Skhour Rhamna

صخور الرحامنة

Rural commune in the cercle of Rehamna, province of Rehamna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
15,565
Since 2014
+0.6%from 15,479 in 2014
Density
50.9people per km², 305.6 km²
Households
3,681
Foreign residents
1
Rank
425425th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 25 in its province

Next door in Sidi Mansour, 0.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 48.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 36.7% to 48.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Settout. Darija: 99.3% here, 95.3% there; aged 65 and over: 8.8% here, 8.0% there; running water: 48.6% here, 43.3% there.

Compare it with Oulad Settout

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 Skhour Rhamna.

Skhour Rhamna +0.6%

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
36.5%aged 10 and over46.2% in 201444.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.6%14.8% in 201439.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.4%aged 15 and over47.0% in 201410.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.12children per woman2.64 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
48.6%of settled households36.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Skhour Rhamna: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.5%
2.2%70–742.6%
3.7%65–693.1%
4.1%60–644.3%
4.7%55–594.3%
5.1%50–545.4%
6.5%45–496.2%
6.8%40–447.1%
5.6%35–396.8%
7.1%30–346.7%
6.7%25–296.7%
6.6%20–247.0%
9.0%15–199.0%
11.2%10–1410.4%
10.1%5–99.7%
7.9%0–47.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit2.0%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French51.2%
  • English14.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.2%
  • Informal transport10.0%
  • Taxi7.5%
  • Bus5.5%
  • Private car5.1%
  • Employer’s transport4.8%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Animal0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Skhour Rhamna’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
2,007
Standing empty
24.7%16.6% vacant8.1% a second home
Precarious
0.1%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
94.7%93.9% on the water mains95.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house99.0%
  • Apartment0.5%
  • Traditional house0.3%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Rural-type0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%
  • Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years70.4%
  • 20 to 49 years28.1%
  • 50 years or more1.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
57036.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
43876.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6281.4 per business
Public services
122
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.3%
  • Services27.6%
  • Industry10.5%
  • Construction1.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.4%
  • 2 to 312.8%
  • 4 to 94.3%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.2%
  • 2011–201946.1%
  • 2001–201026.0%
  • 1991–200010.3%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19800.2%
  • Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Skhour Rhamna6,283

Douars

Skhour Rhamna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 42 douars in 4 fractions, with 9,282 people. Another 6,283 live in Skhour Rhamna, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
العطايةEl Ataia11 douars · 2,730 people
اولاد اسليمانOulad SlimaneGrouped391870.81.68.0
الحرانكة القنيطرةEl Haranka KénitraIn parts512592.52.03.0
سكان الكبيرSokkane El KebirGrouped1034131.03.03.0
سكان الغابةSokkane El GhabaIn parts502571.13.33.3
الدياباتDyabatIn parts994299.82.112.3
اولاد رحوOulad RahouGrouped7229710.92.211.0
الشرفة جبالة الشعبةChorfa Jebala ChabaGrouped723080.90.12.0
اولاد اخليفةOulad KhlifaGrouped682800.91.11.1
اولاد اوݣاد الحمداويOulad Waggad El HamdaouyGrouped2495———
الشرفة جبالة المرسChorfa Jebala El MersGrouped1765———
أولاد أوݣاد سرسطوOulad Waggad SerstouGrouped24140———
القليعةKliaa18 douars · 3,112 people
لعتامنة الكديةLaatamna El KoudiaGrouped381363.93.15.0
الطلبةEttolbaGrouped341442.43.06.0
لمهازيل العمارنةMhazil AmarnaGrouped652941.12.18.0
الهديانEl HadyaneDispersed552480.73.111.8
المشيلاتEl MchilatDispersed835———
اولاد اشعيب الحمارةOd Chaib HammaraDispersed28109———
السويديEssouydiDispersed672691.01.59.6
اولاد اشعيب ميميOd Chaib MimiDispersed1134601.42.012.8
الشلالكة القليعةEcchlalka KliaaGrouped391482.32.69.1
المهازيل اولاد اعمرLamhazil Od OmarGrouped2898———
المهازيل اولاد علالLamhazil Od AllalGrouped28116———
الشلالكة البݣاݣرةChlalga BgagraGrouped903763.13.123.9
الشلالݣة الجفرةChlalga JafraGrouped26116———
الشلالݣة البيتEcchlalga El BitGrouped832———
الشلالݣة الهمامدةEcchlalga LahmamdaGrouped311317.22.116.5
المهازيل اولاد السيبةLamhazil Oulad SibaGrouped832———
لعتامنة الدروةLaatamna DerouaGrouped521852.31.15.0
لعتامنة سناكةLaatamna SnakaGrouped391832.12.75.0
الهلالاتLehlalate12 douars · 3,426 people
بغوغBghoughIn parts1386432.21.412.0
البݣارة الشعابBegara ech ChaabIn parts924731.21.414.3
سيدي اعمارةSidi AmaraIn parts451922.02.413.7
بݣارة لخلالطةBgarat LakhlaltaGrouped2087———
البݣارة الهمامدةBeggara LahmamdaIn parts733193.91.216.4
اولاد الحيمرOulad AmarGrouped562355.02.215.6
الهلالاتLehlalateIn parts1506911.21.612.7
بابا عيسىBaba AissaIn parts592841.51.618.5
اولاد سلمون العوامOd Sal Moune Al AouameGrouped532571.11.218.2
خيام الهاشميKhiam El HachmiGrouped1884———
اولاد ابريكةOulad BrikiyyaGrouped2598———
خيام جيلالي بلمعطيKhyam Jilali BelmatiGrouped1463———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 14 people
أولاد أخليفةOulad KhlifaGrouped314———

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
07.427.07.23
As digits
074270723
Slug
skhour-rhamna
OpenStreetMap
2881795
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("skhour-rhamna");

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