Azzaba

عزابة

Rural commune in the cercle of Sefrou, province of Sefrou, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
6,128
Since 2014
−4.9%from 6,444 in 2014
Density
159people per km², 38.4 km²
Households
1,623
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,0871,087th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 23 in its province

Next door in Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed, 33.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 21.7% to 32.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Badhaj. Aged 65 and over: 12.0% here, 11.8% there; running water: 95.1% here, 97.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.8% here, 25.9% there.

Compare it with Sidi Badhaj

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 Azzaba.

Azzaba −4.9%

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
35.2%aged 10 and over41.7% in 201447.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.6%21.7% in 201425.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.2%aged 15 and over40.7% in 201410.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.35children per woman3.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.7%of people9.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.1%of settled households90.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Azzaba: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over4.4%
3.2%70–743.3%
4.9%65–694.1%
5.4%60–645.8%
5.7%55–595.2%
6.2%50–546.2%
7.2%45–496.5%
7.5%40–447.2%
5.6%35–397.0%
5.1%30–346.2%
5.0%25–294.8%
5.7%20–246.2%
8.4%15–197.6%
8.9%10–149.9%
9.3%5–98.5%
8.1%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tamazight31.5%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French55.8%
  • English11.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.1%
  • Taxi3.9%
  • Employer’s transport3.9%
  • Private car2.7%
  • Bus1.8%
  • Informal transport1.8%
  • Animal1.6%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12320.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7561.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1011.3 per business
Public services
42
Associations
6in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.7%
  • Services32.0%
  • Industry9.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.7%
  • 2 to 38.0%
  • 4 to 95.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.0%
  • 2011–201937.3%
  • 2001–201032.0%
  • 1991–20008.0%
  • 1981–19905.3%
  • 1956–19801.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Azzaba’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,128 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
عزابةAzzaba4 douars · 2,403 people
مزدغة السوقMezdegha EssoukIn parts2308290.00.20.4
ايت بوهوAit BouhouaIn parts1325110.51.23.6
الشادكةEchadkaIn parts1565280.00.70.7
عزابةAzzabaIn parts1615350.01.11.1
راس العينRas El Ain8 douars · 1,469 people
آيت أيوبAit YoubIn parts1013931.02.424.0
تاغزوتTaghazoutGrouped943201.01.024.2
الجمعةJemaaGrouped723190.00.110.2
تعاونية عين حلوف (سيدي أحمد أفتحي)Coopérative Ain Halouf (Sidi Ahmed Aftahi)Grouped1991———
قزقازKazkazGrouped2287———
تعاونية الكويهنCoopérative El KouyhnGrouped1771———
بويعقوباتBouykoubatGrouped1664———
كسكاسKaskasGrouped311241.72.87.0
الواثةEl Ouata2 douars · 2,256 people
زاوية سيدي بنعيسىZaouia Sidi BenaissaIn parts3131,2710.71.212.0
ايت علي اويوسفAit Ali AouyousefIn parts2599851.01.421.4

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
03.451.07.05
As digits
034510705
Slug
azzaba
OpenStreetMap
2808820
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("azzaba");

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