Ras Asfour

راس عصفور

Rural commune in the cercle of Jerada-Banlieue Nord, province of Jerada, Oriental.

Population, 2024
1,275
Since 2014
+0.1%from 1,274 in 2014
Density
12people per km², 106.6 km²
Households
312
Rank
1,4681,468th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 14 in its province

Next door in Sidi Boubker, 68.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.4% to 59.0%. 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 Ras Asfour.

Ras Asfour +0.1%

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
38.4%aged 10 and over44.8% in 201451.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
74.8%60.3% in 201461.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.5%aged 15 and over40.5% in 20143.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.47children per woman1.35 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
11.1%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
59.0%of settled households0.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ras Asfour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over6.1%
2.3%70–743.6%
4.0%65–693.6%
7.2%60–645.3%
5.5%55–596.8%
7.6%50–546.9%
6.7%45–497.4%
6.4%40–445.5%
4.4%35–396.5%
6.4%30–345.3%
7.3%25–294.8%
7.6%20–246.1%
7.5%15–199.2%
9.8%10–149.2%
8.1%5–98.7%
4.4%0–44.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tachelhit0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French37.8%
  • English9.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle23.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work14.5%
  • Private car10.5%
  • Taxi3.9%
  • Employer’s transport3.9%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
3729.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1027.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
191.9 per business
Public services
26
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry70.0%
  • Commerce30.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 4910.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later20.0%
  • 2011–201970.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–200010.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ras Asfour’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 1,275 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني بوحمدون الجنوبيةBni Bouhmdoune Janoubia4 douars · 475 people
أولاد موسى بن أحمدالجنوبيينOulad Moussa Ben AhmdaljnoubiineIn parts834———
دوار أولاد عمرDouar Oulad OmarIn parts532311.53.37.0
اولاد العقباني الجنوبيينOulad El Akbani El JnoubiineIn parts411700.76.46.5
دوار اولاد سعيدDouar Oulad SaidDispersed1140———
بني بوحمدون الشماليةBni Bouhmdoune Chamalia4 douars · 800 people
أولاد بلقاسمOulad BelkacemDispersed733040.55.35.7
أولاد بن عثمان الشماليينOulad Ben Othmane EcchmaliineDispersed361401.63.03.0
أولاد سعيد الشماليينOulad Said EcchmaliineIn parts451811.73.39.0
أولاد العقباني الشماليينOulad El Akbani EcchmaliineGrouped451750.53.94.5

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
02.275.09.13
As digits
022750913
Slug
ras-asfour
OpenStreetMap
2527995
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import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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