Assebbab

الصباب

Rural commune in the cercle of Guercif, province of Guercif, Oriental.

Population, 2024
7,144
Since 2014
+1.1%from 7,069 in 2014
Density
13.3people per km², 536.7 km²
Households
1,382
Rank
988988th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 10 in its province

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 Assebbab.

Assebbab +1.1%

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
41.8%aged 10 and over49.3% in 201454.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.6%13.3% in 201438.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.8%aged 15 and over50.8% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.02children per woman3.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.2people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
51.9%of settled households45.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Assebbab: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over3.9%
2.3%70–742.8%
2.9%65–692.8%
3.4%60–644.4%
3.2%55–593.1%
4.4%50–544.6%
5.7%45–496.1%
6.3%40–446.2%
6.1%35–397.1%
7.2%30–346.9%
7.7%25–297.9%
6.3%20–247.2%
9.3%15–199.0%
11.1%10–149.9%
11.2%5–99.6%
9.3%0–48.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.7%
  • Tamazight39.9%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tamazight 82.1% in 2014, 39.9% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French49.9%
  • English11.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.1%
  • Taxi11.5%
  • Informal transport3.9%
  • Private car2.6%
  • Bus2.3%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Another way2.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.1%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17224.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9555.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1031.1 per business
Public services
77
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry58.9%
  • Commerce40.0%
  • Services1.1%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.8%
  • 2 to 31.1%
  • 4 to 92.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later10.5%
  • 2011–201936.8%
  • 2001–201024.2%
  • 1991–200012.6%
  • 1981–199011.6%
  • 1956–19804.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Assebbab’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 7 fractions, with 7,136 people. 8 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
بوراشدBourached3 douars · 821 people
زاوية بوراشدZawiyat BourachedIn parts1175602.32.17.7
تلبسانتTalbessantGrouped331250.02.112.0
تمكردينTimguerdineGrouped381364.80.212.1
بني منصورBni Mansour6 douars · 1,696 people
الطالبيةTalbïaGrouped452110.01.215.4
مزغمةMezghmaDispersed854520.70.614.7
العطشانEl ÂtchaneGrouped593510.01.213.1
السدريةEssedriaGrouped23165———
بالناصرية(الخندق)Balenasria (El Khandak)Dispersed783820.03.317.6
العݣريةEl AgriaGrouped27135———
بني بونصرBni Bounsar4 douars · 875 people
السارݣSaregGrouped1471———
بوملزةBou MelzaGrouped5336110.91.12.3
نسيسةNsissaDispersed27125———
الخرجيةKhourjiaGrouped493180.00.17.9
اولاد سيدي بلقاسمOulad Sidi Belkacem4 douars · 995 people
سيدي واضحSidi OuadahIn parts803411.02.016.4
بوهلالBouhlalGrouped692861.01.013.0
بودراويBoudraouyGrouped451812.01.014.9
الدغموسEddghmousGrouped411871.03.014.0
بني بونصر ملويةBni Bounsar Moulouya5 douars · 913 people
الݣطارةEl GattareGrouped1486———
سوسانSoussaneGrouped25121———
الحاج عيسىEl Haj AissaGrouped402060.02.05.9
غابة السبعGhaba SebaâGrouped845———
لݣطوطةLagtoutaGrouped834550.10.93.8
بني بونصر المركزBni Bounsar Centre5 douars · 1,407 people
الصباب المركزAssebbab CentreDispersed1286710.11.11.2
تيخامينTikhamineGrouped914948.10.515.9
الشويحيةChouihiaDispersed362031.83.610.6
ايمديرانAymdiraneDispersed932———
ݣعاݣعةGaagaaGrouped17———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 429 people
فيلالةFilalaGrouped644291.71.36.7

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
02.265.05.01
As digits
022650501
Slug
assebbab
OpenStreetMap
2816173
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("assebbab");

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