Zegzel
زكزل
Rural commune in the cercle of Aklim, province of Berkane, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 23,846
- Since 2014
- +47.8%from 16,137 in 2014
- Density
- 180people per km², 132.7 km²
- Households
- 6,021
- Foreign residents
- 16
- Rank
- 247247th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 16 in its province
Next door in Laatamna, 7.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 54.1%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 24.9% to 54.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Moussa El Majdoub. Can’t read or write: 27.9% here, 25.6% there; in the labour force: 41.7% here, 43.0% there; apartments: 8.7% here, 8.5% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
63323
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Zegzel.
Zegzel +47.8%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 27.9%aged 10 and over38.3% in 201435.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 26.2%7.0% in 201439.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.7%aged 15 and over43.6% in 201410.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 92.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.56children per woman2.73 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.3%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.0people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 71.4%of settled households49.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8% | 75 and over | 2.5% | ||
| 2.2% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.3% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.2% | 60–64 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.2% | 55–59 | 4.6% | ||
| 6.4% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.9% | 45–49 | 6.6% | ||
| 8.2% | 40–44 | 7.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.6% | 20–24 | 6.3% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 10.9% | 10–14 | 10.7% | ||
| 9.8% | 5–9 | 10.0% | ||
| 7.3% | 0–4 | 7.1% | ||
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
- 38.3%aged 10 and over27.9% in 202449.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.0%26.2% in 202426.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 43.6%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20245.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 93.1%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.73children per woman1.56 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.4%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.5people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 49.6%of settled households71.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2% | 75 and over | 2.6% | ||
| 1.3% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.5% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.2% | 60–64 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 4.1% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 6.1% | ||
| 7.2% | 40–44 | 7.2% | ||
| 7.1% | 35–39 | 7.9% | ||
| 8.1% | 30–34 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 7.7% | ||
| 8.6% | 20–24 | 8.5% | ||
| 8.6% | 15–19 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.2% | 10–14 | 8.2% | ||
| 8.6% | 5–9 | 9.2% | ||
| 10.0% | 0–4 | 10.4% | ||
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
- 2359.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 16068.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2681.7 per business
- Public services
- 73
- Associations
- 2in 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
Zegzel’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 6 fractions, with 23,846 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| تغاسروتTaghasrout5 douars · 1,908 people | ||||||
| زكزلZegzel | Dispersed | 28 | 90 | — | — | — |
| تاقربوستTakerbouste | Dispersed | 29 | 100 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الحاج العلياOulad El Haj El Oulia | In parts | 246 | 998 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| بركان الجديدBerkane Jdid | In parts | 169 | 529 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| إحموتنIhemmoutene | Dispersed | 49 | 191 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
| التومياتToumiat7 douars · 3,266 people | ||||||
| التومياتToumiat | Dispersed | 200 | 717 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 7.0 |
| سليمانية(تانوت)Slimania | Dispersed | 126 | 515 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 9.1 |
| بوشاقورBou Chaqour | Dispersed | 215 | 806 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 6.9 |
| بزيرBzir | Grouped | 92 | 315 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| تعاونية المحمديةCoopérative Mohammadia | Grouped | 89 | 313 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| النجاجرةNjajra | Grouped | 54 | 214 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| لكروضةLegrouda | Grouped | 83 | 386 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 8.7 |
| ورطاسOuartas10 douars · 411 people | ||||||
| الجواهرةJouahra | Grouped | 10 | 42 | — | — | — |
| لحضارةLahdara | Grouped | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
| بني وشكرادBeni Ouachkrad | Grouped | 13 | 45 | — | — | — |
| مالودMaloud | Grouped | 11 | 44 | — | — | — |
| ورطاسOuartas | Grouped | 11 | 40 | — | — | — |
| أكدالAgdal | Grouped | 36 | 139 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 9.0 |
| إملوكنImloukn | Grouped | 2 | 8 | — | — | — |
| أجديرAjdir | Grouped | 17 | 53 | — | — | — |
| إحوبايIhoubay | Grouped | 6 | 29 | — | — | — |
| إكدافنIkdafen | Grouped | 2 | 5 | — | — | — |
| واولوتOuaoullout7 douars · 10,765 people | ||||||
| واولوتOuaoullout | In parts | 530 | 2,106 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
| تعيشونتTaichount | Grouped | 421 | 1,686 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| معزةMazza | Grouped | 247 | 1,041 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| عين السلطانAin Sultan | Grouped | 21 | 70 | — | — | — |
| برج واولوتBorj Wawallout | In parts | 928 | 3,441 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| ٱخرشافKhrchaf | Grouped | 115 | 497 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 5.4 |
| تيزي يخلفTizi Yakhlef | Grouped | 464 | 1,924 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| بني مهديBni Mehdi1 douar · 1,314 people | ||||||
| بني مهديBni Mehdi | In parts | 345 | 1,314 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| تازغينTazghine1 douar · 6,182 people | ||||||
| تازغينTazghine | In parts | 1,461 | 6,182 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 |
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
02.113.05.19- As digits
021130519- Slug
zegzel- Census figures
/api/communes/02.113.05.19/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.113.05.19/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.113.05.19/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.113.05.19/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2457838
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zegzel");