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

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Zaaroura −15.0%

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: 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.

Zaaroura: men and women by age, as a share of each
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%.

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French20.0%
English3.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot72.4%
Taxi2.4%
Employer’s transport1.6%
Private car1.5%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Bus0.4%

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.

Zaaroura: men and women by age, as a share of each
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%.

Darija99.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Tachelhit0.0%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only55.1%
Arabic and French41.6%
Arabic, French and English2.8%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot95.1%
Taxi1.4%
Bus0.4%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Private car0.2%
Employer’s transport0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood95.3%
Another province1.3%
Another commune0.9%
Another in the commune0.5%
No fixed place0.2%
At home0.1%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing52.1%
Farm and fishing labour37.0%
Clerical work3.3%
Labouring and small trades2.9%
Crafts and skilled trades2.3%
Trade and broking0.9%
Not classified0.6%
Machine operating0.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.3%
Technicians0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma84.5%
Primary12.3%
Lower secondary2.6%
Upper secondary0.5%
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: 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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce64.3%
Services32.1%
Industry3.6%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person91.1%
2 to 35.4%
4 to 91.8%
10 to 491.8%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.0%
2011–201937.5%
2001–201028.6%
1991–20008.9%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 01.331.09.15
As digits: 013310915
Slug: zaaroura
Record: /api/communes/01.331.09.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.331.09.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.331.09.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.331.09.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.331.09.15/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2806007

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zaaroura");

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