Assais

أسايس

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Daoud, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
4,442
Since 2014
−35.8%from 6,915 in 2014
Density
16.3people per km², 272 km²
Households
1,207
Rank
1,2571,257th most populous of 1,503 communes43rd of 57 in its province

Next door in Timlilt, 98.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 23.4%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 46.5% to 83.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Assais.

Assais −35.8%

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
56.2%aged 10 and over67.3% in 201468.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
50.3%16.9% in 201489.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
25.4%aged 15 and over37.8% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
89.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.40children per woman4.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
9.7%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
23.4%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Assais: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
6.6%75 and over5.8%
4.0%70–743.9%
5.1%65–694.5%
5.0%60–646.0%
5.1%55–595.1%
4.8%50–545.3%
5.8%45–495.1%
4.9%40–445.3%
5.6%35–395.4%
5.4%30–344.3%
4.2%25–293.7%
3.5%20–245.0%
8.1%15–199.9%
12.7%10–1412.6%
11.1%5–99.8%
8.1%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.2%
  • Darija17.6%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic94.3%
  • French14.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh9.4%
  • English0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.3%
  • Informal transport33.8%
  • Private car7.0%
  • Animal7.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.2%
  • Another way4.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.4%
  • Bus2.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10824.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1715.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
171.0 per business
Public services
91
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce70.6%
  • Services23.5%
  • Industry5.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.6%
  • 2011–201958.8%
  • 2001–201023.5%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Assais’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,437 people. 5 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
إبوزيدنIbouziden12 douars · 2,124 people
انستمنAnssatmenIn parts1154193.11.35.1
اسايسAssaisGrouped802540.81.41.4
اوسولOusoulIn parts602372.54.411.5
تمكدوتTamkadouteGrouped1334———
اغبالوAghbalouGrouped1247———
اكرزكاغنAkrzkaghenIn parts542098.50.729.5
كدودAkdoudIn parts813010.61.413.9
تزكيTizguiIn parts451613.84.24.2
إمهرينImehrineIn parts1654———
أيت محمادAit MohmadIn parts1856———
أيت بولرباحAit BoulrbahIn parts441801.21.81.8
تيݣمي أوݣرضTiguemmi OuggourdIn parts461723.31.14.6
اغدنفار 1Aghdanfar 110 douars · 1,663 people
بيزوركانBizourganeDispersed2172———
تكولتTagoulliteIn parts1325232.02.74.9
تمكرطTamagarteIn parts35993.63.125.8
ايت اومالكAït Ali el MalikDispersed1156———
ايت او عيسيAit Ou AissaIn parts431665.41.717.2
أنݣيزمAnguizemIn parts1134347.82.719.0
أݣني البقرAgni El BkrIn parts1438———
أساكا أوفلاAssaka OufellaIn parts441497.21.88.1
أساكا أوزدارAssaka AouzdarDispersed1150———
تاسيلاTassillaIn parts2376———
أغدنفار 2Aghdanfar 21 douar · 619 people
تيزيTiziIn parts16961912.65.323.4
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 31 people
أيت زيدانAit ZidaneGrouped731———

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
07.211.07.09
As digits
072110709
Slug
assais
OpenStreetMap
2820932
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("assais");

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