Moqrissat

مقريصات

Rural commune in the cercle of Moqrissat, province of Ouezzane, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 9,413
Since 2014: −10.7%from 10,545 in 2014
Density: 42.6people per km², 221.1 km²
Households: 2,585
Rank: 781781st most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 17 in its province

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 45.1% to 34.4%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Bibane. Household size: 3.6 here, 3.6 there; aged 65 and over: 11.8% here, 11.7% there; unemployment: 14.6% here, 17.7% there.

Compare it with El Bibane

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

91152

How it changed

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

Moqrissat −10.7%

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: 29.6%aged 10 and over36.1% in 201444.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.6%8.2% in 201434.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.4%aged 15 and over45.1% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.64children per woman1.70 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 8.1%of people6.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.6people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 19.8%of settled households13.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moqrissat: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.7%	75 and over	5.2%
3.1%	70–74	3.8%
3.8%	65–69	3.9%
4.5%	60–64	4.9%
4.0%	55–59	4.7%
6.2%	50–54	6.3%
7.7%	45–49	5.8%
7.0%	40–44	7.0%
7.7%	35–39	6.4%
7.1%	30–34	6.6%
6.3%	25–29	5.5%
6.2%	20–24	6.6%
8.7%	15–19	8.5%
9.0%	10–14	9.5%
9.0%	5–9	8.2%
5.9%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.2%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French37.7%
English12.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.2%
Doesn’t travel to work12.7%
Animal4.4%
Informal transport3.2%
Private car3.1%
Employer’s transport1.5%
Bike or motorcycle0.9%
Taxi0.6%
Bus0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Another way0.0%

Can’t read or write: 36.1%aged 10 and over29.6% in 202453.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.2%14.6% in 202410.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.1%aged 15 and over34.4% in 202416.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.70children per woman1.64 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.5%of people8.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 13.3%of settled households19.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Moqrissat: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.7%	75 and over	3.1%
2.2%	70–74	2.7%
2.0%	65–69	2.2%
3.4%	60–64	4.4%
3.2%	55–59	3.3%
4.4%	50–54	4.7%
3.9%	45–49	4.6%
6.6%	40–44	6.1%
7.5%	35–39	6.3%
7.7%	30–34	7.1%
8.7%	25–29	8.6%
9.5%	20–24	8.2%
9.6%	15–19	9.9%
9.8%	10–14	10.4%
9.1%	5–9	8.5%
8.8%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French48.4%
Arabic only39.9%
Arabic, French and English11.0%
Other combinations0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot91.8%
Private car2.4%
Not stated2.3%
Another way1.5%
Taxi0.9%
Bus0.7%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Works at home0.2%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood88.0%
Another in the commune5.8%
No fixed place2.3%
Not stated2.2%
Another province0.9%
Another commune0.6%
At home0.2%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing46.0%
Farm and fishing labour29.7%
Clerical work5.9%
Crafts and skilled trades5.6%
Labouring and small trades3.8%
Trade and broking3.3%
Managers and senior professionals2.9%
Machine operating1.2%
Technicians0.9%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma62.9%
Primary21.2%
Lower secondary10.3%
Upper secondary3.6%
DEUG or Licence1.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Moqrissat’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 738
Standing empty: 26.6%9.1% vacant17.5% a second home
Precarious: 23.2%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 67.3%87.0% on the water mains94.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 40.4%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house74.5%
Rural-type21.5%
Apartment1.5%
Other1.4%
Villa0.4%
Traditional house0.4%
Slum or basic house0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years60.0%
20 to 49 years37.5%
50 years or more2.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 33235.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 16549.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2041.2 per business
Public services: 155
Associations: 12in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce49.7%
Services33.9%
Industry13.9%
Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person82.4%
2 to 317.0%
4 to 90.6%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.5%
2011–201931.5%
2001–201029.1%
1991–20007.9%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19804.8%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Moqrissat

2,007

Douars

Moqrissat’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 39 douars in 6 fractions, with 7,406 people. Another 2,007 live in Moqrissat, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بني مدراسنBni Mdrasen5 douars · 952 people
تيليوانTiliouane	Grouped	48	178	0.0	0.0	18.0
أمطيلAmtil	Grouped	61	207	1.2	1.2	17.3
الشراطينCherratine	In parts	62	199	0.4	0.4	13.2
أغلادنAghladine	In parts	47	208	1.9	1.9	15.9
القلعةElkelaa	Dispersed	48	160	1.3	2.0	16.2
بني شعيبBni Chaib12 douars · 1,480 people
القلعة الحراقينElkelaaelharrakine	In parts	38	118	0.3	2.3	2.3
عين قوبAin Kob	Grouped	30	86	0.0	0.0	4.0
الشعرةChaara	Grouped	17	59	—	—	—
دار هيدورDar Hidour	Grouped	19	52	—	—	—
دار الوادDar el Ouad	In parts	60	178	2.8	1.1	10.6
تتولتTatoulte	Grouped	21	67	—	—	—
العزيبLaazib	Grouped	14	60	—	—	—
دهارDehar	Grouped	81	324	1.0	2.4	13.3
أولاد شقيرةOuladchkira	Grouped	20	73	—	—	—
أغبالوAghbalou	Grouped	68	297	1.8	1.5	13.9
أولاد ناصرOulad Nacer	Grouped	11	41	—	—	—
البرياتElberriat	Grouped	41	125	0.0	3.0	8.0
فرقة مقريصاتFerkat Moqrissat6 douars · 1,184 people
المسقةEl Meska	Grouped	97	370	1.4	1.5	2.8
السندSned	In parts	90	272	0.6	2.3	1.8
بوسدراتBousdrat	Grouped	24	66	—	—	—
برانةLabrana	Grouped	12	38	—	—	—
بني برايحBeni Braih	In parts	25	76	—	—	—
سحانةShanna	Grouped	96	362	1.1	2.4	2.5
بني فغلومBni Faghloum5 douars · 2,036 people
أسويلAssoual	In parts	35	124	9.1	0.7	10.7
أمودAmoud	In parts	70	257	1.8	2.8	21.9
أسردونAsserdoun	Grouped	76	266	0.0	0.0	19.1
بني معاويةBni Maaouiya	In parts	237	903	0.5	1.2	34.9
دار خوخDar Khoukh	Grouped	114	486	3.9	2.3	23.4
بوحسانBouhsane10 douars · 1,746 people
الرملةRamla	Grouped	57	218	0.1	2.5	6.6
عين حموAinhammou	Grouped	45	161	0.2	3.6	9.1
النازيةNazia	Grouped	71	284	2.6	3.9	10.8
أولاد سي عمارOuladsiaamar	In parts	95	403	0.2	4.9	10.3
مصابحةMsabha	Grouped	20	62	—	—	—
الحرايقElhrayek	Grouped	23	63	—	—	—
عين بوحسانAïn Bou Hassane	Grouped	72	228	2.0	1.1	10.0
واد أنكوشتOued Ankoucht	Grouped	32	104	0.0	4.0	4.0
الجنانEl Jnane	Grouped	16	61	—	—	—
تاكستTakoust	Dispersed	43	162	1.3	0.8	10.0
مركز مقريصاتCentre Moqrissat1 douar · 8 people
حي الإعداديHay El Idadi	Grouped	1	8	—	—	—

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: 01.405.09.09
As digits: 014050909
Slug: moqrissat
Record: /api/communes/01.405.09.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.405.09.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.405.09.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.405.09.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/01.405.09.09/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.405.09.09/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.405.09.09/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.405.09.09/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563387

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