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Dir El Ksiba

دير القصيبة

Rural commune in the cercle of El Ksiba, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
25,851
Since 2014
+13.1%from 22,855 in 2014
Density
89.5people per km², 288.7 km²
Households
6,528
Foreign residents
2
Rank
222222nd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 22 in its province

Next door in El Ksiba, 92.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 61.7% to 85.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed. Running water: 85.2% here, 89.2% there; household size: 4.0 here, 3.9 there; unemployment: 28.4% here, 27.5% there.

Compare it with Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed

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 Dir El Ksiba.

Dir El Ksiba +13.1%

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
37.9%aged 10 and over44.8% in 201447.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.4%20.6% in 201443.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.7%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20148.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.21children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.6%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
85.2%of settled households61.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dir El Ksiba: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.3%
2.6%70–742.4%
3.5%65–693.0%
4.7%60–645.0%
4.6%55–594.5%
5.9%50–545.7%
6.9%45–497.2%
7.3%40–447.5%
6.8%35–397.1%
5.9%30–347.3%
5.1%25–296.4%
6.1%20–246.9%
8.7%15–197.6%
10.7%10–1410.3%
10.1%5–98.8%
7.9%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija86.7%
  • Tamazight74.9%
  • Tachelhit5.3%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French61.2%
  • English14.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.6%
  • Informal transport7.2%
  • Private car6.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.4%
  • Employer’s transport4.9%
  • Taxi4.4%
  • Bus3.7%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Dir El Ksiba’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
3,464
Standing empty
22.5%16.3% vacant6.2% a second home
Precarious
0.5%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
1.9%86.6% on the water mains85.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.9%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house97.9%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Other0.5%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years78.1%
  • 20 to 49 years21.1%
  • 50 years or more0.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
78930.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
65382.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,4092.2 per business
Public services
113
Associations
23in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.2%
  • Industry25.1%
  • Services21.4%
  • Construction3.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.2%
  • 2 to 326.2%
  • 4 to 95.7%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.5%
  • 2011–201937.8%
  • 2001–201010.6%
  • 1991–20005.8%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ighram Laalam11,305

Douars

Dir El Ksiba’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 42 douars in 12 fractions, with 14,546 people. Another 11,305 live in Ighram Laalam, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت حمي تغبولاAit Himmi Taghboula2 douars · 831 people
ايت داود اوعيسىAit Daoud OuissaDispersed1284960.40.91.0
ايت عيسىAit AissaDispersed863350.11.10.9
امهواشAmhouach3 douars · 1,144 people
ايت خويا لحسنAit Khouya LahcenDispersed822900.92.87.2
ايت عيروAit AirouDispersed652120.31.72.1
ايت خويا امحندAit Khouya M'HandeDispersed1846421.11.45.8
ازموينAzmouine4 douars · 952 people
ايت عيسى اوحموAit Issa Ou HammouDispersed49———
ايت ايسيمورAit IssimourDispersed541980.30.95.9
ايت اومسودAit OumsoudeDispersed1565430.71.45.9
الماتنIlmateneDispersed482022.60.77.8
ايت الحسين تاغزوتAit El Houssine Taghzout5 douars · 1,493 people
ايت الحسينAït HassineGrouped1325210.10.70.7
تافرنتTafrantGrouped572540.10.53.0
مرمانMarmaneGrouped481880.30.85.2
ايت مسعودAit MassaoudGrouped622120.21.92.1
ايت حميAit HimmiGrouped833180.02.42.8
ايت مسعودAit Massaoud4 douars · 642 people
ايت على اوعموAit Ali AoumouDispersed421711.02.15.2
ايت الربعAit RbaaDispersed381241.41.05.3
ايت ايشوك سعيدAit Ichouk SaidDispersed361291.82.88.1
امشاضAmchadDispersed552181.41.86.6
ايت داود بويصيعانAit Daoud Bouyssiaane2 douars · 995 people
ايت اشو اوبراهيمAit Ichou Ou BrahimGrouped1256———
ايت وسعدانAit OuissaadenGrouped2399390.10.74.0
ايت حمو اوعبد السلامAit Hammou Aoubd Essalam4 douars · 1,820 people
ايت علي اوكسعدنAit Ali GuissaadenGrouped1325060.00.33.4
ايت خويا موسىAit Khouya MoussaGrouped1936940.10.62.6
ايت اشقونداAït ChkoundaGrouped772970.30.68.3
ايت سيدي بن داودAit Sidi BendaoudeGrouped873230.00.63.0
ايت ايكوAit Ikkou5 douars · 2,634 people
ايت اومناصفAit OumnacefDispersed783340.11.14.1
ايت وحمانAit HmaniDispersed341620.41.33.8
ايت داودAit DaoudDispersed1260———
اقبر 2Akber 2Grouped883930.01.51.6
تسي نايت اكوTasi N'ait AkouGrouped4271,6850.00.50.8
ايت ايشو اويعقوب الشرقية (اوصفرو)Ait Ichou Aouykoub Charqia (Aousefrou)3 douars · 1,124 people
ايت سعيد اويشوAit Said AouychouDispersed1797360.60.46.4
ايت وسعدانAit WissadaneDispersed683010.00.56.5
احلالAhlalDispersed2487———
ايت يعقوب تافطويتAit Yacoub Taftout2 douars · 1,260 people
ايت يعقوبAit YacoubDispersed1465660.31.14.5
تافطويتTaftoutDispersed1806940.11.73.5
ايت علي اوبراهيمAit Ali Aoubrahim4 douars · 990 people
ازريولAzrioulGrouped301140.01.91.9
زمكيلZemkilGrouped22121———
اسراولAsraoulGrouped612410.01.12.9
تسي نايت علي أوبراهيمTasi N'ait Ali AoubrahimGrouped1195141.11.91.6
تكانتTagante4 douars · 661 people
ايت داودAit DaoudDispersed551875.33.48.4
ايت حميAit HimmiDispersed441622.61.06.5
ايت مسعودAit MassaoudDispersed2379———
امهواشAmhouachDispersed582332.22.37.5

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
05.091.07.07
As digits
050910707
Slug
dir-el-ksiba
OpenStreetMap
2882856
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("dir-el-ksiba");

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