Rissana Janoubia

ريصانة الجنوبية

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

Population, 2024: 19,480
Since 2014: +19.0%from 16,366 in 2014
Density: 187people per km², 104.1 km²
Households: 3,814
Foreign residents: 11
Rank: 320320th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 19 in its province

Next door in Souaken, 82.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 31.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 1.1% to 31.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Gteter. Can’t read or write: 49.5% here, 48.9% there; aged 0 to 14: 32.4% here, 32.7% there; in the labour force: 45.4% here, 44.4% there.

Compare it with Gteter

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

92272

How it changed

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

Rissana Janoubia +19.0%

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: 49.5%aged 10 and over59.5% in 201456.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.6%6.4% in 201424.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.4%aged 15 and over47.9% in 201417.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 88.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.90children per woman2.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 8.6%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 31.7%of settled households1.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Rissana Janoubia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.5%
1.8%	70–74	1.7%
2.9%	65–69	2.3%
3.4%	60–64	4.2%
3.4%	55–59	3.6%
4.2%	50–54	4.1%
4.8%	45–49	4.7%
6.3%	40–44	6.3%
7.5%	35–39	7.1%
8.0%	30–34	7.3%
7.4%	25–29	6.5%
8.0%	20–24	7.4%
8.6%	15–19	8.9%
10.3%	10–14	11.0%
11.2%	5–9	11.6%
10.1%	0–4	10.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija97.9%
Tarifit0.4%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French27.9%
English4.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot50.8%
Employer’s transport14.6%
Doesn’t travel to work9.6%
Taxi8.2%
Bike or motorcycle4.3%
Informal transport4.2%
Bus3.9%
Animal2.3%
Private car1.5%
Another way0.4%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 59.5%aged 10 and over49.5% in 202469.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.4%24.6% in 202413.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.9%aged 15 and over45.4% in 202414.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 85.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.51children per woman2.90 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people8.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 1.1%of settled households31.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Rissana Janoubia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	2.0%
1.1%	70–74	1.5%
1.4%	65–69	1.5%
2.6%	60–64	2.2%
3.1%	55–59	2.8%
4.1%	50–54	3.9%
4.0%	45–49	4.0%
4.7%	40–44	4.9%
5.6%	35–39	5.5%
7.1%	30–34	7.5%
9.8%	25–29	8.9%
11.3%	20–24	11.0%
10.3%	15–19	11.0%
11.6%	10–14	11.6%
10.3%	5–9	10.4%
11.0%	0–4	11.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tarifit0.1%
Tachelhit0.0%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only59.8%
Arabic and French36.1%
Arabic, French and English3.1%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot68.1%
Bus12.2%
Taxi5.2%
Another way4.7%
Employer’s transport3.9%
Not stated2.0%
Private car1.7%
Bike or motorcycle1.5%
Works at home0.4%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood67.8%
Another commune16.6%
No fixed place6.4%
Another province5.6%
Not stated2.0%
Another in the commune0.9%
At home0.4%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing33.5%
Farm and fishing labour32.8%
Crafts and skilled trades13.0%
Labouring and small trades10.0%
Trade and broking5.1%
Clerical work2.7%
Machine operating1.7%
Not classified0.6%
Managers and senior professionals0.3%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma85.9%
Primary10.9%
Lower secondary2.6%
Upper secondary0.6%
DEUG or Licence0.1%
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: 25313.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 18171.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6793.8 per business
Public services: 72
Associations: 0in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce68.0%
Services24.9%
Industry7.2%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person91.7%
2 to 35.5%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 491.1%
50 and over1.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later45.9%
2011–201939.2%
2001–20109.4%
1991–20003.3%
1981–19900.6%
1956–19801.1%
Before 19560.6%

Douars

Rissana Janoubia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 5 fractions, with 17,878 people. 1,602 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
ريصانة الجنوبيةRissana Janoubia2 douars · 2,058 people
البغادةEl Baghadda	In parts	263	1,315	1.9	1.0	2.3
أولاد الكلاعيOulad El Klai	Grouped	146	743	2.1	0.9	4.0
أولاد بن الصيدOuled Ben Sayd4 douars · 3,166 people
الخماملةEl Khmamla	Grouped	103	413	6.7	0.3	6.0
أولاد بن الصيدOuled Ben Sayd	Grouped	340	1,427	2.2	1.5	2.8
أولاد يحيىOuled Yahya	Grouped	201	933	0.3	1.0	2.4
دوار 12(الضوسي)Douar 12 (Eddoussi)	Grouped	102	393	0.0	0.1	3.0
سيدي عبد الله بن حامدSidi Abdellah Ben Hamed3 douars · 3,998 people
الموارعة القنطرةMouaraa Kantra	Grouped	212	849	0.6	1.0	1.0
الغربية السلةEl Gharbia Sella	Grouped	235	1,211	0.6	0.9	6.8
الكحانةKahana	Grouped	370	1,938	1.0	1.0	7.0
الطواجنةTouajna4 douars · 2,796 people
الطواجنةTouajna	Grouped	370	1,469	6.2	3.6	7.1
الخوارةEl Khouarra	In parts	147	631	8.0	1.6	8.0
العماير البويضAamaïr el Bouied	Grouped	97	413	7.3	2.4	7.3
أولاد خلخالOulad Khalkhal	Grouped	70	283	3.3	0.3	3.3
أولاد مصباحOuled Messbah2 douars · 5,860 people
أولاد مصباحOuled Messbah	Grouped	791	4,112	1.7	1.7	16.7
ابداوة الشجرةBdaoua Chejra	Grouped	367	1,748	7.1	1.7	14.8

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 01.331.11.09
As digits: 013311109
Slug: rissana-janoubia
Record: /api/communes/01.331.11.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.331.11.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.331.11.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.331.11.09/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.331.11.09/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.331.11.09/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.331.11.09/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563443

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