Bni Selmane

بني سلمان

Rural commune in the cercle of Assifane, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 21,413
Since 2014: −11.6%from 24,217 in 2014
Density: 104people per km², 206.4 km²
Households: 3,958
Rank: 283283rd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 28 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Bni Selmane −11.6%

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: 31.2%aged 10 and over43.2% in 201446.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.1%2.1% in 201420.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.3%aged 15 and over53.9% in 201411.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 90.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.07children per woman2.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.4people on average6.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 2.7%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Selmane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.4%
1.7%	70–74	1.5%
2.2%	65–69	2.1%
2.8%	60–64	3.1%
3.0%	55–59	3.1%
3.7%	50–54	4.5%
4.4%	45–49	3.6%
6.2%	40–44	5.4%
8.4%	35–39	7.1%
9.4%	30–34	8.1%
9.2%	25–29	9.4%
9.2%	20–24	8.4%
8.9%	15–19	9.0%
10.9%	10–14	11.3%
9.4%	5–9	11.3%
8.5%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.2%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French26.8%
English5.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot70.4%
Bus1.0%
Private car0.8%
Taxi0.8%
Employer’s transport0.5%
Bike or motorcycle0.1%

Can’t read or write: 43.2%aged 10 and over31.2% in 202460.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 2.1%23.1% in 20242.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.9%aged 15 and over46.3% in 202427.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 88.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.76children per woman2.07 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.7people on average5.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.0%of settled households2.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Selmane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	1.8%
1.1%	70–74	1.1%
1.0%	65–69	1.2%
2.0%	60–64	1.8%
2.1%	55–59	2.2%
3.0%	50–54	3.2%
3.4%	45–49	3.6%
4.1%	40–44	4.0%
5.1%	35–39	4.6%
7.1%	30–34	6.1%
10.1%	25–29	9.2%
12.4%	20–24	12.6%
12.2%	15–19	13.5%
12.3%	10–14	12.5%
10.4%	5–9	10.3%
11.7%	0–4	12.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only64.8%
Arabic and French32.2%
Arabic, French and English2.4%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot96.0%
Taxi0.7%
Private car0.6%
Bus0.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.1%
Employer’s transport0.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood95.3%
Another in the commune1.2%
No fixed place0.5%
Another commune0.4%
Another province0.3%
At home0.1%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour58.0%
Farming and fishing35.0%
Crafts and skilled trades1.9%
Clerical work1.7%
Labouring and small trades1.1%
Managers and senior professionals0.8%
Trade and broking0.6%
Machine operating0.5%
Not classified0.3%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma84.2%
Primary12.4%
Lower secondary2.4%
Upper secondary0.5%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 43120.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 18242.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2341.3 per business
Public services: 246
Associations: 3in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce64.3%
Services30.2%
Industry4.9%
Construction0.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person89.0%
2 to 37.7%
4 to 92.7%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later23.1%
2011–201942.9%
2001–201018.1%
1991–200012.6%
1981–19901.6%
1956–19801.6%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 01.151.11.05
As digits: 011511105
Slug: bni-selmane
Record: /api/communes/01.151.11.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.151.11.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.151.11.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.151.11.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.151.11.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563399

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