Ras Laksar

راس القصر

Rural commune in the cercle of Taddart, province of Guercif, Oriental.

Population, 2024: 12,092
Since 2014: +15.0%from 10,515 in 2014
Density: 24people per km², 504.4 km²
Households: 2,712
Rank: 592592nd most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 10 in its province

Next door in Maghraoua, 13.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 55.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 14.8% to 55.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Mohammed Ben Rahal. Unemployment: 15.3% here, 13.4% there; household size: 4.5 here, 4.7 there; apartments: 0.0% here, 0.0% there.

Compare it with Sidi Mohammed Ben Rahal

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

35125

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ras Laksar.

Ras Laksar +15.0%

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: 46.4%aged 10 and over53.0% in 201457.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.3%5.8% in 201422.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 32.1%aged 15 and over42.6% in 20142.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.38children per woman2.26 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people3.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 55.0%of settled households14.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ras Laksar: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.4%
2.6%	70–74	2.8%
2.9%	65–69	3.1%
3.7%	60–64	4.0%
3.7%	55–59	3.7%
5.1%	50–54	4.6%
6.4%	45–49	5.9%
6.4%	40–44	6.8%
6.5%	35–39	7.2%
7.2%	30–34	6.8%
6.3%	25–29	6.8%
7.1%	20–24	7.5%
10.2%	15–19	9.5%
10.0%	10–14	9.7%
9.9%	5–9	9.6%
8.9%	0–4	8.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija81.8%
Tamazight78.5%
Tachelhit13.2%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French43.7%
English13.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot72.7%
Animal8.8%
Doesn’t travel to work7.7%
Informal transport5.9%
Private car2.0%
Employer’s transport1.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.6%
Another way0.6%
Bus0.3%
Taxi0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 53.0%aged 10 and over46.4% in 202466.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.8%15.3% in 20248.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.6%aged 15 and over32.1% in 202411.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 86.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.26children per woman2.38 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.2%of people3.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.9people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 14.8%of settled households55.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ras Laksar: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	2.3%
1.7%	70–74	1.9%
1.9%	65–69	2.3%
3.2%	60–64	3.1%
3.5%	55–59	3.8%
3.2%	50–54	4.3%
3.8%	45–49	3.9%
6.0%	40–44	4.9%
6.2%	35–39	6.2%
7.2%	30–34	7.5%
7.3%	25–29	7.8%
9.3%	20–24	9.8%
11.4%	15–19	11.7%
11.6%	10–14	11.0%
10.0%	5–9	10.1%
10.6%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight94.3%
Darija78.5%
Tarifit0.2%
Tachelhit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French49.5%
Arabic only29.4%
Arabic, French and English12.4%
Other combinations8.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot93.9%
Not stated2.6%
Private car1.4%
Works at home0.7%
Taxi0.4%
Another way0.4%
Bus0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood87.0%
Another province3.3%
Another commune3.2%
Not stated2.6%
No fixed place1.7%
Another in the commune1.4%
At home0.7%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing52.5%
Farm and fishing labour29.2%
Labouring and small trades6.3%
Clerical work3.2%
Crafts and skilled trades2.9%
