Zirara
زيرارة
Rural commune in the cercle of Chrarda, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 16,829
- Since 2014
- +1.3%from 16,606 in 2014
- Density
- 246people per km², 68.3 km²
- Households
- 3,928
- Foreign residents
- 4
- Rank
- 381381st most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 29 in its province
Next door in Bab Tiouka, 3.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 58.0%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 44.6% to 33.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lakhnafif. Read French: 60.4% here, 56.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.5% here, 26.3% there; can’t read or write: 30.5% here, 27.9% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
16024
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Zirara.
Zirara +1.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 30.5%aged 10 and over37.7% in 201440.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 19.4%18.1% in 201427.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 33.6%aged 15 and over44.6% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.97children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.5%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 77.4%of settled households70.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 4.1% | ||
| 2.7% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 4.0% | 65–69 | 3.6% | ||
| 5.0% | 60–64 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 55–59 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.2% | 50–54 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.4% | 45–49 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.9% | 30–34 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.2% | 25–29 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.8% | 20–24 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 8.1% | ||
| 10.3% | 10–14 | 9.9% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 9.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 6.6% | ||
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
- 37.7%aged 10 and over30.5% in 202451.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 18.1%19.4% in 202448.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.6%aged 15 and over33.6% in 202412.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.24children per woman1.97 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.0%of people6.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 70.3%of settled households77.4% 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 | 2.9% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.4% | 55–59 | 4.0% | ||
| 5.8% | 50–54 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.2% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.7% | 35–39 | 7.7% | ||
| 7.2% | 30–34 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.6% | 25–29 | 8.2% | ||
| 8.5% | 20–24 | 8.7% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 8.0% | ||
| 9.7% | 10–14 | 8.5% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 8.4% | ||
| 10.3% | 0–4 | 10.5% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Zirara’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 2,130
- Standing empty
- 11.1%4.9% vacant6.2% a second home
- Precarious
- 3.6%1.9% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 97.7%94.8% on the water mains96.7% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 8.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 29417.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 23278.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3511.5 per business
- Public services
- 55
- Associations
- 7in 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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Zirara | 8,223 |
Douars
Zirara’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 4 fractions, with 8,606 people. Another 8,223 live in Zirara, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| زيرارة الوادZirara El Oued8 douars · 2,950 people | ||||||
| الترابنة الوادTrabna El Oued | Grouped | 239 | 998 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| اولاد سعيد الوادOulad Said El Oued | Grouped | 67 | 272 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| ايت يوسى الوادAit Youssa Eloued | Grouped | 105 | 453 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| لخماس الوادKhmass Elouad | Grouped | 91 | 412 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| لعوامرة غنامةLaouamrat Ghnama | Grouped | 75 | 367 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| التعاونية الاصلاحية 1Coopérative El Aslahiat 1 | Grouped | 49 | 227 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| التعاونية الاصلاحية 2Coopérative El Aslahiat 2 | Grouped | 28 | 118 | — | — | — |
| التعاونية الاصلاحية 3Coopérative El Aslahiat 3 | Grouped | 19 | 103 | — | — | — |
| مشرع الصفاMachraa Sfa7 douars · 1,876 people | ||||||
| دوار بلعبديةDouar Belabdia | Grouped | 65 | 271 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
| دوار صالحDouar Salah | Grouped | 90 | 391 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 9.0 |
| لخليفة احمدLakhlifat Ahmed | Grouped | 23 | 119 | — | — | — |
| لخماس مشرع الصفاLekhmas Machraa Sfa | Grouped | 88 | 425 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| اولاد سعيد مشرع الصفاOulad Said Machraa Sfa | Grouped | 50 | 212 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 12.1 |
| ݣرينات المرسGrinat El Mers | Grouped | 85 | 358 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.7 |
| الرمايل المرسErrmayl El Mers | Grouped | 25 | 100 | — | — | — |
| زيرارة المركزZirara Centre3 douars · 829 people | ||||||
| بومعيز الجنوبيةBoumaiz Janoubia | Dispersed | 44 | 170 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 6.6 |
| تعاونية النصرCoopérative Ennasr | Grouped | 100 | 361 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| دوار النهضةDouar Nahda | Grouped | 63 | 298 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| المݣيربةLamguirba6 douars · 2,951 people | ||||||
| أيت الحسن الوادAit Lahcen L".ouad | Grouped | 132 | 606 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| المݣيربةLamguirba | Dispersed | 48 | 165 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 6.9 |
| التعاونية المحمديةCoopérative Mohammadia | Grouped | 133 | 625 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| تعاونية الودادCoopérative El Oudad | Grouped | 41 | 211 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 8.9 |
| تعاونية الفوزCoopérative El Fouz | Grouped | 159 | 711 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 8.9 |
| تعاونية الحسنيةCoopérative El Hsnia | Grouped | 128 | 633 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
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
04.481.09.13- As digits
044810913- Slug
zirara- Census figures
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2813780
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zirara");