Meskoura
مسكورة
Rural commune in the cercle of El Borouj, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 6,159
- Since 2014
- −14.2%from 7,180 in 2014
- Density
- 22.6people per km², 273.2 km²
- Households
- 1,186
- Rank
- 1,0811,081st most populous of 1,503 communes39th of 46 in its province
Next door in El Borouj, 91.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.5%.
Since 2014, households that own their home went from 96.0% to 81.9%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi El Abed. Household size: 5.2 here, 5.4 there; unemployment: 5.0% here, 7.6% there; running water: 10.9% here, 9.7% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
- Bni Khloug
- El Borouj
- Oulad Amer
- Oulad Bouali Nouaja
- Oulad Fares El Halla
- Sgamna
- Sidi Ahmed El Khadir
- Sidi Boumehdi
Postcode
26703
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Meskoura.
Meskoura −14.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 46.3%aged 10 and over55.3% in 201455.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.0%8.8% in 20145.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 37.8%aged 15 and over46.3% in 20144.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.05children per woman2.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.9%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.2people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 10.9%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 4.8% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 2.8% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.5% | 60–64 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.7% | 45–49 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.5% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.4% | 30–34 | 6.3% | ||
| 7.2% | 25–29 | 6.1% | ||
| 7.4% | 20–24 | 6.4% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 10.8% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.8% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 6.9% | 0–4 | 7.9% | ||
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
- 55.3%aged 10 and over46.3% in 202464.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 8.8%5.0% in 202436.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.3%aged 15 and over37.8% in 20243.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 84.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.66children per woman2.05 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.4%of people5.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.5people on average5.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.0%of settled households10.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3% | 75 and over | 2.6% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 2.4% | 60–64 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 3.9% | ||
| 5.3% | 40–44 | 5.3% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 7.9% | ||
| 8.0% | 30–34 | 8.3% | ||
| 8.1% | 25–29 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 8.3% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 9.7% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 10.1% | ||
| 11.9% | 0–4 | 12.0% | ||
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
- 7612.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 911.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 101.1 per business
- Public services
- 67
- Associations
- 0in premises of their own
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
Meskoura’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 6 fractions, with 6,159 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أهل الشعبة أAhl Chaba A2 douars · 806 people | ||||||
| اهل الشعبةAhl Chaba | In parts | 74 | 416 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 6.7 |
| الهواورةLahouaoura | Dispersed | 79 | 390 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 9.3 |
| التعاونيات الغربيةEttaaounyat Gharbia3 douars · 1,677 people | ||||||
| تعاونية التقدمCoopérative Takaddoum | In parts | 135 | 694 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 13.8 |
| تعاونية الناصريةCoopérative Ennasria | In parts | 118 | 552 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 23.5 |
| تعاونية السلامCoopérative Essalam | Grouped | 79 | 431 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 23.9 |
| التعاونيات الشرقيةEttaaounyat Charqia4 douars · 1,266 people | ||||||
| التعاونية الخضراءCoopérative Elkhadrae | In parts | 78 | 394 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| تعاونية الاحرارCoopérative Lahrar | In parts | 60 | 296 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 11.2 |
| تعاونية الازهرCoopérative El Azehar | In parts | 36 | 191 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 18.5 |
| التعاونية الهلاليةCoopérative El Hilalia | In parts | 74 | 385 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 19.6 |
| أهل الشعبة بAhl Chaba B2 douars · 964 people | ||||||
| أهل الشعبةAhl Chaba | In parts | 87 | 518 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| ولاد سي سليمانOulad Si Slimane | Grouped | 84 | 446 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 8.2 |
| ولاد حموOulad Hammou1 douar · 1,413 people | ||||||
| ولاد حموOulad Hammou | In parts | 278 | 1,413 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 11.5 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 33 people | ||||||
| الدحامنةDhamna | In parts | 4 | 33 | — | — | — |
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
06.461.07.09- As digits
064610709- Slug
meskoura- Census figures
/api/communes/06.461.07.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.461.07.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.461.07.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/06.461.07.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2879989
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("meskoura");