Ben Smim
بن صميم
Rural commune in the cercle of Azrou, province of Ifrane, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 7,676
- Since 2014
- +18.0%from 6,506 in 2014
- Density
- 29.7people per km², 258.9 km²
- Households
- 1,698
- Foreign residents
- 8
- Rank
- 942942nd most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 10 in its province
Next door in Ifrane, 99.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 36.9%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 30.5% to 66.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Boumia. Household size: 3.9 here, 3.7 there; read French: 53.2% here, 54.3% there; unemployment: 16.9% here, 20.4% there.
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 Ben Smim.
Ben Smim +18.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 35.7%aged 10 and over41.3% in 201444.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 16.9%11.6% in 201428.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.4%aged 15 and over46.6% in 201411.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.33children per woman2.45 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.3%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 66.9%of settled households30.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 4.4% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 3.4% | 65–69 | 2.6% | ||
| 5.3% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 6.3% | 55–59 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.5% | 50–54 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.4% | 40–44 | 8.2% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 8.4% | ||
| 5.4% | 30–34 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.2% | 25–29 | 5.2% | ||
| 6.5% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.5% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 7.7% | ||
| 7.8% | 0–4 | 7.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 41.3%aged 10 and over35.7% in 202451.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.6%16.9% in 202434.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.6%aged 15 and over40.4% in 202413.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 93.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.45children per woman2.33 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people3.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 30.5%of settled households66.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 3.2% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 2.9% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 2.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 50–54 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.3% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.0% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.5% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 7.5% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.8% | 25–29 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 8.2% | ||
| 7.7% | 15–19 | 7.5% | ||
| 9.1% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.2% | 0–4 | 9.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 19024.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 12967.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 4803.7 per business
- Public services
- 50
- Associations
- 11in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Ben Smim’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 6 fractions, with 6,704 people. 972 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| آيت فاسكاAit Faska8 douars · 1,702 people | ||||||
| ايت عزوزAit Azzouz | Dispersed | 57 | 227 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 5.4 |
| ايت لحسنAit Lahcen | Dispersed | 66 | 258 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| ايت بن بوهوAit Ben Bouhou | Dispersed | 20 | 96 | — | — | — |
| ايت الحسينAit Lhoucine | Dispersed | 83 | 319 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 9.2 |
| ايت محمد أو سعيدAit Mohammed Ou Said | Dispersed | 26 | 102 | — | — | — |
| ايت ميمونAit Mimoun | Dispersed | 39 | 176 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 8.9 |
| ايت عكيAit Akki | Grouped | 37 | 141 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 8.0 |
| قصر سيدي الحراثQsar Sidi Lharrat | Grouped | 90 | 383 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5.1 |
| ايت عرفة تكريرةAit Arfa Takrira1 douar · 1,191 people | ||||||
| ايت علي يعقوبAit Ali Yacoub | In parts | 300 | 1,191 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| ايت الطالب عقىAit Taleb Akka1 douar · 416 people | ||||||
| ايت الطالب عقىAit Taleb Akka | In parts | 100 | 416 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
| ايت موسى عديAit Moussa Addi5 douars · 1,270 people | ||||||
| ايت حدوAit Haddou | Dispersed | 68 | 296 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| ايت بوزيانAit Bouziane | Dispersed | 66 | 295 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 14.7 |
| ايت بن عمرAit Ben Omar | Dispersed | 38 | 139 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 9.7 |
| ايت اعزيزAit Aziz | Dispersed | 94 | 415 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 6.7 |
| ايت علي وحموAit Ali Ou Hammou | Dispersed | 31 | 125 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 6.7 |
| زاوية بن صميمZaouit Ben Smim5 douars · 1,438 people | ||||||
| زاوية بن صميمZaouit Ben Smim | Grouped | 352 | 1,215 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| تاقوديرتTakoudirt | Dispersed | 16 | 80 | — | — | — |
| اݣنيAgni | Dispersed | 11 | 36 | — | — | — |
| ادمران بن صميمAdmrane Ben Smim | Dispersed | 21 | 71 | — | — | — |
| الباراج (القصيرة)El Baraj (El Ksira) | Dispersed | 8 | 36 | — | — | — |
| ايت يعقوبAit Yacoub3 douars · 687 people | ||||||
| ايت حمو واحمادAit Hammou Ou Hmad | Dispersed | 40 | 138 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| ايت اسعيدAit Said | Dispersed | 26 | 106 | — | — | — |
| ايت لحسن او محمدAit Lahcen Ou Med | Dispersed | 109 | 443 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
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
03.271.03.03- As digits
032710303- Slug
ben-smim- Census figures
/api/communes/03.271.03.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.271.03.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.271.03.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.271.03.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2819489
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ben-smim");