Amersid

أمرصيد

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

Population, 2024
6,023
Since 2014
+2.8%from 5,857 in 2014
Density
7.3people per km², 821.6 km²
Households
1,356
Rank
1,1011,101st most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 29 in its province

Next door in Midelt, 96.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 8.0% to 72.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moulay Brahim. Higher education: 2.7% here, 3.0% there; read French: 54.0% here, 51.4% there; Darija: 74.8% here, 76.3% there.

Compare it with Moulay Brahim

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

54365

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Amersid.

Amersid +2.8%

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
38.8%aged 10 and over45.2% in 201449.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.1%11.4% in 201426.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.4%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20143.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.77children per woman3.79 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people7.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
72.8%of settled households8.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Amersid: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over4.0%
2.9%70–742.7%
3.5%65–693.5%
3.2%60–643.8%
3.4%55–593.8%
5.6%50–544.7%
6.1%45–496.3%
6.1%40–446.7%
6.4%35–396.5%
7.5%30–346.9%
6.0%25–296.4%
6.2%20–246.1%
8.7%15–198.1%
11.2%10–1410.9%
10.3%5–910.5%
9.5%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija74.8%
  • Tamazight55.2%
  • Tachelhit15.2%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French54.0%
  • English8.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot70.3%
  • Bus6.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.1%
  • Private car3.7%
  • Animal3.1%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Informal transport2.3%
  • Taxi0.4%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11318.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5145.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
721.4 per business
Public services
62
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry47.1%
  • Commerce45.1%
  • Services7.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.4%
  • 2 to 317.6%
  • 4 to 93.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later19.6%
  • 2011–201945.1%
  • 2001–20103.9%
  • 1991–200015.7%
  • 1981–199011.8%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19562.0%

Douars

Amersid’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 4 fractions, with 5,993 people. 30 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
تيط تورماسTit Ourmas8 douars · 2,013 people
زبزاطZebzatDispersed1184830.20.48.1
بوكماBougmaDispersed1305430.00.713.2
تيط تورماسTit OurmasGrouped964122.91.77.1
انكالAnougalGrouped503036.90.030.8
بايحيىBayahyaGrouped633———
تافساستTafsastGrouped29134———
عائشة بلحسنAicha bel LahsenGrouped728———
تاوريرتTaourirtGrouped1677———
بوعياشBouayache6 douars · 1,573 people
أيت علي نيطوAït Ali-n-ittouGrouped321700.50.78.3
أمرصيدAmersidGrouped2285———
بوعياشBouayacheDispersed2581,1001.21.41.5
تريبلاTriblaIn parts1777———
أيت حيمدAit HimdDispersed1999———
حانةHanaGrouped1242———
برتاتBertat9 douars · 1,621 people
زروروZrourouDispersed703500.10.12.9
أغلالAghlalGrouped1353———
أيت ايشو عليAït Ichou Ou AliGrouped391910.10.31.2
الزاويةZaouiaGrouped619———
أيت مزوغAit MazoughGrouped411730.00.01.0
برتاتBertatGrouped793510.30.30.5
زريويلاZriouylaDispersed552161.61.69.9
المسيبEl MsibDispersed1160———
أيت بن عزوAït Ben AzzouGrouped402082.71.05.7
عين التريد -الحشالفةAin Ettarid Hchalfa4 douars · 786 people
تالخوختTalkhoukhtGrouped743311.91.14.0
عين التريدAin TridGrouped893593.21.74.5
تابوشبوطTabouchboutGrouped1569———
التومياتToumyatGrouped527———

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
08.363.07.11
As digits
083630711
Slug
amersid
OpenStreetMap
2826644
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("amersid");

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