Machine operating2.1%
Trade and broking1.8%
Managers and senior professionals0.9%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma76.9%
Primary15.4%
Lower secondary4.9%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 25421.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 13553.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1391.0 per business
Public services: 119
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.8%
Industry34.8%
Services10.4%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person97.0%
2 to 33.0%
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 later15.6%
2011–201928.9%
2001–201029.6%
1991–200017.8%
1981–19906.7%
1956–19801.5%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ras Laksar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 39 douars in 8 fractions, with 12,085 people. 7 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
آيت موسي بني دمالAit Moussa Bni Demal6 douars · 2,239 people
تيفيراسينTifirassine	Grouped	110	438	0.4	0.4	3.0
تاشريفتTachrift	Grouped	117	569	0.1	0.4	0.4
الغيرانel Rhirane	Grouped	30	131	0.0	2.2	8.2
تيغيغةTighigha	Grouped	73	339	0.0	3.0	9.0
تودمتToudmt	Grouped	25	125	—	—	—
سطح لمغاسيلStah el Marhsel	In parts	161	637	0.1	1.0	6.1
آيت احسينAit H'cine2 douars · 247 people
سميو الفوقانيSmiou El Foukani	Grouped	45	218	2.9	2.8	22.8
تجموتTajmout	Grouped	7	29	—	—	—
أهل الربعAhl Rbaa6 douars · 1,856 people
زبزيط الزاويةZbzit Zaouia	Grouped	90	360	1.0	1.2	3.0
ايݣليAygli	Grouped	34	135	5.9	1.0	25.0
تيخيامينTikhyamine	In parts	87	424	5.2	1.5	17.8
آيت الباجيAït El Baji	Grouped	86	317	0.0	1.1	1.1
الزواويةEzzouaouia	Grouped	67	258	0.0	1.0	1.0
تموليتTamoulit	Grouped	81	362	0.1	0.7	3.9
ايت موسي تاماستAit Moussa Tammast2 douars · 1,568 people
تاماست لوطا سطح لمغاسلTammast Louta Stah Lamghasel	In parts	255	1,129	1.5	3.4	8.0
تاماست الجبلTammast Jbel	In parts	84	439	26.1	2.8	38.7
اولاد ادريسOulad Driss4 douars · 1,432 people
اولاد ادريس / مزاغروOulad Driss Mzaghrou	Grouped	112	484	0.0	0.0	21.0
تايدة الغربيةTayda Gharbia	Dispersed	60	355	16.4	1.4	29.7
تايدة الشرقيةTayda Charqia	Dispersed	34	193	10.6	0.9	20.7
مسكاراتMeskarete	Grouped	86	400	7.6	2.1	17.2
سيدي عيسىSidi Aissa3 douars · 543 people
تيغزةTighza	Grouped	48	251	19.2	2.1	29.9
تشتوينTachtouine	Dispersed	21	98	—	—	—
تاغزوتTaghzout	Dispersed	47	194	17.9	3.8	29.9
آيت حسين مللوAit Hcine Mellou11 douars · 2,395 people
ابياضAbyad	Grouped	80	365	0.0	0.5	13.0
افتيسAftis	Grouped	53	311	0.0	1.5	12.9
اضريضيرةDridira	Grouped	71	322	0.1	2.5	16.2
تازريبتTazribt	Grouped	1	4	—	—	—
آيت بوزيانAit Bouziane	Grouped	24	106	—	—	—
اسهلونAshloune	Dispersed	28	115	—	—	—
تيغماتينTighmatine	Grouped	10	38	—	—	—
سميو التحتانيSmiou Tahtani	Dispersed	11	46	—	—	—
قمرياتKmriat	Grouped	59	247	4.0	1.2	17.9
اسكاكيةSkakia	Grouped	98	486	0.1	5.9	15.0
روشنRouchen	In parts	90	355	1.9	3.5	18.1
آيت موسي لݣناندةAit Moussa Lagnanda5 douars · 1,805 people
افرانIfrane	Grouped	60	258	0.1	1.3	12.1
تغربيينTaghrbiine	Grouped	17	85	—	—	—
اللوزةLouza	Grouped	73	312	3.0	2.0	16.0
الصورSour	Grouped	153	633	0.6	1.0	15.7
سيدي امباركSidi Mbarek	Grouped	124	517	0.5	1.7	27.1

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: 02.265.07.13
As digits: 022650713
Slug: ras-laksar
Record: /api/communes/02.265.07.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/02.265.07.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/02.265.07.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/02.265.07.13/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/02.265.07.13/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/02.265.07.13/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/02.265.07.13/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2816193

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