Riah
رياح
Rural commune in the cercle of El Gara, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 8,421
- Since 2014
- +0.6%from 8,373 in 2014
- Density
- 58.4people per km², 144.1 km²
- Households
- 1,976
- Foreign residents
- 2
- Rank
- 867867th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 22 in its province
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 50.6% to 39.4%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamsabih. Running water: 7.6% here, 0.0% there; higher education: 2.3% here, 2.5% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.2% here, 30.9% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
26122
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Riah.
Riah +0.6%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 39.2%aged 10 and over45.4% in 201449.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 29.7%18.6% in 201434.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 39.4%aged 15 and over50.6% in 20144.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.40children per woman2.94 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.3%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 7.6%of settled households3.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8% | 75 and over | 4.3% | ||
| 3.0% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.5% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.2% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.1% | 25–29 | 5.7% | ||
| 7.9% | 20–24 | 7.2% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 8.3% | ||
| 10.3% | 10–14 | 11.3% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 8.6% | 0–4 | 9.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 45.4%aged 10 and over39.2% in 202457.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 18.6%29.7% in 202472.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 50.6%aged 15 and over39.4% in 202410.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 90.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.94children per woman2.40 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.5%of people4.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.5people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 3.6%of settled households7.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2% | 75 and over | 3.0% | ||
| 1.4% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.0% | 55–59 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.3% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.8% | 25–29 | 7.7% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 7.7% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 9.2% | ||
| 10.3% | 10–14 | 10.5% | ||
| 10.6% | 5–9 | 10.8% | ||
| 10.6% | 0–4 | 12.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 9611.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5961.5% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 5158.7 per business
- Public services
- 36
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Riah’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 1 fraction, with 8,420 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
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| الرياحRiah24 douars · 8,420 people | ||||||
| لعبابدةLaababda | Dispersed | 18 | 71 | — | — | — |
| لعوامرLaouamr | In parts | 129 | 583 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| أولاد الحاجOulad El Haj | Grouped | 91 | 469 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| أولاد الهاشميOulad El Hachmi | Grouped | 48 | 228 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| أولاد بوعزةOulad Bouazza | In parts | 24 | 133 | — | — | — |
| الحسيناتLahsinat | Grouped | 38 | 207 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 8.1 |
| أولاد بن ناصرOulad Ben Nacer | In parts | 36 | 170 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| اولاد عمر بن الغزوانيOulad Amer Ben El Ghazouani | In parts | 19 | 64 | — | — | — |
| لمراجنةLamrajna | Grouped | 49 | 180 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 8.1 |
| المخاليفel Mkhalif | In parts | 92 | 396 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 10.7 |
| الڭواسمLegouassem | In parts | 110 | 444 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| البريراتel Brirat | In parts | 174 | 754 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 10.4 |
| أولاد الصغيرOulad Sghir | Grouped | 14 | 58 | — | — | — |
| الدقاقنةDqaqna | In parts | 114 | 502 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| أولاد الزيانيOulad Ezzani | In parts | 293 | 1,160 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 9.3 |
| أولاد قاسمOulad Qacem | In parts | 86 | 355 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 10.5 |
| شرقاوةCharqaoua | In parts | 114 | 512 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| الورارقةEl Ourarka | In parts | 91 | 385 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| العبوداتLaaboudat | Grouped | 75 | 310 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| اولاد حموOulad Hamou | In parts | 127 | 511 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| اولاد سيدي العايديOulad Sidi El Aydi | Grouped | 32 | 129 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| الغفيراتLaghfirate | Dispersed | 41 | 170 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| العسارةLaassara | Dispersed | 105 | 382 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
| الصوادڭةSouadga | Dispersed | 56 | 247 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
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
06.117.08.23- As digits
061170823- Slug
riah- Census figures
/api/communes/06.117.08.23/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.117.08.23/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.117.08.23/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/06.117.08.23/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2822773
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("riah");