Rahhala

رحالة

Rural commune in the cercle of Mtouga, province of Chichaoua, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
4,859
Since 2014
−14.6%from 5,691 in 2014
Density
35.1people per km², 138.3 km²
Households
1,344
Rank
1,2191,219th most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 35 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 35.3% to 80.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Rahhala.

Rahhala −14.6%

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
52.9%aged 10 and over57.3% in 201461.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
35.0%8.0% in 201414.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.5%aged 15 and over44.3% in 20141.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.58children per woman2.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.0%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
80.9%of settled households35.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Rahhala: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.8%75 and over5.8%
3.0%70–743.7%
3.5%65–693.4%
4.7%60–645.1%
4.5%55–594.7%
4.9%50–546.1%
4.7%45–495.5%
4.7%40–445.6%
5.3%35–394.2%
6.3%30–345.7%
7.0%25–296.3%
5.8%20–245.0%
7.7%15–198.6%
11.5%10–1410.4%
11.8%5–910.6%
8.6%0–49.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.2%
  • Darija81.6%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.5%
  • French39.6%
  • English4.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot41.5%
  • Informal transport25.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.6%
  • Taxi7.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.0%
  • Bus6.9%
  • Private car1.2%
  • Employer’s transport0.3%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11323.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4035.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
401.0 per business
Public services
72
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce82.5%
  • Services12.5%
  • Industry5.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 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 later30.0%
  • 2011–201935.0%
  • 2001–201012.5%
  • 1991–200017.5%
  • 1981–19905.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Rahhala’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,859 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تيرخاتTirkhat8 douars · 1,170 people
الجنانEl JnaneGrouped1028———
ترباحTirbahIn parts25106———
الهريEl HeriIn parts852950.20.430.1
عبادةAbadaIn parts371440.60.830.0
زنادةZnadaIn parts692180.00.030.0
تاديالتTadialtIn parts1867———
تاوريرتTaourirtIn parts782491.01.35.9
ادوغاسIdourasIn parts1963———
تخنزاTakhanza5 douars · 2,256 people
أزمارZmearGrouped984281.20.93.1
باطن الشيخBatni-ChikhGrouped902840.10.00.3
توخربيينTokhribineGrouped1615990.00.24.3
دار العبدDar L"abdIn parts1023560.20.54.7
تخنزاTakhanzaIn parts1515890.60.65.7
بوزركونBouzerkoune6 douars · 1,433 people
بوحميسةBouhmissaGrouped1083320.30.611.0
العزبانEl AzbeneGrouped371393.50.113.6
تحلاتTihlateDispersed1042———
واد فرحOued FrahIn parts832731.21.113.4
بوزركون المرسBouzerkoune El MersIn parts1245071.21.28.9
إكركارIkerkerGrouped391401.01.18.0

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
07.161.09.09
As digits
071610909
Slug
rahhala
OpenStreetMap
2830890
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("rahhala");

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