Assahrij

الصهريج

Rural commune in the cercle of Assahrij-Sanhaja, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
16,313
Since 2014
+6.0%from 15,385 in 2014
Density
309people per km², 52.8 km²
Households
3,425
Foreign residents
2
Rank
400400th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 43 in its province

Where it is

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

Oulad ZarradOulad SbihHiadnaMayateOulad CherkiLounasdaTamallaltSidi RahalZemraneZemrane CharqiaChoaraJoualaBouya OmarOuarguiOulad KhalloufSour El AazLouad LakhdarSidi Aissa Ben SlimaneFraitaDzouzM'zem SanhajaOulad AamerLaatamnaLaattaouiaLaattaouia Ech-ChaibiaJbielZnadaKelâat SraghnaOulad YaacoubTaouzintOulad Bouali LouedEl MarbouhOulad El GarneErrafiayaChtaibaSidi El HattabOulad MsabbelSidi MoussaEl AamriaOulad MassaoudEddachraOulad Aarrad

How it changed

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

Assahrij +6.0%

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
30.0%aged 10 and over39.0% in 201441.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.2%6.7% in 20147.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.3%aged 15 and over41.3% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.84children per woman2.64 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.2%of settled households30.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Assahrij: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.3%
2.6%70–742.3%
2.8%65–692.9%
3.6%60–644.2%
3.8%55–593.8%
5.0%50–544.7%
5.8%45–496.1%
6.6%40–446.2%
5.8%35–395.8%
6.9%30–346.7%
6.8%25–296.9%
6.9%20–247.2%
8.3%15–198.7%
11.6%10–1410.6%
11.2%5–911.5%
9.9%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.8%
  • Tachelhit3.0%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French25.5%
  • English5.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot50.8%
  • Taxi17.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.6%
  • Private car7.2%
  • Bus4.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Assahrij’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
610
Standing empty
20.5%8.9% vacant11.6% a second home
Precarious
13.3%2.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
0.8%94.6% on the water mains95.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
18.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house83.6%
  • Rural-type10.3%
  • Slum or basic house2.8%
  • Traditional house2.3%
  • Villa0.5%
  • Apartment0.3%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years58.4%
  • 20 to 49 years34.3%
  • 50 years or more7.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
34321.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
24070.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4171.7 per business
Public services
74
Associations
29in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.0%
  • Services27.5%
  • Industry15.0%
  • Construction2.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person51.7%
  • 2 to 342.9%
  • 4 to 95.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.0%
  • 2011–201936.7%
  • 2001–201010.8%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19906.3%
  • 1956–19802.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Assahrij2,069

In the data

Code
07.191.09.01
As digits
071910901
Slug
assahrij
Record
/api/communes/07.191.09.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.191.09.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.191.09.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.191.09.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.191.09.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.191.09.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2881888
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("assahrij");

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