Moulay Ahmed Cherif

مولاي احمد الشريف

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

Population, 2024
9,357
Since 2014
−4.2%from 9,765 in 2014
Density
102people per km², 91.9 km²
Households
1,836
Rank
787787th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 36 in its province

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 Ahmed Cherif.

Moulay Ahmed Cherif −4.2%

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
32.7%aged 10 and over37.8% in 201444.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
43.4%5.2% in 201434.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
26.7%aged 15 and over58.4% in 20142.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.76children per woman2.17 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.1people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
9.6%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Ahmed Cherif: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.3%75 and over1.6%
1.4%70–741.8%
2.2%65–692.6%
3.3%60–644.2%
3.3%55–593.9%
3.7%50–543.7%
5.0%45–494.9%
7.0%40–446.2%
8.3%35–396.7%
9.2%30–348.6%
8.3%25–297.6%
7.4%20–247.9%
8.2%15–198.2%
10.1%10–149.8%
11.0%5–911.8%
10.1%0–410.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tarifit43.6%
  • Tamazight19.6%
  • Tachelhit6.6%
  • Hassania0.1%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 54.4% in 2014, 6.6% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French22.7%
  • English8.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot81.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Another way1.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.5%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11512.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3631.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
491.4 per business
Public services
78
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.1%
  • Services30.6%
  • Industry8.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.0%
  • 2 to 322.2%
  • 4 to 92.8%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.7%
  • 2011–201930.6%
  • 2001–201019.4%
  • 1991–20005.6%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19802.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Moulay Ahmed Cherif’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 2 fractions, with 9,357 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الدوريينEddouriine14 douars · 8,485 people
واركWargIn parts4682,1941.32.79.6
امازيواAmaziouaIn parts994831.01.83.7
بوغرضةBoughradaGrouped1005250.33.214.3
عين البيضاءAïn BeïdaIn parts1347341.32.619.4
اماسينانImassinneIn parts1418171.93.722.3
اسطاحAstahIn parts1015080.82.06.3
تصغراTissagheraIn parts1949321.34.18.8
تغروبةTagheroubaIn parts663351.04.54.7
تغفرتTighfertGrouped28150———
إحدوثنIhaddouteneIn parts1357110.94.99.8
مركز مولاي أحمد الشريفCentre Moulay Ahmed CherifGrouped331531.51.712.0
أݣدايAgdayDispersed552701.01.87.0
لغريبLaghribGrouped321721.13.029.1
لعزيب لغريبLaazib LaghribDispersed935011.54.228.6
الواديينEl Ouadiyine4 douars · 872 people
بني تيمانBni TimanGrouped452388.81.020.0
اعرابنAarabeneGrouped463006.91.215.0
اغوريانIghourianeGrouped321679.01.920.0
اخاضيرنIkhadireneIn parts341677.41.316.4

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
01.051.09.17
As digits
010510917
Slug
moulay-ahmed-cherif
OpenStreetMap
2516843
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("moulay-ahmed-cherif");

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