Rissana Chamalia

ريصانة الشمالية

Rural commune in the cercle of Oued El Makhazine, province of Larache, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
12,961
Since 2014
+3.8%from 12,484 in 2014
Density
128people per km², 101.2 km²
Households
2,797
Rank
548548th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 19 in its province

Next door in Bni Garfett, 22.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 77.8%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 33.7% to 77.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Ghanem. Aged 0 to 14: 32.4% here, 32.4% there; unemployment: 13.2% here, 14.7% there; higher education: 1.7% here, 3.1% there.

Compare it with Ouled Ghanem

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

92012

How it changed

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

Rissana Chamalia +3.8%

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
41.1%aged 10 and over52.4% in 201449.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.2%9.2% in 201429.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.7%aged 15 and over52.1% in 20149.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.26children per woman3.14 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.1%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
77.8%of settled households33.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Rissana Chamalia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.0%
2.0%70–742.1%
2.7%65–692.5%
3.7%60–644.1%
3.7%55–593.6%
4.5%50–543.9%
5.0%45–495.0%
6.1%40–446.4%
7.5%35–397.2%
6.9%30–347.1%
6.5%25–296.3%
7.7%20–247.3%
8.9%15–198.9%
10.9%10–1410.4%
11.7%5–911.4%
9.6%0–410.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.6%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French39.3%
  • English5.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.2%
  • Informal transport14.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.3%
  • Another way8.2%
  • Private car6.9%
  • Employer’s transport5.8%
  • Taxi5.2%
  • Animal5.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.0%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
22417.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14765.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2201.5 per business
Public services
77
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.3%
  • Services39.5%
  • Industry11.6%
  • Construction0.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.9%
  • 2 to 334.0%
  • 4 to 91.4%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.3%
  • 2011–201938.8%
  • 2001–201017.7%
  • 1991–20008.8%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19802.7%
  • Before 19560.7%

Douars

Rissana Chamalia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 4 fractions, with 12,961 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ريصانة المركزRissana Centre9 douars · 4,320 people
أولاد عمران المكيOulad Amrane el MekkiGrouped2781,0240.31.20.9
أولاد حمو بن عليOulad Hammou Ben AliGrouped552400.02.91.9
أولاد سلطانOuled SoultaneGrouped1185130.61.52.5
صيار تركونتSiar TarkountGrouped1547030.11.44.0
عرباوة حمريArbaoua HamriGrouped301360.00.54.1
أولاد زيتونOulad ZitounGrouped773740.11.26.0
أولاد عمران الكروطةOulad Amrane el KroutaGrouped1165091.01.01.0
عامرعين الحنةAmmar Aïn HannaGrouped1417076.90.27.0
المركزCentreGrouped28114———
ريصانة الشماليةRissana Chamalia4 douars · 1,127 people
الصوالحSoualahGrouped1758040.90.910.8
دوي عيسى الطايشةDouy Aissa EttaychaGrouped1449———
لغياليفLeghialifGrouped1992———
الزراهنةEz ZrahnaGrouped421827.30.17.3
الخراشفةKhrachfa3 douars · 4,859 people
الخراشفةKhrachfaIn parts6873,5721.43.213.8
البريجEl BrieijGrouped492363.91.515.5
البجيحينBijijineIn parts2181,0517.21.612.9
سيدي الحارثيSidi El Harthi7 douars · 2,655 people
أولاد بوحميدةOulad Bou HmidaGrouped1406261.20.610.1
دوار 31Douar 31Grouped622890.03.08.0
عامر الرويحيينAmar RouihaneGrouped783561.11.18.1
أولاد بوملحةOulad bou MalhaGrouped572473.01.93.0
أولاد بن داودOulad Ben DoudGrouped1094880.32.67.4
أولاد حمو خزعالOulad Hammou KhazhalGrouped642871.02.04.0
الكريديينGridiyineGrouped863623.01.13.0

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
01.331.11.07
As digits
013311107
Slug
rissana-chamalia
OpenStreetMap
2563444
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("rissana-chamalia");

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