Nekkour

النكور

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Ouriaghel Charqia, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
7,721
Since 2014
−13.9%from 8,963 in 2014
Density
85people per km², 90.9 km²
Households
1,956
Foreign residents
1
Rank
935935th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 36 in its province

Next door in Bni Bouayach, 75.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 8.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 23.9% to 38.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Kerrouchen. Darija: 45.6% here, 52.1% there; can’t read or write: 45.9% here, 49.8% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.9% here, 25.8% there.

Compare it with Kerrouchen

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 Nekkour.

Nekkour −13.9%

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
45.9%aged 10 and over50.7% in 201457.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
44.7%33.5% in 201475.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.7%aged 15 and over46.6% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.28children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.3%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
38.0%of settled households23.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Nekkour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.6%
2.0%70–742.6%
4.5%65–694.0%
5.1%60–646.2%
5.0%55–596.5%
5.1%50–547.3%
5.2%45–495.7%
6.9%40–447.0%
7.6%35–396.8%
7.1%30–346.2%
7.3%25–296.3%
7.8%20–246.1%
7.0%15–196.5%
9.2%10–148.5%
9.5%5–99.4%
7.8%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit98.6%
  • Darija45.6%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French40.7%
  • English7.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot53.6%
  • Taxi22.5%
  • Private car8.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.6%
  • Informal transport4.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.9%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10613.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6460.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1021.6 per business
Public services
42
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce43.8%
  • Services40.6%
  • Industry10.9%
  • Construction4.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person68.8%
  • 2 to 326.6%
  • 4 to 93.1%
  • 10 to 491.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.2%
  • 2011–201917.2%
  • 2001–201032.8%
  • 1991–200018.8%
  • 1981–199012.5%
  • 1956–19801.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Nekkour’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 5 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,720 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

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني بوخلفBni Boukhlaf2 douars · 2,019 people
بني بوستةBni Bou SettaIn parts1144561.62.223.9
بني بوخلفBni BoukhlafIn parts3791,5631.01.922.7
تزوراختTazourakhet1 douar · 2,464 people
تزوراختTazourakhetIn parts6402,4640.81.09.1
المركز 1 (أمنود)Centre 1 (Mnoud)1 douar · 2,596 people
أمنودMnoudGrouped6552,5960.31.42.0
المركز 2Centre 21 douar · 641 people
آيت إيشوAit IchouIn parts1686412.11.52.5

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
01.051.13.19
As digits
010511319
Slug
nekkour
OpenStreetMap
2440713
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("nekkour");

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