Bni Sidel Louta

بني سيدال لوطا

Rural commune in the cercle of Guelaia, province of Nador, Oriental.

Population, 2024
5,366
Since 2014
−14.6%from 6,283 in 2014
Density
24.7people per km², 217.1 km²
Households
1,387
Rank
1,1661,166th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 23 in its province

Next door in Bni Bouifrour, 85.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 27.5%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 16.1% to 39.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ali Bourakba. Darija: 37.7% here, 28.5% there; in the labour force: 29.6% here, 28.0% there; aged 0 to 14: 23.8% here, 24.1% there.

Compare it with Sidi Ali Bourakba

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 Bni Sidel Louta.

Bni Sidel Louta −14.6%

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
40.7%aged 10 and over45.9% in 201450.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
39.9%16.1% in 20149.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.6%aged 15 and over41.6% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.56children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.1%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
27.5%of settled households8.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Sidel Louta: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over5.1%
3.5%70–744.4%
6.0%65–695.7%
5.7%60–648.1%
5.2%55–596.7%
5.1%50–546.6%
5.0%45–495.4%
6.7%40–445.0%
6.6%35–396.0%
6.5%30–347.0%
6.9%25–295.4%
6.9%20–245.8%
7.2%15–195.7%
9.2%10–148.8%
9.4%5–98.0%
6.0%0–46.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit94.9%
  • Darija37.7%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic95.9%
  • French21.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.1%
  • English2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Taxi32.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work19.2%
  • On foot18.4%
  • Private car10.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.8%
  • Informal transport6.3%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10719.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3734.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1614.4 per business
Public services
69
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.6%
  • Services21.6%
  • Industry18.9%
  • Construction10.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.3%
  • 2 to 310.8%
  • 4 to 910.8%
  • 10 to 495.4%
  • 50 and over2.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.2%
  • 2011–201916.2%
  • 2001–201032.4%
  • 1991–200027.0%
  • 1981–19902.7%
  • 1956–19802.7%
  • Before 19562.7%

Douars

Bni Sidel Louta’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,264 people. 102 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
أولاد ياسينOulad Yassine14 douars · 1,822 people
اتريبيةTribiaDispersed321240.00.77.0
إفنطراسIfantrasDispersed1362———
إزنبيونIzanbioueneDispersed29107———
إعمورنIamouraneGrouped925———
كعدة معمارGaadet MaammarDispersed1447———
إزحافنIzahhafeneDispersed1770———
الحمامAl Hammam -Dispersed381791.11.615.0
اولاد علي اعمروOulad Ali Ou AmarDispersed411581.02.215.0
تغزوتTaghzoutGrouped411680.01.46.9
إمعروفنImaroufeneDispersed520———
حجرة عليHajrat AliGrouped321190.10.06.9
كدية حامدKodiat HamedGrouped933280.21.24.2
مدكاةMdkaaIn parts963631.01.118.0
بوميةBoumiaGrouped1052———
اجواوةAjouaoua8 douars · 799 people
لعزيب علال قدورLaazib Allal KaddourIn parts863070.10.86.3
بوتمارقتBoutmarraktGrouped1453———
لعسلLaselDispersed1866———
إقديمن لوطاIkdimen LoutaGrouped2397———
إبوحجارنIboûhjareneGrouped1258———
بورطوالBortoualGrouped625———
تيكرمينTikarmineDispersed421781.42.713.0
الهدرةEl HdraGrouped315———
إلحياننIlahyanene4 douars · 2,643 people
إلحياننIlahyaneneIn parts3681,2490.11.52.9
إبوعلوتنIbouallouteneIn parts1857550.01.65.4
إشويطارنIchouitarèneIn parts1064280.51.43.4
إمرابطنImrabtenGrouped542111.01.64.2

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
02.381.05.07
As digits
023810507
Slug
bni-sidel-louta
OpenStreetMap
2444883
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-sidel-louta");

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