Mzefroune

امزفرون

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

Population, 2024
6,226
Since 2014
−10.7%from 6,973 in 2014
Density
65.3people per km², 95.3 km²
Households
1,798
Rank
1,0761,076th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 17 in its province

Next door in Tatoft, 47.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 14.6% to 26.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Kissane. Running water: 0.7% here, 3.6% there; aged 65 and over: 13.5% here, 12.8% there; household size: 3.5 here, 3.6 there.

Compare it with Kissane

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 Mzefroune.

Mzefroune −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
45.6%aged 10 and over49.3% in 201457.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.8%14.6% in 201446.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.5%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20148.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.27children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
12.8%of people9.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.7%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mzefroune: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over5.4%
3.6%70–744.3%
4.3%65–694.4%
6.3%60–645.5%
5.6%55–595.1%
5.9%50–546.5%
5.8%45–496.1%
7.3%40–447.8%
8.0%35–397.1%
5.8%30–345.1%
4.1%25–294.5%
5.2%20–245.2%
9.2%15–199.3%
8.9%10–148.2%
8.0%5–98.0%
7.2%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French44.4%
  • English12.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.4%
  • Animal15.7%
  • Employer’s transport6.3%
  • Bus4.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
  • Taxi4.5%
  • Informal transport4.1%
  • Private car1.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.5%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13621.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5137.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
551.1 per business
Public services
85
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.9%
  • Services39.2%
  • Industry5.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person92.2%
  • 2 to 37.8%
  • 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 later29.4%
  • 2011–201939.2%
  • 2001–201023.5%
  • 1991–20005.9%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Mzefroune’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,226 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
القلعةEl Kelâa2 douars · 628 people
الشاويةChaouiaGrouped532340.01.015.9
القلعةEl KelâaGrouped1203945.20.78.1
الحمارةLhammara9 douars · 3,591 people
دار الضبعDar DbaaGrouped953270.00.012.0
الزرازرZrazerGrouped802920.70.712.7
الحمارةLhammaraIn parts2901,0060.00.63.3
أمزرفونAmzerfouneIn parts1795780.00.60.6
زاوية سيدي موسىZaouiat Sidi MoussaIn parts933240.70.82.5
الزراهنةZrahnaGrouped882540.00.05.0
الحارثel HaretIn parts1083760.20.45.0
بوحسينةBouhsinaGrouped371422.51.46.8
الحيطLhitIn parts782921.51.25.5
مدشر عاليةMdcher Aalia2 douars · 651 people
القصيبةEl KsibaGrouped632161.91.96.9
مدشر عاليةMdcher AaliaGrouped1394350.00.25.1
بني عاصمBni Assem4 douars · 1,356 people
بني عاصمBni AssemGrouped1405175.91.06.0
توراتTaouratGrouped1134140.40.48.2
تويرتةTouirtaGrouped1164030.10.98.0
ولاد بوعنانOulad BouananeGrouped622———

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
01.405.07.07
As digits
014050707
Slug
mzefroune
OpenStreetMap
2753081
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mzefroune");

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