Zaaroura
زعرورة
Rural commune in the cercle of Moulay Abdeslem-Ben M'chich, province of Larache, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 8,615
- Since 2014
- −15.0%from 10,137 in 2014
- Density
- 41people per km², 210 km²
- Households
- 2,226
- Rank
- 849849th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 19 in its province
Next door in Ayacha, 66.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 6.7%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.9% to 55.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tainaste. Running water: 6.7% here, 0.4% there; in the labour force: 30.4% here, 31.6% there; can’t read or write: 45.6% here, 42.1% 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 Zaaroura.
Zaaroura −15.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 45.6%aged 10 and over50.5% in 201454.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 55.6%10.9% in 201436.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 30.4%aged 15 and over44.9% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.38children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.8%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 6.7%of settled households2.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 4.7% | ||
| 3.0% | 70–74 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.6% | 65–69 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.5% | 60–64 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.9% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.5% | 25–29 | 5.6% | ||
| 8.4% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 9.0% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 0–4 | 8.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 50.5%aged 10 and over45.6% in 202459.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 10.9%55.6% in 202431.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.9%aged 15 and over30.4% in 20247.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.97children per woman2.38 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people7.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 2.0%of settled households6.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 2.1% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 2.9% | 55–59 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.1% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 8.0% | ||
| 10.7% | 15–19 | 10.5% | ||
| 12.9% | 10–14 | 12.5% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 10.6% | ||
| 9.1% | 0–4 | 9.8% | ||
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
- 18020.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5631.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 741.3 per business
- Public services
- 124
- Associations
- 0in premises of their own
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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households cooking with charcoal is 8.3%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 0.1%. Boujedyane is furthest from it, at 0.1%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Zaaroura’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 6 fractions, with 8,611 people. 4 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 | ||||
| الشناتفةEcchnatfa3 douars · 2,638 people | ||||||
| تاولةTaoula | In parts | 288 | 1,096 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| خربة الشناتفةKherba Ecchnatfa | Grouped | 195 | 807 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| دار قرمودDar Karmoud | Grouped | 182 | 735 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 10.4 |
| الحايطEl Hayt2 douars · 1,311 people | ||||||
| أكرسانAkersane | In parts | 131 | 426 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| بوحمصيBou Hamsi | In parts | 223 | 885 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| سيدي مزوارSidi Mzouar4 douars · 1,077 people | ||||||
| دار الراطيDar Rati | In parts | 73 | 315 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 15.0 |
| عين بيضةAin Baida | Grouped | 74 | 291 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| تفرانتTafrant | Grouped | 18 | 76 | — | — | — |
| الخريبةEl Kherba | Grouped | 106 | 395 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 10.5 |
| شفشاروشChefcharouch3 douars · 978 people | ||||||
| شفراوشChefraouch | In parts | 169 | 699 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 9.2 |
| الشنايلةChnéila | Grouped | 22 | 77 | — | — | — |
| الرملةEr Remla | In parts | 40 | 202 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 13.1 |
| اورموتAourmoute2 douars · 1,266 people | ||||||
| الهوتةHaouta | Grouped | 41 | 143 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 13.2 |
| اورموتAourmoute | In parts | 307 | 1,123 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 11.9 |
| سيدي مالكSidi Malek5 douars · 1,341 people | ||||||
| أغليمنAghlimane | Grouped | 102 | 383 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 7.1 |
| أفراAfra | Grouped | 84 | 301 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| الطاينEttaine | Grouped | 86 | 345 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| الحرشةEl Harcha | In parts | 65 | 244 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 10.7 |
| النواولEnnouaoul | Grouped | 20 | 68 | — | — | — |
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
01.331.09.15- As digits
013310915- Slug
zaaroura- Census figures
/api/communes/01.331.09.15/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.331.09.15/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/01.331.09.15/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.331.09.15/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.331.09.15/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2806007
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zaaroura");