Ras Ain Rhamna

راس عين الرحامنة

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Bou Othmane, province of Rehamna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
16,330
Since 2014
+14.3%from 14,284 in 2014
Density
142people per km², 115.2 km²
Households
3,362
Rank
398398th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 25 in its province

Next door in Tlauh, 31.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 77.5% to 94.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Amrane. Unemployment: 13.7% here, 15.7% there; running water: 94.9% here, 89.5% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.6% here, 29.9% there.

Compare it with Oulad Amrane

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 Ras Ain Rhamna.

Ras Ain Rhamna +14.3%

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
36.5%aged 10 and over46.5% in 201444.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.7%6.5% in 201426.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.9%aged 15 and over45.1% in 20144.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.65children per woman2.53 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.4%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.9%of settled households77.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ras Ain Rhamna: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.4%
2.3%70–742.5%
3.0%65–693.0%
3.7%60–643.9%
3.5%55–594.0%
5.1%50–545.0%
7.2%45–495.9%
6.3%40–446.2%
5.8%35–396.3%
6.7%30–346.6%
6.7%25–297.0%
6.8%20–246.9%
9.0%15–199.3%
11.3%10–1410.6%
10.1%5–910.8%
9.9%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit3.3%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French48.0%
  • English11.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot33.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle21.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.6%
  • Taxi10.2%
  • Private car7.9%
  • Informal transport5.4%
  • Animal2.6%
  • Bus2.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
32920.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
21264.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3091.5 per business
Public services
113
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.4%
  • Services21.2%
  • Industry9.4%
  • Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.6%
  • 2 to 325.5%
  • 4 to 90.5%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.4%
  • 2011–201941.5%
  • 2001–201012.7%
  • 1991–20005.7%
  • 1981–19903.3%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ras Ain Rhamna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 33 douars in 4 fractions, with 16,327 people. 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
العرݣوبEl Argoub7 douars · 2,766 people
العرݣوب الصفصافةEl-Argoube SafsafaIn parts914190.55.414.5
أيت محمدAit MhamedIn parts1908591.32.916.3
اولاد الݣرنOulad El GarnIn parts693051.42.018.4
عباس بوصبع أولاد امطاعيةAbbas Bousba Oulad AmtaiaDispersed23116———
الجيلالي بن قدور أولاد امطاعيةJilali Ben Kaddour Oulad AmtaiaGrouped26112———
أيت مبارك أولاد امطاعيةAit Mbarek Oulad AmtaiaGrouped1685———
دوار بن خليفة أولاد امطاعيةDouar Ben Khlifa Oulad AmtaiaGrouped1928701.42.411.7
راس العينRas El Ain9 douars · 8,730 people
الطلبة شعبة الجاوجTolba Chaaba El JaoujGrouped2288———
الدريݣاتDrigatGrouped542911.01.010.0
الجعيدات الحسينيةJaidat LahsiniaDispersed1828531.72.15.3
دار بلعيساويDar BelaissaouyGrouped341480.02.07.5
اولاد اخليفةOulad KhlifaDispersed1839981.21.88.0
الجعيدات مغينيةJaidate MghinyaIn parts2431,1071.31.47.5
دوار العينDouar El AinGrouped1478190.61.24.0
مركز راس العينCentre Ras El-AinDispersed8884,3660.81.12.6
عين بن خييAin Ben KhoyiGrouped1360———
راس العين أم عليRas El Ain Oum Ali9 douars · 3,075 people
دوار عزيب المنصوريDouar Azib El MansouriDispersed316———
عين بن حموAin Ben HamouGrouped1380———
أولاد أوݣاد لكظفOulad Waggad LakdfGrouped14———
أولاد الراحلOulad RahalGrouped1235960.52.22.6
الحاج العربي أم عليEl Haj Larbi Oum AliDispersed24104———
أولاد أوݣاد أم عليOulad Ougad Oum AliGrouped2621,2860.20.61.4
البيداني أم عليEl Bidani Oum AliGrouped1266200.41.42.2
النجاجرة أم عليNjajra Oum AliGrouped2398———
الحفاية أم عليEl Hafaia Oum AliGrouped532710.13.14.0
أولاد الزعريةOulad Ezzaria8 douars · 1,756 people
أولاد الزعرية القواسمةOulad Ezzaria QouasmaGrouped602811.01.14.0
أولاد الزعرية أولاد عمارةOulad Ezzariat Oulad AmaraGrouped371771.01.13.6
أولاد الزعرية أولاد عمارOulad Ezzariat Oulad AmarGrouped633110.00.63.0
أولاد الزعرية أولاد عمرانOulad Ezzariat Oulad AmraneGrouped914480.50.73.0
دوار الشيخDouar CheikhGrouped1773———
أولاد عيسىOulad AissaDispersed2396———
أولاد بن شتيةOulad Ben ChtiyyaGrouped593010.01.03.0
العميماتEl AmimatGrouped1169———

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
07.427.09.13
As digits
074270913
Slug
ras-ain-rhamna
OpenStreetMap
2881840
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ras-ain-rhamna");

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