N'zalat Bni Amar

نزالة بني عمار

Rural commune in the cercle of Zerhoun, préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,672
Since 2014
−8.1%from 8,350 in 2014
Density
96.5people per km², 79.5 km²
Households
2,062
Rank
943943rd most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Charqaoua, 0.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 95.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.4% to 32.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Had Dra. Household size: 3.7 here, 3.9 there; running water: 95.7% here, 88.5% there; aged 65 and over: 11.0% here, 10.9% there.

Compare it with Had Dra

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

50352

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is N'zalat Bni Amar.

N'zalat Bni Amar −8.1%

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
35.7%aged 10 and over44.2% in 201446.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.4%7.4% in 201443.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.9%aged 15 and over45.5% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.55children per woman2.37 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.0%of people8.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.7%of settled households90.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

N'zalat Bni Amar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over5.0%
2.7%70–743.6%
3.6%65–693.5%
5.7%60–645.3%
5.4%55–595.5%
5.8%50–544.9%
6.3%45–496.1%
7.3%40–446.5%
6.3%35–396.7%
5.4%30–346.6%
5.0%25–296.3%
6.0%20–245.5%
8.6%15–197.3%
9.9%10–1410.1%
9.5%5–99.2%
8.4%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tarifit1.0%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French28.0%
  • English5.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.2%
  • Animal16.1%
  • Private car4.1%
  • Taxi3.6%
  • Informal transport2.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.2%
  • Bus1.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work0.4%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
423
Standing empty
29.1%15.6% vacant13.5% a second home
Precarious
8.7%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.6%97.9% on the water mains97.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
12.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house77.8%
  • Apartment10.2%
  • Rural-type8.0%
  • Villa2.6%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Other0.7%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years38.3%
  • 20 to 49 years57.2%
  • 50 years or more4.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
16121.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10263.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1591.6 per business
Public services
51
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.8%
  • Services26.5%
  • Industry11.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person74.5%
  • 2 to 318.6%
  • 4 to 94.9%
  • 10 to 492.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later14.7%
  • 2011–201935.3%
  • 2001–201019.6%
  • 1991–200016.7%
  • 1981–19904.9%
  • 1956–19808.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

N'zalat996

Douars

N'zalat Bni Amar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,673 people. Another 996 live in N'zalat, its urban centre, which has no douars. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني عمارBni Ammar1 douar · 1,309 people
بني عمارBni AmmarGrouped3561,3090.00.15.7
أولاد يوسفOulad Youssef2 douars · 2,498 people
بني منصورBni MansourIn parts3291,1864.61.020.0
أولاد يوسفOulad YoussefGrouped3531,3120.10.52.8
الصخيراتSkhirat3 douars · 2,032 people
الصخيراتSkhiratGrouped3421,4350.40.60.6
لخنادقEl KhanadekGrouped822971.20.010.5
ظهر النسورDhar NsourGrouped793003.00.010.0
النزالة المركزEn Nzala Centre3 douars · 834 people
مركز النزالةCentre En NzalaGrouped1264680.30.40.5
بوبياضBoubiadGrouped823260.63.34.0
اعزيب عائشه حدوAzib Aicha HaddouGrouped840———

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
03.061.07.07
As digits
030610707
Slug
n-zalat-bni-amar
OpenStreetMap
2813759
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("n-zalat-bni-amar");

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