Tekna
ثكنة
Rural commune in the cercle of Chrarda, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 7,396
- Since 2014
- +4.6%from 7,068 in 2014
- Density
- 76.5people per km², 96.7 km²
- Households
- 1,425
- Rank
- 968968th most populous of 1,503 communes28th of 29 in its province
Next door in Khnichet, 89.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 6.8%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.4% to 30.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Abdelkrim. Running water: 6.8% here, 9.3% there; higher education: 2.3% here, 2.3% there; unemployment: 30.5% here, 28.9% there.
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 Tekna.
Tekna +4.6%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 38.8%aged 10 and over46.7% in 201448.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 30.5%7.4% in 201425.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.7%aged 15 and over46.6% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.32children per woman2.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.7%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.2people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 6.8%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 3.1% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.3% | 65–69 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.6% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.1% | ||
| 6.2% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.0% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 30–34 | 6.6% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 20–24 | 6.8% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 9.2% | ||
| 11.0% | 10–14 | 11.5% | ||
| 10.5% | 5–9 | 10.3% | ||
| 8.9% | 0–4 | 9.1% | ||
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
- 46.7%aged 10 and over38.8% in 202459.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.4%30.5% in 202453.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.6%aged 15 and over34.7% in 20245.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.95children per woman2.32 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.7%of people4.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.2people on average5.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.2%of settled households6.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4% | 75 and over | 2.6% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.3% | 45–49 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.7% | 40–44 | 4.5% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.7% | 25–29 | 8.4% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 8.5% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 10.6% | ||
| 10.6% | 5–9 | 11.0% | ||
| 11.8% | 0–4 | 12.5% | ||
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
- 12817.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5039.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 571.1 per business
- Public services
- 72
- Associations
- 6in 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
Tekna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 29 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,387 people. 9 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| ثكنةTekna10 douars · 1,707 people | ||||||
| أيت باهاAït Baha | Grouped | 27 | 150 | — | — | — |
| أيت لعݣيدAït el Aguid | Grouped | 24 | 110 | — | — | — |
| أيت داود الشمارخAit Daoud Chmarekh | Grouped | 55 | 218 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| أيت رحمانAït ou Rahmane | Grouped | 34 | 174 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| أولاد سلطانةOulad Soltane | Grouped | 17 | 84 | — | — | — |
| أيت مسعودAït Messaoud | Grouped | 28 | 148 | — | — | — |
| ابريدعةBridaa | Grouped | 29 | 129 | — | — | — |
| أيت داود الوادAit Daoued El Oued | Grouped | 70 | 323 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| دوماندةDoumanda | Grouped | 49 | 223 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| أيت حموAit Hammou | Grouped | 17 | 148 | — | — | — |
| ثكنة الشمارخTekna Ecchmarkh13 douars · 3,031 people | ||||||
| ازوافيطZouafet | Grouped | 31 | 153 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| أولاد بنعمارةOulad Ben Amara | In parts | 67 | 334 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.8 |
| أولاد داود الوادOulad Daoud El Oued | In parts | 64 | 339 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 5.3 |
| لميادمةEl Myadma | Grouped | 34 | 156 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| أيت امبارك الوادAit Mbarek Lwad | Grouped | 46 | 250 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| أيت بورك الوادAit Bork El Oued | Grouped | 129 | 708 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
| أيت لحسنAit Lahcen | Grouped | 27 | 228 | — | — | — |
| فوداتFoudat | Grouped | 11 | 61 | — | — | — |
| أيت احسينAit H'cine | In parts | 49 | 229 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| أيت امبارك الشمارخAit Mbarek Ecchmarkh | In parts | 61 | 251 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 9.7 |
| اعريباتAraïbat | Grouped | 40 | 178 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| أيت بورك سلفاتAit Ibourk Selfat | Grouped | 21 | 85 | — | — | — |
| أيت ساعدAït Saad | Grouped | 8 | 59 | — | — | — |
| ثكنة الوادTekna El Oued6 douars · 2,649 people | ||||||
| الدقاقنةDqaqna | Grouped | 117 | 646 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| احصاينHssine | Grouped | 108 | 531 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| أولاد بوغدوOulad Bou Rhaddou | Grouped | 47 | 251 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 7.0 |
| عين البيضاءAïn Beïda | In parts | 59 | 333 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| أولاد بوريسOulad Bouarès | Grouped | 50 | 321 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| اجطاطوةAjtatoua | Grouped | 103 | 567 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.0 |
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
04.481.09.09- As digits
044810909- Slug
tekna- Census figures
/api/communes/04.481.09.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.481.09.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.481.09.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/04.481.09.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2813796
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("tekna");