Mrija
مريجة
Rural commune in the cercle of Ain Bni Mathar, province of Jerada, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 2,882
- Since 2014
- −14.2%from 3,359 in 2014
- Density
- 2.2people per km², 1,325.1 km²
- Households
- 563
- Rank
- 1,3891,389th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 14 in its province
Next door in Lebkhata, 59.2% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 8.1%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 19.4% to 2.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
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 Mrija.
Mrija −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
- 41.0%aged 10 and over47.8% in 201450.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 2.0%19.4% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 31.7%aged 15 and over42.6% in 20143.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 90.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.47children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.2%of people1.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 30.7%of settled households27.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 3.4% | ||
| 2.9% | 70–74 | 1.8% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 2.8% | 55–59 | 4.1% | ||
| 3.3% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 3.9% | 45–49 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 40–44 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.2% | 35–39 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 8.7% | 25–29 | 8.8% | ||
| 8.0% | 20–24 | 8.5% | ||
| 9.6% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 11.5% | 10–14 | 12.8% | ||
| 13.5% | 5–9 | 11.0% | ||
| 9.7% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
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
- 47.8%aged 10 and over41.0% in 202457.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 19.4%2.0% in 202451.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.6%aged 15 and over31.7% in 20244.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 79.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.13children per woman2.47 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 1.7%of people3.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.8people on average5.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 27.2%of settled households30.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 1.6% | ||
| 1.1% | 70–74 | 0.9% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.3% | 60–64 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.3% | 55–59 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.4% | 45–49 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.2% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.1% | 25–29 | 7.2% | ||
| 9.3% | 20–24 | 8.7% | ||
| 12.0% | 15–19 | 11.5% | ||
| 11.0% | 10–14 | 11.7% | ||
| 12.3% | 5–9 | 11.4% | ||
| 14.2% | 0–4 | 14.1% | ||
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
- 5017.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2244.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 301.4 per business
- Public services
- 26
- Associations
- 2in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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
Mrija’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,881 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| لعوامرLaouamr6 douars · 1,768 people | ||||||
| دويناتDouynat | Dispersed | 63 | 308 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| لحميماتLahmimat | Dispersed | 47 | 223 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| لخرانكةLakhranka | Dispersed | 4 | 19 | — | — | — |
| اشلالفةAchlalfa | Dispersed | 125 | 709 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| أولاد دادوOulad Dadou | Dispersed | 30 | 122 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 9.7 |
| مريجة المركزMrija Centre | Grouped | 93 | 387 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| أولاد بوراصOulad Bouras8 douars · 1,113 people | ||||||
| نكاكزةNkakza | Dispersed | 22 | 149 | — | — | — |
| لعوافةLaouafa | Dispersed | 78 | 375 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| اولاد لغريبOulad Laghrib | Dispersed | 49 | 276 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 10.2 |
| الركاعErrka | Dispersed | 5 | 31 | — | — | — |
| اتوامةAtouama | Dispersed | 13 | 90 | — | — | — |
| أولاد بن يحيىOulad Ben Yahya | Dispersed | 4 | 16 | — | — | — |
| لمشيشاتLamchichat | Dispersed | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
| اشريطاتChrittate | Dispersed | 29 | 172 | — | — | — |
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
02.275.05.11- As digits
022750511- Slug
mrija- Census figures
/api/communes/02.275.05.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.275.05.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.275.05.11/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.275.05.11/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2528000
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("mrija");