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Mkansa

المكانسة

Rural commune in the cercle of Karia Ba Mohamed, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
23,690
Since 2014
+2.3%from 23,155 in 2014
Density
106people per km², 222.8 km²
Households
4,942
Rank
248248th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 49 in its province

Next door in Taoughilt, 72.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 14.4%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jnane Bouih. Read French: 23.1% here, 24.6% there; running water: 14.4% here, 2.5% there; unemployment: 13.1% here, 11.6% there.

Compare it with Jnane Bouih

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcodes

34054, 34075

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Mkansa.

Mkansa +2.3%

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
40.9%aged 10 and over50.4% in 201452.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.1%10.1% in 201432.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.0%aged 15 and over45.3% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.49children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
14.4%of settled households12.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mkansa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over2.5%
2.0%70–742.3%
2.7%65–692.7%
3.6%60–644.5%
3.5%55–593.6%
4.4%50–544.5%
5.2%45–495.2%
6.1%40–446.1%
7.2%35–397.0%
6.7%30–346.6%
6.4%25–296.0%
7.8%20–247.0%
9.8%15–198.9%
10.9%10–1411.7%
11.0%5–910.9%
10.2%0–410.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French23.1%
  • English6.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot65.8%
  • Informal transport18.2%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Taxi3.1%
  • Private car2.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.3%
  • Animal1.8%
  • Bus1.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.9%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
35414.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
16947.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3001.8 per business
Public services
185
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.3%
  • Services30.2%
  • Industry16.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.2%
  • 2 to 313.0%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 491.2%
  • 50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.8%
  • 2011–201946.7%
  • 2001–201016.6%
  • 1991–20005.3%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of businesses with 50 people or more is 0.6%, against 0.0% across its province.

Across the 7 communes it borders, the median is 0.0%. Bni Snous is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

How these are picked

Douars

Mkansa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 72 douars in 5 fractions, with 23,680 people. 10 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
النواجيNouaji9 douars · 3,962 people
العجاجرةEl AjajraIn parts2391,1801.02.28.0
الخواورةEl KhouaouraGrouped1781———
اولاد فاطنةOulad FatnaIn parts743522.34.07.1
اولاد بن حموOulad Ben HammouGrouped332153.04.09.0
اولاد عمارةOulad AamaraGrouped622451.01.310.0
اولاد جلولOulad JalloulGrouped653211.01.010.0
الرحامنةRehamnaIn parts1356972.13.08.1
اولاد قاسمOulad KacemIn parts643151.92.516.4
السخاسخةSkhaskhaGrouped1195560.30.417.0
اولاد حسونOulad Hassoune24 douars · 4,662 people
اولاد زهرةOulad ZahraGrouped592906.92.216.1
اولاد بهلوانOulad Bel HouaneGrouped401875.01.416.0
اولاد الطيبOulad TayebGrouped2386———
بوسعداتBou SaadatIn parts29130———
بن الطاهراتBen TahratGrouped311504.41.015.9
الحجرةLhajraGrouped1893———
اولاد يعكوبOulad YaacoubGrouped25113———
الزعامرةZaamraGrouped602753.01.417.8
القلعةLkalaaIn parts974051.60.616.8
العكاكدةEl AkakdaIn parts953882.31.016.3
البضاضوةEl BdadouaGrouped2161———
اكطابنQtabenGrouped381712.02.016.0
الدشرةEddachraIn parts1064911.31.610.9
القدادشةKdadchaGrouped964931.01.025.0
عزوزاتAzouzatGrouped1254———
اولاد عامرOulad AmerIn parts502521.04.014.0
المرابيحLemrabehGrouped1260———
الشكيويينChkiouineGrouped22110———
امكاكةLamkakaGrouped1675———
المصامدةEl MsamdaGrouped723071.01.022.1
اخيام بوشتىAkhiam BouchtaGrouped26119———
العنابرةAnabraGrouped492181.01.014.0
قرية سي بوعزةKariat Si BouazzaGrouped1887———
اولاد احمدOulad AhmedGrouped1247———
بني راشدBni Rached16 douars · 7,285 people
تجزئة الخيرLotissement El KheirGrouped1205820.11.18.8
بني نعيزBeni NaïzIn parts642700.11.09.1
الغشاشمةGhechachmaGrouped693580.21.09.0
اولاد عديةOulad AddiaGrouped411931.01.013.0
الطاهريينEttahriyineIn parts452191.71.714.0
زياناتZiyanatIn parts1225370.94.47.8
اولاد سيدي الغازيOulad Sidi AlghaziGrouped1464———
المكانسةM'KansaGrouped924800.03.13.2
المزاريةMazariaGrouped933891.01.02.9
بوطويلBoutouylIn parts713900.00.03.0
الطايشةTaychaGrouped422121.15.29.0
اولاد الكناويOulad LagunaouiIn parts1407861.01.56.3
اكلابةKlabaGrouped2681,2240.20.115.8
اولاد موسىOulad MoussaGrouped864751.01.114.0
اولاد بلغاليOulad BalghaliGrouped1527391.01.013.0
تعاونية اسمارةCoopérative AsmaraGrouped633670.80.913.0
اولاد السلامةOulad Slama19 douars · 5,275 people
عماراتOmarateIn parts934530.40.710.1
العروسيينLaaroussyeneGrouped462230.02.110.0
اولاد عبد الكريمOulad AbdlkrimGrouped23117———
هاشمات السخيرةHachmat EsskhouraaGrouped512421.45.95.7
القريعةEl KariaIn parts1789———
عقاتAkkatIn parts964673.83.09.3
اولاد السلامةOulad SlamaIn parts1498010.92.710.6
اغزيلات التوارسAghziylat TouaressGrouped853693.73.09.8
اغزيلات السحيرةAghziylat AsshiyraGrouped743290.00.911.9
الطاهريين ولاد سلامةEttahriyine Oulad SlamaGrouped27134———
الثعالبةTaalbaGrouped411750.01.012.0
ورديغةel OuradirhaIn parts572980.00.49.6
اعزيب مولاي عليAzib Moulay AliGrouped592760.02.18.8
غرباوةGharbaouaGrouped1354———
ازناتةZnataGrouped840———
الديوريينDiouriyineGrouped1257———
غزوانGhazouaneIn parts1175680.42.35.7
بني وجكلBni OuajgualGrouped492830.42.05.1
تعاونية أنطوانCoopérative AntouaneGrouped563000.00.53.0
المكانسة المركزMkansa Centre4 douars · 2,496 people
هاشمات الوادHachmat de l'OuedGrouped1051———
العمورEl AmourGrouped663060.01.01.0
عصماناتAssmanatGrouped2961,3770.01.01.0
الكراروةGuerariouaIn parts1807620.01.10.7

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
03.531.05.11
As digits
035310511
Slug
mkansa
OpenStreetMap
2813637
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mkansa");

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