Next door in Assads, 67.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 99.5%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.5% to 10.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Hanchane. Running water: 99.5% here, 92.4% there; can’t read or write: 26.5% here, 29.3% there; household size: 4.0 here, 3.9 there.

Compare it with El Hanchane

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 Machraa El Ain.

Machraa El Ain +7.6%

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
26.5%aged 10 and over33.1% in 201436.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.6%14.2% in 201422.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.2%aged 15 and over39.1% in 20148.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.97children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.5%of settled households96.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Machraa El Ain: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.1%
2.5%70–742.2%
4.0%65–693.5%
5.7%60–645.4%
5.7%55–595.4%
6.2%50–547.4%
6.6%45–497.4%
6.0%40–446.9%
5.4%35–396.5%
6.3%30–346.3%
6.4%25–296.2%
7.3%20–246.9%
8.6%15–197.7%
9.6%10–1410.0%
8.8%5–98.1%
7.3%0–46.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.9%
  • Tachelhit24.6%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French46.1%
  • English12.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle31.1%
  • Employer’s transport20.7%
  • On foot13.6%
  • Private car12.9%
  • Bus9.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.1%
  • Taxi4.9%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28223.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
22680.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4412.0 per business
Public services
42
Associations
14in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.6%
  • Services18.6%
  • Industry16.4%
  • Construction0.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person79.2%
  • 2 to 315.5%
  • 4 to 91.8%
  • 10 to 493.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.5%
  • 2011–201939.4%
  • 2001–20109.7%
  • 1991–20006.6%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Machraa El Ain’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 1 fraction, with 12,225 people. 18 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
مشرع العينMachraa El Ain9 douars · 12,225 people
عين المديورAïn el MediourGrouped1,2485,1390.30.71.2
اكفايAgafayGrouped2891,2091.30.74.4
أولاد محلاOulad M"hallaIn parts2179172.22.34.9
أيت بن موسىAït ben MoussaGrouped863732.72.74.7
أضوارAdouarIn parts8103,1371.01.06.6
أولاد كرومOulad KarroumGrouped1485841.01.03.1
البيوتLabioutGrouped592384.34.44.7
الدويويرDouiouirGrouped492040.02.03.0
الرملRmelIn parts1144241.82.02.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.541.05.23
As digits
095410523
Slug
machraa-el-ain
OpenStreetMap
2835922
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("machraa-el-ain");

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