Meknassa Al Gharbia
مكناسة الغربية
Rural commune in the cercle of Taza, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 3,422
- Since 2014
- −12.0%from 3,890 in 2014
- Density
- 68people per km², 50.3 km²
- Households
- 832
- Rank
- 1,3491,349th most populous of 1,503 communes35th of 38 in its province
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 72.6% to 93.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Meknassa Al Gharbia.
Meknassa Al Gharbia −12.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.9%aged 10 and over47.2% in 201456.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.1%16.7% in 201432.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.5%aged 15 and over47.3% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.76children per woman1.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.0%of people8.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.1people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 31.0%of settled households25.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3% | 75 and over | 5.1% | ||
| 3.0% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.8% | 65–69 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.5% | 60–64 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.3% | 55–59 | 4.7% | ||
| 6.6% | 50–54 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.0% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.5% | 40–44 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.4% | 35–39 | 7.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.1% | 25–29 | 5.6% | ||
| 4.7% | 20–24 | 6.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 7.5% | ||
| 9.3% | 10–14 | 8.4% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 8.4% | 0–4 | 6.9% | ||
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
- 47.2%aged 10 and over40.9% in 202463.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 16.7%14.1% in 202476.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.3%aged 15 and over34.5% in 202412.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 93.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.82children per woman1.76 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.1%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.2people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 25.6%of settled households31.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 2.7% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.3% | 50–54 | 5.0% | ||
| 5.2% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.3% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 7.6% | 35–39 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.0% | 25–29 | 10.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 20–24 | 9.8% | ||
| 7.1% | 15–19 | 7.9% | ||
| 8.2% | 10–14 | 8.4% | ||
| 8.9% | 5–9 | 7.9% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 9.2% | ||
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
- 12335.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 4939.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1072.2 per business
- Public services
- 72
- 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.
Douars
Meknassa Al Gharbia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 2 fractions, with 3,419 people. 3 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 | ||||
| بني عليBni Ali7 douars · 1,443 people | ||||||
| اولاد عليOulad Ali | In parts | 162 | 662 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| اهل الزاويةAhl Zaouia | Dispersed | 40 | 148 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| بني عياطBni Aayat | Grouped | 17 | 74 | — | — | — |
| اولاد بوخلوفOulad Boukhlouf | Grouped | 72 | 280 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| لجرافLajraf | In parts | 35 | 140 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| ظهر بوخروفDhar Boukhrouf | In parts | 15 | 66 | — | — | — |
| الرياينةEryayna | In parts | 21 | 73 | — | — | — |
| كردوسة اجلايلةKrdoussat Ajlayla7 douars · 1,976 people | ||||||
| كردوسة النخلةKrdoussa Ennakhla | Dispersed | 26 | 115 | — | — | — |
| اولاد داوودOulad Daoud | Dispersed | 48 | 216 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.9 |
| اسريفAsrif | In parts | 62 | 234 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 5.5 |
| اجلاليةAjlalia | In parts | 101 | 493 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| كردوسة سيدي ميمونKardoussa Sidi Mimoun | Dispersed | 85 | 359 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 7.2 |
| قنار الملحKanar El Malh | Dispersed | 84 | 346 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| عين جنيحAin Jnayah | Dispersed | 62 | 213 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 9.0 |
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
03.561.13.11- As digits
035611311- Slug
meknassa-al-gharbia- Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.13.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.13.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.13.11/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2758250
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("meknassa-al-gharbia");