Ait Said

آيت سعيد

Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
6,027
Since 2014
−11.6%from 6,819 in 2014
Density
53.6people per km², 112.4 km²
Households
1,557
Foreign residents
5
Rank
1,1001,100th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 57 in its province

Next door in El Hanchane, 70.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 50.3% to 86.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rfala. Higher education: 1.9% here, 2.3% there; read French: 36.0% here, 34.4% there; running water: 86.2% here, 84.3% there.

Compare it with Rfala

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 Ait Said.

Ait Said −11.6%

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
52.2%aged 10 and over57.0% in 201460.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
34.0%6.3% in 201412.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.2%aged 15 and over44.0% in 20140.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.34children per woman2.64 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.4%of people9.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
86.2%of settled households50.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Said: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.9%75 and over5.3%
3.2%70–743.6%
4.6%65–693.4%
5.4%60–644.7%
4.7%55–595.1%
5.9%50–545.4%
6.1%45–497.1%
7.1%40–445.6%
5.2%35–397.0%
5.0%30–345.1%
3.8%25–294.5%
4.9%20–245.3%
7.4%15–199.1%
12.4%10–1411.1%
10.3%5–910.2%
8.0%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija90.4%
  • Tachelhit36.3%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.5%
  • French36.0%
  • English7.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.2%
  • Informal transport20.6%
  • Taxi15.8%
  • Bus9.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.4%
  • Private car4.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.9%
  • Animal3.1%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15325.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6743.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1291.9 per business
Public services
86
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.2%
  • Industry44.8%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.2%
  • 2 to 341.8%
  • 4 to 91.5%
  • 10 to 491.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later4.5%
  • 2011–201932.8%
  • 2001–201020.9%
  • 1991–200019.4%
  • 1981–19907.5%
  • 1956–198014.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Said’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,027 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت سعيدAit Said11 douars · 3,990 people
أيت سي امحمدAit Si M'HamedIn parts913631.22.13.3
أيت بن كراكAit Ben KarrakIn parts783121.11.53.4
أيت مباركAit M'BarekIn parts1063671.01.61.3
أيت الحاجAit El HajIn parts1254841.01.52.3
سطارةStaraIn parts491771.01.65.4
زاوية سيد اعمارةZaouiat Sidi AmarIn parts2296———
أيت لغزالAït el RhezalIn parts401633.54.38.5
أݣريطEl KritIn parts432040.71.711.3
ايت العمريAït el HamriIn parts994120.81.65.3
تليوةTaliouaIn parts1967990.93.012.3
تبرواكتTaberouaguetIn parts1636131.41.77.7
لهراولةLahraoula7 douars · 2,027 people
انجارنInjarenIn parts712691.11.126.3
اهراوينIhraouineIn parts762741.01.624.7
تامرزاكتTamerzagatIn parts1113924.51.015.4
ارحالنIrahhaleneIn parts642431.93.026.3
ايت موسىAit MoussaIn parts783102.12.928.0
أيت بلحسنAit BelahcenIn parts943492.61.925.2
أيت حموAit HamouIn parts481901.22.224.4
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 10 people
القزادمةEl KzadmaGrouped310———

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
07.211.09.01
As digits
072110901
Slug
ait-said
OpenStreetMap
2820965
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-said");

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