Mejji

مجي

Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
6,479
Since 2014
−4.0%from 6,750 in 2014
Density
63.6people per km², 101.9 km²
Households
1,497
Rank
1,0601,060th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 57 in its province

Next door in Lagdadra, 45.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 95.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 29.6% to 95.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Khloug. Unemployment: 5.3% here, 8.2% there; running water: 95.5% here, 92.5% there; Darija: 99.7% here, 97.7% there.

Compare it with Bni Khloug

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 Mejji.

Mejji −4.0%

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
43.4%aged 10 and over53.6% in 201452.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
5.3%3.0% in 201414.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.4%aged 15 and over43.3% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.84children per woman2.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.5%of settled households29.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mejji: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over4.7%
2.7%70–743.4%
3.6%65–693.7%
4.2%60–644.6%
4.2%55–593.9%
5.5%50–545.1%
6.4%45–495.9%
6.4%40–446.8%
6.7%35–396.1%
6.8%30–346.7%
6.1%25–295.3%
6.0%20–246.5%
8.5%15–198.9%
9.8%10–1410.9%
10.2%5–910.1%
8.2%0–47.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tachelhit1.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French42.8%
  • English10.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.1%
  • Bus16.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.0%
  • Animal9.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.0%
  • Informal transport5.0%
  • Taxi4.7%
  • Private car3.9%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
16525.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7746.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2383.1 per business
Public services
86
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry51.9%
  • Commerce37.7%
  • Services10.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person49.4%
  • 2 to 341.6%
  • 4 to 93.9%
  • 10 to 493.9%
  • 50 and over1.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.7%
  • 2011–201922.1%
  • 2001–201019.5%
  • 1991–200023.4%
  • 1981–19909.1%
  • 1956–19801.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Mejji’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 1 fraction, with 6,479 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد عمرانOulad Amrane11 douars · 6,479 people
أيت لباريAit LbariIn parts1617032.92.05.5
أيت ابراهيمAit BrahimIn parts1195382.82.010.8
الشويياتChouiyatIn parts1646840.51.310.4
أيت بوتاتنAit Bou TateneIn parts964250.32.011.0
الشعيباتChaibateIn parts1928431.61.94.2
ازنافرةZnafraIn parts1255293.52.36.2
ارواݣةRouakaIn parts572582.12.32.3
الݣورعEl GouraaIn parts1235282.11.84.7
اولاد امراحOulad MrahIn parts1245632.21.52.6
الشواكرChouakerIn parts2018031.71.51.7
أفرشAfrechIn parts1356053.11.63.3

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.09.15
As digits
072110915
Slug
mejji
OpenStreetMap
2821028
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mejji");

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