Zghira
ازغيرة
Rural commune in the cercle of Al Ouahda, province of Ouezzane, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 13,415
- Since 2014
- −13.5%from 15,503 in 2014
- Density
- 233people per km², 57.5 km²
- Households
- 3,637
- Foreign residents
- 4
- Rank
- 527527th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 17 in its province
Next door in Lamjaara, 31.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.8%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 40.4% to 20.7%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Kaf El Ghar. In the labour force: 20.7% here, 18.5% there; running water: 1.8% here, 2.1% there; household size: 3.7 here, 3.8 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 Zghira.
Zghira −13.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 41.2%aged 10 and over43.7% in 201453.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 41.0%25.6% in 201421.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 20.7%aged 15 and over40.4% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.85children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 10.5%of people8.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.7people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 1.8%of settled households1.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5% | 75 and over | 4.6% | ||
| 3.2% | 70–74 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.6% | 65–69 | 3.3% | ||
| 5.5% | 60–64 | 5.3% | ||
| 4.5% | 55–59 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.8% | 50–54 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.6% | 45–49 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.9% | 30–34 | 5.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 25–29 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.3% | 20–24 | 6.3% | ||
| 9.6% | 15–19 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.5% | 10–14 | 10.5% | ||
| 9.8% | 5–9 | 9.0% | ||
| 6.9% | 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
- 43.7%aged 10 and over41.2% in 202459.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 25.6%41.0% in 202457.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.4%aged 15 and over20.7% in 20249.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.42children per woman1.85 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.1%of people10.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 1.4%of settled households1.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 3.3% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.2% | 55–59 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 3.9% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.5% | 40–44 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.2% | 35–39 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 7.7% | ||
| 10.9% | 20–24 | 9.1% | ||
| 11.5% | 15–19 | 10.7% | ||
| 11.8% | 10–14 | 11.4% | ||
| 9.3% | 5–9 | 9.3% | ||
| 8.7% | 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
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
- 25418.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 13252.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1421.1 per business
- Public services
- 117
- Associations
- 5in 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.
Douars
Zghira’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 30 douars in 4 fractions, with 13,415 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| دار الواد أوضيرDar El Oued Aoudir6 douars · 2,726 people | ||||||
| عين بوعسةAin Bou Issa | In parts | 387 | 1,290 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| أبغاوةBghaoua | In parts | 35 | 109 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 15.9 |
| مستيتفMastitef | Grouped | 111 | 377 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 8.4 |
| الفواراتLfouarat | Grouped | 60 | 246 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 12.9 |
| الرتبةArrotba | Grouped | 68 | 277 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 12.3 |
| العرايشLaarayache | In parts | 112 | 427 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 9.0 |
| بني ربيعة العلياBni Rebiaa El Oulia11 douars · 4,493 people | ||||||
| الرمل الشماشRmel Echmmach | Grouped | 75 | 255 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 6.0 |
| تمزيملتTamzimalet | Dispersed | 100 | 425 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| احباينHbaine | Grouped | 44 | 182 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
| العزابةAzzaba | Grouped | 110 | 414 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| برواوةBarouaoua | Grouped | 100 | 369 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 5.3 |
| الحناتةHnatta | Grouped | 417 | 1,494 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| فدان عبد اللهFeddane Abdellah | Dispersed | 27 | 103 | — | — | — |
| الحناوتHannaouat | In parts | 152 | 531 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| ادروAdrou | Grouped | 122 | 455 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| الرمل بوكندوزRmel Boukndouz | Grouped | 12 | 46 | — | — | — |
| الرمل الحنواتRmel El Hanouat | Grouped | 55 | 219 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| بني ربيعة السفلىBni Rebiaa Essoufla10 douars · 4,708 people | ||||||
| بني ربيعةBeni Rebiaa | Grouped | 273 | 957 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| الخربةAl Kharba | Dispersed | 304 | 1,248 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
| اجلدينAjellidine | Grouped | 93 | 350 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 5.5 |
| الغابة الكبيرةAl Ghaba Lakbira | Grouped | 98 | 380 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| القلالبةKelalba | In parts | 131 | 525 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 4.8 |
| الرمل أجلدينRmal Jalliden | Grouped | 36 | 161 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 7.8 |
| لخماسLekhmas | Grouped | 64 | 246 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| ميدمانMaydmane | Grouped | 129 | 466 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| ازغيرةZghira | Grouped | 38 | 142 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
| الظاهيرDahir | Grouped | 70 | 233 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 9.7 |
| جامع الوادJamaa Louad3 douars · 1,488 people | ||||||
| جامع الوادJamaa Louad | Grouped | 273 | 945 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 12.6 |
| الكديوةLakdioua | Grouped | 53 | 201 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 10.1 |
| القلعةAl Kalaa | Grouped | 88 | 342 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 9.7 |
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
01.405.13.19- As digits
014051319- Slug
zghira- Census figures
/api/communes/01.405.13.19/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.405.13.19/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.405.13.19/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.405.13.19/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2810053
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zghira");