Aarab Sebbah Gheris

اعرب صباح اغريس

Rural commune in the cercle of Arfoud, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
4,758
Since 2014
+8.2%from 4,397 in 2014
Density
17.6people per km², 270.2 km²
Households
911
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,2261,226th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 29 in its province

Next door in Es-Sifa, 93.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 59.3% to 94.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Aarab Sebbah Gheris.

Aarab Sebbah Gheris +8.2%

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
23.2%aged 10 and over30.9% in 201429.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.1%4.7% in 201437.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.6%aged 15 and over33.6% in 20141.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.71children per woman3.59 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.8%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.2people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.7%of settled households59.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aarab Sebbah Gheris: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over2.9%
1.9%70–742.2%
3.2%65–692.7%
3.8%60–644.2%
3.3%55–594.6%
3.1%50–544.3%
5.8%45–494.7%
6.6%40–446.4%
7.2%35–397.0%
6.6%30–347.6%
6.0%25–297.2%
6.4%20–246.6%
8.9%15–198.0%
13.2%10–1411.6%
11.7%5–910.6%
9.7%0–49.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tamazight2.3%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French19.2%
  • English5.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot80.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.7%
  • Private car3.3%
  • Bus2.5%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.7%
  • Employer’s transport0.4%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Informal transport0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5210.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3771.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
411.1 per business
Public services
15
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce70.3%
  • Services18.9%
  • Industry5.4%
  • Construction5.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person97.3%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 92.7%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later51.4%
  • 2011–201945.9%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20002.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households whose waste goes on a municipal or private truck went from 0.0% in 2014 to 96.4% in 2024, against an average fall in other communes.

Across 5 of the 6 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is 0.0 points. Jorf is furthest from it, at −49.6 points.

Across Morocco, the fall was 4 points.

Among rural communes of under 5,000 people, it's in the top 5%.

How these are picked

Douars

Aarab Sebbah Gheris’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 3 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,676 people. 82 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
حنابوHannabou1 douar · 3,156 people
حنابوHannabouDispersed6113,1560.41.22.6
لكرايرLagraire1 douar · 1,069 people
قصر لكرايرKsar LakraierGrouped1921,0690.01.86.0
البويةEl Bouia1 douar · 451 people
البويةEl BouiaGrouped934510.01.16.6

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.201.03.01
As digits
082010301
Slug
aarab-sebbah-gheris
OpenStreetMap
2884807
In JavaScript
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