Chefchaouen

شفشاون

Province in the région of Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 412,713
Since 2014: −9.8%
Households: 90,956
Communes: 28
Area: 3,884 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Chefchaouen 46,168
Grew the most: Chefchaouen +7.9%
Shrank the most: Ouaouzgane −23.9%
Densest: Chefchaouen 2,815 people per km²

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 over40.2% in 201442.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.6%7.9% in 201422.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.0%aged 15 and over51.0% in 201412.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.30children per woman2.53 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 25.1%of settled households20.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Chefchaouen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.7%
1.8%	70–74	1.9%
2.4%	65–69	2.4%
3.5%	60–64	3.7%
3.5%	55–59	3.7%
4.3%	50–54	4.5%
5.3%	45–49	5.0%
6.7%	40–44	6.1%
8.5%	35–39	7.6%
8.5%	30–34	8.0%
7.7%	25–29	7.8%
7.7%	20–24	7.8%
8.7%	15–19	8.8%
10.4%	10–14	10.7%
10.0%	5–9	10.4%
8.7%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tarifit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French34.1%
English8.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot71.8%
Doesn’t travel to work10.4%
Animal4.6%
Informal transport3.8%
Private car3.4%
Taxi3.1%
Employer’s transport1.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.9%
Bus0.8%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 40.2%aged 10 and over30.5% in 202455.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.9%16.6% in 202415.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 51.0%aged 15 and over45.0% in 202421.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 90.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.53children per woman2.30 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people5.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 20.7%of settled households25.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Chefchaouen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	1.9%
1.2%	70–74	1.3%
1.2%	65–69	1.4%
2.2%	60–64	2.1%
2.7%	55–59	2.5%
3.7%	50–54	3.7%
3.9%	45–49	4.0%
4.7%	40–44	4.7%
5.8%	35–39	5.5%
7.6%	30–34	6.9%
10.0%	25–29	9.6%
11.2%	20–24	11.2%
11.1%	15–19	11.6%
11.3%	10–14	11.5%
10.2%	5–9	10.3%
11.2%	0–4	11.5%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija99.8%
Tarifit1.0%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only55.8%
Arabic and French35.8%
Arabic, French and English6.5%
Other combinations1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot89.9%
Not stated2.9%
Taxi2.1%
Private car1.9%
Another way1.4%
Bus0.8%
Works at home0.4%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood84.7%
Another in the commune6.2%
No fixed place3.1%
Not stated2.9%
Another commune1.6%
Another province0.9%
At home0.4%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour40.3%
Farming and fishing38.2%
Crafts and skilled trades5.5%
Clerical work4.4%
Labouring and small trades3.9%
Trade and broking2.7%
Managers and senior professionals1.9%
Machine operating1.2%
Not classified1.0%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma74.6%
Primary16.6%
Lower secondary5.6%
Upper secondary1.8%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Chefchaouen’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 25,762
Standing empty: 36.6%20.8% vacant15.8% a second home
Precarious: 1.5%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 86.1%89.4% on the water mains90.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house73.4%
Apartment14.8%
Traditional house9.5%
Villa0.8%
Rural-type0.6%
Other0.6%
Slum or basic house0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years55.4%
20 to 49 years33.8%
50 years or more10.7%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments: 10,58425.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6,24859.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 11,1091.8 per business
Public services: 4,080
Associations: 256in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 27counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce57.1%
Services33.0%
Industry7.8%
Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person63.5%
2 to 330.1%
4 to 95.4%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later24.0%
2011–201940.0%
2001–201021.3%
1991–20009.4%
1981–19902.2%
1956–19802.5%
Before 19560.6%

Douars

Chefchaouen’s rural communes hold 792 douars, with 349,519 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 12.4 km50.8% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 10.3 km43.1% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 9.6 km40.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 4.0 km10.2% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.7 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Chefchaouen	urban	46,168	+7.9%	2,815
Bab Taza	rural	29,895	+4.1%	101
Bab Berred	rural	24,743	−4.4%	143
Tamorot	rural	24,258	−9.3%	108
Bni Selmane	rural	21,413	−11.6%	104
Iounane	rural	19,494	−22.1%	133
Bni Mansour	rural	16,660	−20.0%	104
Bni Rzine	rural	16,539	−20.9%	108
Bni Bouzra	rural	15,888	−4.1%	104
Bni Darkoul	rural	13,984	−5.4%	193
Bni Smih	rural	13,918	−18.1%	108
Mansoura	rural	13,526	−14.5%	126
Ouaouzgane	rural	12,766	−23.9%	61.7
Tizgane	rural	12,292	−3.8%	150
Oued Malha	rural	12,075	−11.5%	104
Steha	rural	11,452	−4.8%	127
Derdara	rural	11,276	−2.4%	52.5
Bni Ahmed Cherqia	rural	10,800	−16.1%	151
Bni Ahmed Gharbia	rural	10,623	−18.2%	166
Bni Salah	rural	10,535	−7.3%	125
M'tioua	rural	10,336	−19.3%	61
Bni Faghloum	rural	9,260	−10.8%	99.7
Amtar	rural	8,568	−19.0%	83.1
Tanaqoub	rural	8,097	−12.3%	48.4
Talambote	rural	8,007	−5.6%	49.3
Tassift	rural	6,924	−6.0%	33.3
Fifi	rural	6,762	−16.6%	64.8
Laghdir	rural	6,454	−11.4%	58.1

In the data

Code: 01.151
As digits: 01151
Record: /api/provinces/01.151.json
Communes: /api/provinces/01.151/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/01.151/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/01.151/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/01.151/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/01.151/housing.json

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