Chtaiba

الشطيبة

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Beni Ameur, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
8,491
Since 2014
−6.9%from 9,122 in 2014
Density
89.6people per km², 94.8 km²
Households
1,881
Rank
862862nd most populous of 1,503 communes28th of 43 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 5.8% to 32.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi M'hamed Chelh. In the labour force: 32.4% here, 31.4% there; higher education: 2.7% here, 2.9% there; Darija: 99.4% here, 98.4% there.

Compare it with Sidi M'hamed Chelh

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 Chtaiba.

Chtaiba −6.9%

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
39.9%aged 10 and over48.5% in 201445.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.7%5.8% in 201459.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.4%aged 15 and over44.2% in 20143.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.78children per woman3.18 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.7%of settled households97.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Chtaiba: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.0%
3.0%70–742.7%
3.7%65–694.0%
4.1%60–643.7%
4.5%55–593.0%
5.2%50–544.9%
5.9%45–495.8%
6.1%40–446.5%
4.8%35–396.2%
4.7%30–347.2%
4.3%25–296.0%
4.9%20–246.3%
10.2%15–199.3%
14.0%10–1412.7%
13.4%5–911.1%
8.5%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French27.8%
  • English6.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle32.7%
  • Private car7.2%
  • Taxi6.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.1%
  • Informal transport4.7%
  • Employer’s transport3.8%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15217.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8052.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1251.6 per business
Public services
42
Associations
30in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.8%
  • Industry18.8%
  • Services12.5%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.5%
  • 2 to 325.0%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.5%
  • 2011–201935.0%
  • 2001–201020.0%
  • 1991–20001.3%
  • 1981–19901.3%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Chtaiba’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,480 people. 11 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 احمدOulad Ahmed8 douars · 4,809 people
أولاد إسماعيل أولاد شويخOulad Smail Oulad ChouykhGrouped1205390.01.01.0
أولاد إسماعيل أولاد حسونOd Smail Od HassouneGrouped2181,0091.11.01.0
تعاونية تدمانCoopérative TadmaneGrouped21106———
الشرفةChorfaGrouped441840.20.94.0
أولاد مصورOulad MessourIn parts1718250.71.22.9
أولاد عامرOulad AmeurDispersed793660.82.54.6
أولاد عليOuled AliGrouped1034370.91.03.0
أولاد بوبكرOuled BoubkerIn parts3291,3431.01.93.3
الشطيبةChtaiba5 douars · 3,671 people
الكوانةEl KouannaGrouped893891.01.03.0
الشطيبةChtaibaGrouped2761,2630.60.80.9
المالحEl MelhIn parts2231,0260.70.93.4
زاوية سيدي بومحمد بن صالحZaouia Sidi Boumhmed Ben SalahGrouped1175400.00.03.0
أولاد خليفةOuled KhalifaGrouped914530.80.93.9

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
07.191.13.01
As digits
071911301
Slug
chtaiba
OpenStreetMap
2881961
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("chtaiba");

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