Moulay Abdelkrim

مولاي عبد الكريم

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

Population, 2024
6,557
Since 2014
−11.3%from 7,392 in 2014
Density
76.5people per km², 85.7 km²
Households
1,556
Rank
1,0521,052nd most populous of 1,503 communes45th of 49 in its province

Next door in Sidi Ahmed Cherif, 50.4% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 8.9%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 23.0% to 10.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Souk L'qolla. Read French: 8.9% here, 8.0% there; running water: 2.6% here, 6.1% there; in the labour force: 45.7% here, 44.7% there.

Compare it with Souk L'qolla

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 Moulay Abdelkrim.

Moulay Abdelkrim −11.3%

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
45.2%aged 10 and over50.0% in 201457.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.2%23.0% in 20145.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.7%aged 15 and over45.0% in 201414.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.28children per woman1.74 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people8.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.6%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Abdelkrim: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.6%75 and over5.2%
2.9%70–743.5%
3.9%65–693.8%
5.4%60–645.6%
4.5%55–595.1%
5.6%50–546.2%
6.0%45–496.0%
6.1%40–446.5%
6.1%35–397.2%
6.0%30–345.7%
5.3%25–294.6%
7.6%20–246.1%
9.3%15–199.2%
9.9%10–1410.0%
9.5%5–98.6%
7.3%0–46.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French8.9%
  • English1.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work24.9%
  • Informal transport11.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Private car1.5%
  • Taxi1.5%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.9%
  • Animal0.6%
  • 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
9314.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1920.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
241.3 per business
Public services
74
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce84.2%
  • Industry15.8%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.7%
  • 2 to 326.3%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later5.3%
  • 2011–20195.3%
  • 2001–201031.6%
  • 1991–200010.5%
  • 1981–199026.3%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 195621.1%

Douars

Moulay Abdelkrim’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 37 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,557 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
القليينEl Kliine16 douars · 3,652 people
مرجانةMarjanaDispersed632461.22.211.0
الشقوبيين ورغةAchkobiyine OuarghaIn parts803421.11.512.0
الدوامةAddouamaGrouped893594.90.612.0
واد السكوريينOued EskouryineIn parts672953.72.811.4
لبرانص ورغةLabranesse OuarghaGrouped441640.00.77.8
عين صهريجAin SahrijeGrouped381380.30.97.3
سيدي عزوزSidi AzzouzIn parts381590.72.37.0
الصيابرةSiabraGrouped361251.91.33.2
قشيبلاتKchiblatGrouped2171———
الحضارةLahdaraGrouped341590.21.01.3
القليينEl KliineGrouped964410.11.30.5
الودنينLouadnineDispersed702823.62.25.8
اولاد صدوكOulad SaddouqGrouped341154.02.16.6
الدراعوةDraaouaIn parts1415651.21.911.4
الكعدة الحمراءLgaada LhamraGrouped2173———
أولاد الحاج امحمدOulad El Haj MohamedGrouped25118———
بن عكيBen Akki21 douars · 2,905 people
الرواجعErrouajaeGrouped712943.11.28.0
الزعارة العلياZaara OuliaGrouped442010.20.211.3
الزعارة السفلىZaara SouflaGrouped612560.00.211.2
اولاد بن رواينOulad Ben RouayeneDispersed27118———
الخيايطةLekhyaytaGrouped592331.02.215.7
عيشاتAychatGrouped512251.41.510.2
اقريداتQridatGrouped1348———
صباغاتAssbaghateIn parts2090———
الزعريEzzaariIn parts1766———
اولاد علالOulad AllalGrouped612324.32.18.0
البزازنةLabzaznaIn parts1456———
بالعاجياتBelaajyatIn parts1992———
الدراوشDrawchIn parts1439———
الكريكرLekrikirGrouped1149———
بن عكيBen AkkiGrouped371747.02.08.0
بن عمرانBen AmraneGrouped421———
اولاد الطيبOulad TayebIn parts1260———
الشواوطةEchouaoutaGrouped24133———
الشرقيةCharkiaIn parts1682———
اولاد بن الصغيرOulad Ben SghirIn parts482778.43.014.3
اولاد بن الجيلاليOulad Ben JilaliGrouped361598.52.317.6

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
03.531.05.13
As digits
035310513
Slug
moulay-abdelkrim
OpenStreetMap
2755092
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("moulay-abdelkrim");

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