Ain Sfa
عين الصفا
Rural commune in the cercle of Oujda-Banlieue Nord, préfecture of Oujda-Angad, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 4,426
- Since 2014
- −1.4%from 4,490 in 2014
- Density
- 12.6people per km², 351.2 km²
- Households
- 1,039
- Rank
- 1,2581,258th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 11 in its préfecture
Next door in Isly, 54.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 4.5%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 44.4% to 76.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Where it is
Its préfecture, 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 Ain Sfa.
Ain Sfa −1.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 41.9%aged 10 and over50.6% in 201453.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 42.6%12.2% in 201474.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.6%aged 15 and over46.0% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.48children per woman2.85 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.0%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 76.3%of settled households44.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 4.6% | ||
| 3.5% | 70–74 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.3% | 65–69 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.7% | 45–49 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.5% | 40–44 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.1% | 30–34 | 5.6% | ||
| 4.9% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.1% | 20–24 | 4.9% | ||
| 7.7% | 15–19 | 7.0% | ||
| 10.5% | 10–14 | 11.6% | ||
| 10.7% | 5–9 | 10.4% | ||
| 8.2% | 0–4 | 7.3% | ||
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
- 50.6%aged 10 and over41.9% in 202464.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.2%42.6% in 202464.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.0%aged 15 and over36.6% in 20247.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 83.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.85children per woman2.48 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.7%of people7.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 44.4%of settled households76.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 3.6% | ||
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.0% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.5% | 35–39 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.7% | 30–34 | 8.3% | ||
| 8.3% | 25–29 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 6.9% | ||
| 8.0% | 15–19 | 8.4% | ||
| 8.4% | 10–14 | 8.8% | ||
| 8.3% | 5–9 | 7.7% | ||
| 11.1% | 0–4 | 12.1% | ||
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
- 11926.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5546.2% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1342.4 per business
- Public services
- 63
- Associations
- 1in 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
Ain Sfa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 46 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,381 people. 45 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| بني ماريسنBni Marisen10 douars · 1,043 people | ||||||
| اولاد صالحOulad Saleh | In parts | 69 | 299 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 |
| بليينBeliine | In parts | 12 | 53 | — | — | — |
| بني بو خلوفBni Bou Khlouf | In parts | 22 | 95 | — | — | — |
| ساغداونSeghdaoune | Grouped | 5 | 17 | — | — | — |
| اولاد البكايOulad El Bakkay | In parts | 6 | 34 | — | — | — |
| اولاد وروOulad Ouarrou | In parts | 12 | 45 | — | — | — |
| عين صفا المركزAin Sfa (centre) | Grouped | 101 | 380 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| اولاد بنعينيOulad Ben Aini | Dispersed | 22 | 85 | — | — | — |
| عمراننAmranene | Grouped | 3 | 6 | — | — | — |
| تازدايتTazdayet | Grouped | 8 | 29 | — | — | — |
| بني ميمونBni Mimoun6 douars · 487 people | ||||||
| اوراغاتOuraghate | In parts | 25 | 98 | — | — | — |
| لقرارشةKrarcha | In parts | 27 | 108 | — | — | — |
| عيادنAyadn | In parts | 24 | 121 | — | — | — |
| اولاد عيسىOulad Aissa | In parts | 16 | 52 | — | — | — |
| مزورنMouzzourene | In parts | 10 | 48 | — | — | — |
| حباننHbanen | Dispersed | 10 | 60 | — | — | — |
| بني خلوفBni Khallouf20 douars · 1,333 people | ||||||
| اولاد جابر لفاكاOulad Jaber Fouaqa | In parts | 12 | 64 | — | — | — |
| تينيسانTinissane | In parts | 26 | 97 | — | — | — |
| اولاد بويعقوبOulad Bou Yaaqoub | Grouped | 2 | 8 | — | — | — |
| اولاد المانOulad Lmane | In parts | 32 | 158 | 0.9 | 7.1 | 10.7 |
| بزغودBezghoud | In parts | 2 | 11 | — | — | — |
| اولاد بن الطاهرOulad Ben Tahar | Grouped | 9 | 36 | — | — | — |
| اولاد امباركOulad Mbarek | Grouped | 2 | 10 | — | — | — |
| اولاد جابر التحاتاOulad Jaber Thata | Dispersed | 34 | 152 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 7.8 |
| اولاد المنصرOulad Lmanser | Dispersed | 65 | 294 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
| اولاد الملحةOulad El Malha | Dispersed | 4 | 17 | — | — | — |
| اولاد موسى و امحمدOuled Moussa ou M'hamed | In parts | 13 | 50 | — | — | — |
| اولاد داودOuled Daoude | Grouped | 2 | 6 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الشريفOulad Chrif | Grouped | 5 | 26 | — | — | — |
| الشحالفا لفاكاEcchhalfa Louffaga | In parts | 16 | 61 | — | — | — |
| الشحالفة اولاليتChehalfa Oulalit | In parts | 9 | 42 | — | — | — |
| لكعاوشة لفاكةKaoucha Fouaga | In parts | 13 | 55 | — | — | — |
| لكعاوشة التحاتةKaoucha Thata | Dispersed | 17 | 68 | — | — | — |
| الشحالفة التحاتةChhalfa Thata | Dispersed | 32 | 134 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| قجاوعةKjaoua | In parts | 7 | 31 | — | — | — |
| برحيلنBerhilene | Grouped | 1 | 13 | — | — | — |
| اولاد زعيمOulad Zaim10 douars · 1,518 people | ||||||
| اولاد بو جمعة التحاتةOulad Boujemaa Tahata | In parts | 95 | 374 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 10.7 |
| اولاد السنوسيOulad Snoussi | Dispersed | 58 | 276 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 14.5 |
| اولاد موسى (تيلمامين)Oulad Moussa | Dispersed | 77 | 323 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 16.4 |
| النجاجرةNjajra | Dispersed | 4 | 12 | — | — | — |
| التعاونية المازوزيةCoopérative El Mazouzia | Grouped | 23 | 90 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الكاظيOulad El Gadi | In parts | 71 | 301 | 1.0 | 10.6 | 14.9 |
| اولاد يوسف الحاج(الجبل)Oulad Youssef El Haj (Jbel) | Grouped | 5 | 18 | — | — | — |
| اولاد بو جمعة لفاكاOulad Bou Jamaa Fouaqa | Dispersed | 9 | 44 | — | — | — |
| بوعياشBouayach | Dispersed | 5 | 18 | — | — | — |
| اولاد الݣاضي الفيضةOulad El Gadi El Faïda | Grouped | 16 | 62 | — | — | — |
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
02.411.03.03- As digits
024110303- Slug
ain-sfa- Census figures
/api/communes/02.411.03.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.411.03.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.411.03.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.411.03.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2502034
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ain-sfa");