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

Next door in Bni Bouzra, 36.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 2.1% to 23.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Slama. Running water: 2.7% here, 8.7% there; aged 65 and over: 6.1% here, 6.3% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.5% here, 31.6% there.

Compare it with Ouled Slama

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcodes

34035, 91063

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Doesn’t travel to work17.4%
Animal4.9%
Informal transport3.7%
Bus1.0%
Private car0.8%
Taxi0.8%
Employer’s transport0.5%
Another way0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Not stated2.2%
Taxi0.7%
Private car0.6%
Another way0.2%
Bike or motorcycle0.1%
Bus0.1%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Works at home0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood95.3%
Not stated2.2%
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

More business figures

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%

Douars

Bni Selmane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 55 douars in 8 fractions, with 21,413 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بني بوحلوBeni Bouhlou5 douars · 2,935 people
امزارAmezzar	Dispersed	249	1,345	1.0	1.3	8.2
بني افتوحBni Ftouh	Dispersed	110	603	1.1	2.4	11.8
أشتةAchetta	Grouped	66	319	2.9	1.1	14.6
بني بوحلوBeni Bouhlou	In parts	86	479	2.0	1.4	12.7
تيورطيوانTiouertiouane	Grouped	26	189	—	—	—
الوسطيينEl Oustiine5 douars · 1,787 people
ازليمةAzlima	Dispersed	72	367	0.7	0.8	7.7
اعبايدنAbayden	Grouped	46	234	2.7	2.4	19.9
تجايلتTajaylet	Dispersed	55	267	0.2	0.4	6.0
تلمطTalmat	In parts	38	186	2.2	1.2	6.4
الواديينEl Ouadiyine	In parts	133	733	1.6	1.2	11.8
أسفيانAsifane9 douars · 3,822 people
تزمورتTazemmourt	In parts	21	106	—	—	—
أونةAouna	Grouped	36	174	1.5	1.8	1.7
توراتTaourat	Grouped	68	400	0.9	1.1	1.4
أسفيانAsifane	In parts	85	477	1.6	1.8	2.6
إجوراينLgourayne	Grouped	38	237	1.0	1.2	5.7
تارية السفلىTaria es Soufla	Grouped	28	161	—	—	—
تارية العلياTaria el Aoulia	In parts	121	670	1.0	2.0	6.8
تازختTazakht	In parts	259	1,504	1.6	1.6	7.8
مركز أسيفانCentre Assifane	Grouped	31	93	0.9	0.9	0.9
بني فنزارBni Fenzar11 douars · 2,653 people
لبانLbane	Grouped	7	32	—	—	—
أسمرانAsamrane	Grouped	28	143	—	—	—
إخورشاشIkhorchache	Grouped	31	184	5.3	0.5	5.2
بوهدونBouhdoune	Grouped	17	106	—	—	—
تلاودمانTalaoudmane	Grouped	18	102	—	—	—
الزيتونةZaïtouna	Grouped	191	1,109	4.4	0.7	5.2
إشريتنIchiritine	Grouped	84	418	1.2	1.2	10.1
تكيتTagit	Grouped	37	173	3.0	1.2	4.0
تورارنTiourarane	Grouped	19	83	—	—	—
النعيمةNaïma	Grouped	26	133	—	—	—
تزروتTazrout	Grouped	35	170	2.1	2.0	4.4
بني حلوBni Hlou11 douars · 3,167 people
بو دقيقBoudkek	In parts	126	687	1.8	3.3	5.0
إزناجنIznajen	Grouped	14	72	—	—	—
إغلفاينIghafène	Grouped	18	99	—	—	—
بني برونBni Broune	In parts	29	119	—	—	—
أمطيلAmtil	Grouped	96	477	0.6	0.8	0.8
تسرايTisray	Grouped	16	63	—	—	—
أنرجلAnarjele	Grouped	23	112	—	—	—
إلوجانIlougane	Grouped	45	240	0.6	3.5	5.9
تغدوانTighedouane	Grouped	39	272	0.5	1.3	4.3
تلاتفراطTalatfrat	In parts	90	539	4.6	3.3	7.4
زاوية أعشابZaouia Achab	Grouped	84	487	3.1	0.4	7.8
فرقة باب المضيقFerkat Bab M'diq3 douars · 2,195 people
زاوية نورثZaouia Nourti	Grouped	203	954	1.0	1.3	4.1
إمدرنانAmdernan	Dispersed	122	635	3.1	1.4	5.5
مركز باب المضيقCentre Bab M'diq	Grouped	136	606	1.1	1.1	2.1
تلاعطيةTalaateya6 douars · 2,506 people
إمولةImoula	Grouped	1	8	—	—	—
تفراوكتTafraoukte	Grouped	33	154	9.0	1.7	9.2
إحناشنIhinnachine	Grouped	19	88	—	—	—
إسقيفنIsqqifen	In parts	56	310	0.5	0.6	7.0
تلاعطيةTalaateya	In parts	249	1,532	1.9	1.1	11.4
الزاوية العلياZaouia El Oulia	Grouped	62	414	0.5	1.1	7.1
عصفورتAsfourite5 douars · 2,348 people
عصفورتAsfourite	In parts	120	620	2.0	0.5	7.9
متاعMataa	Grouped	149	771	2.9	1.6	13.8
جندوزتGandouzat	Grouped	33	198	3.2	1.2	9.7
درمانثDarmanat	Grouped	51	262	0.5	1.0	7.8
إخلادنIkhladen	Grouped	83	497	2.1	2.9	4.6

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: 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
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.151.11.05/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.151.11.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563399

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