Asrir

أسرير

Rural commune in the cercle of Guelmim, province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
3,217
Since 2014
−9.8%from 3,566 in 2014
Density
2.9people per km², 1,098.6 km²
Households
759
Foreign residents
28
Rank
1,3711,371st most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 20 in its province

Next door in Guelmim, 98.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 25.8%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.4% to 25.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Compare it with other communes

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

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 Asrir.

Asrir −9.8%

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
31.0%aged 10 and over38.2% in 201439.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
48.3%38.9% in 201473.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.1%aged 15 and over39.3% in 201413.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.80children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
80.7%of settled households78.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Asrir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
6.2%75 and over5.1%
3.8%70–743.0%
4.0%65–694.3%
3.6%60–645.1%
5.4%55–594.7%
5.6%50–546.2%
6.4%45–497.2%
6.2%40–447.1%
6.3%35–397.4%
5.2%30–346.2%
5.3%25–295.1%
6.5%20–245.3%
9.0%15–197.5%
9.8%10–1410.1%
10.3%5–98.9%
6.4%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija78.4%
  • Hassania40.1%
  • Tachelhit14.5%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.8%
  • French63.4%
  • English22.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work22.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.2%
  • Taxi10.4%
  • Private car9.9%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%
  • Informal transport0.9%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9429.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2627.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1997.7 per business
Public services
68
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services42.3%
  • Industry30.8%
  • Commerce26.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person34.6%
  • 2 to 350.0%
  • 4 to 97.7%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over7.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.9%
  • 2011–201942.3%
  • 2001–201030.8%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 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 people who speak Hassania went from 51.7% in 2014 to 40.1% in 2024, a far bigger fall than in other communes.

Across 3 of the 8 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +1.2 points. Laqsabi Tagoust is furthest from it, at +12.0 points.

Across Morocco, it barely changed.

Among rural communes of under 5,000 people, it's in the top 10%.

How these are picked

Douars

Asrir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 7 fractions, with 3,091 people. 126 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
ايت الخنوسAit El Khannous1 douar · 796 people
ايت الخنوسAit El KhannousGrouped2067961.01.11.1
ايت مسعودAit Massaoud1 douar · 527 people
ايت مسعودAit MassaoudGrouped1205270.81.12.4
تارمكيستTarmguiste1 douar · 86 people
تارمكيستTarmguisteGrouped2686———
تايساTayssa1 douar · 59 people
تايساTayssaDispersed1159———
أسريرAsrir5 douars · 1,298 people
اسريرAsrirIn parts2311,0520.81.32.1
زريويلةZriouilaGrouped1997———
أوزروالتAouzeroualtGrouped922———
واعرون الشرقيةOuarounacherguiGrouped25119———
عونية اهل التريكزيAouniat Ahl EttarikziGrouped28———
ايت محندAit Mhand1 douar · 86 people
ايت محندAit MhandGrouped2186———
ايت بكوAit Bkou1 douar · 239 people
ايت بكوAit BkouGrouped592390.90.95.0

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
10.261.05.05
As digits
102610505
Slug
asrir
OpenStreetMap
2885915
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("asrir");

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