Mechraa Hammadi

مشرع حمادي

Rural commune in the cercle of El Aioun, province of Taourirt, Oriental.

Population, 2024
4,343
Since 2014
−23.1%from 5,646 in 2014
Density
8.9people per km², 489.4 km²
Households
1,065
Rank
1,2681,268th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 14 in its province

Next door in Chouihia, 94.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 44.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.7% to 48.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Mechraa Hammadi.

Mechraa Hammadi −23.1%

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
52.9%aged 10 and over59.3% in 201463.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
48.1%13.7% in 201479.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.0%aged 15 and over45.2% in 20143.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.69children per woman1.59 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
13.5%of people7.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
44.1%of settled households11.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mechraa Hammadi: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over5.6%
3.9%70–743.0%
5.5%65–695.4%
5.1%60–646.3%
5.1%55–596.4%
5.7%50–548.0%
6.0%45–497.1%
7.8%40–447.2%
7.7%35–397.4%
7.3%30–346.5%
6.3%25–295.6%
5.1%20–244.9%
6.1%15–195.5%
7.6%10–147.7%
9.1%5–97.6%
6.8%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tarifit92.3%
  • Tamazight1.8%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French26.5%
  • English1.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot63.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.5%
  • Informal transport10.9%
  • Bus7.0%
  • Private car2.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.9%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%
  • Taxi0.2%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6214.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
58.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
51.0 per business
Public services
57
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry60.0%
  • Commerce40.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 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 later0.0%
  • 2011–20190.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 1956100.0%

Douars

Mechraa Hammadi’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 46 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,328 people. 15 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
بني محيو ماسينBni Maayaa Massine21 douars · 2,068 people
أولاد أحمد بن ميمونOulad Ahmed Ben MimounDispersed391551.52.36.4
أولاد علي أمزيانOulad Ali AmazianeDispersed1874———
الدحامنةDhamnaDispersed2187———
الرحامنةRhamnaIn parts1763———
اولاد عمروOulad AmerDispersed38———
لبرانشةLabranchaGrouped1140———
بودلالاتBoudlalatDispersed1152———
أولاد عيسىOulad AissaIn parts725———
اولاد حساينOulad HssainIn parts2594———
اولاد رمضانOulad RamdaneIn parts1879———
أولاد بوجمعة بلحسنOulad Boujemaa BelahsenGrouped1457———
لهماهمةLahmahmaDispersed472262.13.015.1
أولاد عليOulad AliIn parts461783.15.618.0
أولاد بوربعةOulad BourabaaIn parts632071.54.110.9
بركاناتBerkanatDispersed1136———
أولاد عمرو بن رابحOulad Amar Ben RabihDispersed27100———
أولاد عبد المومنOulad Abd El MoumenDispersed542212.42.318.0
أولاد بن صالحOulad Ben SalahIn parts1034———
أولاد محمد بن عيسىOulad Mohamed Ben AissaIn parts29120———
أولاد رابحOulad RabihGrouped431612.06.218.0
أولاد احمدOulad AhmedGrouped1351———
بني محيو سيدي ميمونBni Maayaa Sidi Mimoun14 douars · 1,250 people
لعثامنةLaatamnaIn parts783121.75.919.3
أولاد بوطيب _سيدي ميمونOulad Boutayeb Sidi MimounGrouped1355———
سلطاناتSoultanatIn parts421571.36.220.4
أولاد بوعزة الكركورOulad Bouazza KarkourDispersed1781———
النزازعةEnnzazaaGrouped832———
أولاد عمرو بن احمدOulad Amar Ben AhmedIn parts2486———
أولادداوود_عين امضلAouladdaououdaine AmdelDispersed2298———
أولاد ابراهيم سيدي موسىOulad Brahim Sidi MoussaDispersed1246———
حمويات_قويراتHmouyatkouyratGrouped28———
حسايانHasayaneIn parts520———
اولاد لحسنOulad LahcenIn parts1360———
أولاد موسىOulad MoussaIn parts1475———
أولاد بلحسنOulad BellahcenGrouped827———
أولاد برهامOulad BrahamIn parts371931.53.422.1
مشرع حمادي المركزMachraa Hammadi Centre11 douars · 1,010 people
المركزCentreGrouped522181.01.011.8
بسادوياتBsadouyatDispersed1451———
وعلياتOulyatGrouped311———
حسنياتHssinnatIn parts2696———
حموياتHmouyatIn parts351441.42.323.1
أولاد لحسن _تيزي مستنةOulad Lahcen Tizi MestnaDispersed310———
سلطانات _شعبة الخروبةSltanat Chaaba KharroubaGrouped1780———
ولاد عمرو بن أحمد_شعبة الخروبةOulad Amar Ben Ahmdchaba KharroubaGrouped321393.61.611.9
أولاد داوود_سيدي علي موسىOulad Daououdsidi Ali MoussaDispersed341501.32.228.4
أولاد ع الرحمان مكسم الجيرOulad A Er Rahmane Mekousm JirDispersed2499———
أولاد بوزيانOulad BouzianeDispersed312———

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
02.533.07.09
As digits
025330709
Slug
mechraa-hammadi
OpenStreetMap
2528357
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mechraa-hammadi");

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