Bni Smih

بني سميح

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

Population, 2024
13,918
Since 2014
−18.1%from 16,987 in 2014
Density
108people per km², 128.6 km²
Households
2,780
Rank
495495th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 28 in its province

Next door in M'tioua, 46.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 5.6%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 59.7% to 46.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mnasra. Aged 65 and over: 5.5% here, 5.7% there; running water: 5.6% here, 5.0% there; in the labour force: 46.0% here, 46.5% there.

Compare it with Mnasra

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

91172

How it changed

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

Bni Smih −18.1%

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
32.4%aged 10 and over41.6% in 201446.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
14.3%3.2% in 201422.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.0%aged 15 and over59.7% in 201413.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.22children per woman3.38 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.0people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.6%of settled households3.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Smih: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.6%75 and over2.3%
1.5%70–741.6%
2.3%65–692.0%
2.9%60–643.3%
3.2%55–594.0%
3.4%50–543.9%
4.7%45–494.4%
5.1%40–444.8%
8.2%35–397.2%
8.2%30–348.6%
7.8%25–297.1%
8.3%20–247.6%
9.1%15–199.3%
11.8%10–1411.7%
11.8%5–912.1%
10.0%0–410.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French27.3%
  • English5.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot81.5%
  • Animal6.2%
  • Informal transport4.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
  • Taxi1.6%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Employer’s transport0.5%
  • Private car0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
26419.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9636.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2983.1 per business
Public services
161
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.9%
  • Services19.8%
  • Industry5.2%
  • Construction2.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.6%
  • 2 to 36.3%
  • 4 to 91.0%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over1.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.1%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201022.9%
  • 1991–200013.5%
  • 1981–19903.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Smih’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 43 douars in 5 fractions, with 13,918 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني يزرفBeni Azeref5 douars · 2,498 people
بني يزرفBeni AzerefIn parts10654512.10.812.2
أدارAdarIn parts9046612.61.612.9
الجبلJbelDispersed7336610.10.611.1
تزروتTazroutIn parts9338213.11.112.1
أسيفانAssifaneGrouped14273930.54.530.4
بني صدرتBni Sedrat6 douars · 2,203 people
بني صدرتBni SedratGrouped14878617.52.317.7
توناتنTionateneGrouped4524613.03.213.0
إونانIounaneGrouped3016813.73.813.7
إقورانIkourraneGrouped713598.92.18.9
تلانتازارتTalantazartGrouped4423517.02.817.0
تلايزلافنTalayezlafeneDispersed6840919.12.519.3
بني بوضكفانBni Boudkfane14 douars · 3,713 people
أفغالAfghalIn parts723772.23.56.3
إقراوشنIqarraoucheneGrouped573147.01.27.0
تلانطالبTalantalebDispersed7750810.41.010.5
تلاوجاهمTalaoujahoumeDispersed4823521.01.021.0
منعاتMenouatIn parts573037.31.27.3
أمجاتلواAmgatlouGrouped17116———
بوياحمدBouyehmedIn parts451818.45.115.9
تفراطنTifrataneGrouped1672———
زيزانZizaneIn parts27105———
تاوصالتTaoussaltGrouped841———
أعمرانAamraneIn parts23112———
أشطابChettabIn parts1679———
أمانويزلفAmani OuzlafGrouped21100———
زمانةZmanaIn parts2931,1700.71.73.4
بني بوزكريBni Bouzekri6 douars · 2,896 people
بومازيغBou MazighIn parts7032724.62.425.5
تلاورتةTalaourtaGrouped895691.11.219.9
تازطTazatIn parts11355711.11.319.7
بني نصارBeni NsarDispersed7636519.01.415.1
أملاوكAmelaoucIn parts1487349.11.319.2
إعيادينYyadeneGrouped633449.81.720.1
تلاحسنTalahsen12 douars · 2,608 people
زدمات السفلىZadmat EssouflaIn parts512772.00.62.9
زدمات العلياZadmat El OuliaIn parts572773.22.04.1
تزمورتTazemmourtGrouped29135———
أغيلAghilIn parts563137.00.77.4
السبت المركزSebt CentreGrouped833540.10.20.4
تلاحسن السفلىTalahssansouflaGrouped511945.51.16.1
تلاحسن العلياTalahssanaloulyaIn parts744218.01.88.0
العزابةAzzabaDispersed632691.40.65.9
إغليسانIghlissaneGrouped1167———
تلغامنTalghamenGrouped1990———
تبودةTaboudaGrouped321780.41.31.4
إيبينةIybinaGrouped833———

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
01.151.09.11
As digits
011510911
Slug
bni-smih
OpenStreetMap
2563405
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-smih");

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