Eddir

الدير

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Moussa Lhamri, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
7,781
Since 2014
+2.9%from 7,565 in 2014
Density
56.5people per km², 137.8 km²
Households
1,732
Rank
929929th most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 89 in its province

Next door in Bigoudine, 26.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 86.9%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 55.3% to 42.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tamazouzte. Unemployment: 13.7% here, 9.8% there; running water: 86.9% here, 91.6% there; higher education: 2.9% here, 3.6% there.

Compare it with Tamazouzte

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 Eddir.

Eddir +2.9%

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
42.6%aged 10 and over55.3% in 201452.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.7%7.4% in 201411.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.0%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20141.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.54children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.7%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
86.9%of settled households76.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Eddir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over3.3%
2.2%70–742.7%
3.0%65–693.5%
4.3%60–644.0%
3.7%55–594.8%
5.6%50–545.7%
6.7%45–496.0%
6.4%40–447.9%
7.5%35–397.0%
8.0%30–347.0%
5.3%25–295.9%
7.4%20–246.2%
8.2%15–197.9%
10.4%10–1410.4%
9.7%5–910.0%
8.0%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit97.3%
  • Darija60.8%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.4%
  • French40.1%
  • English11.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle32.4%
  • On foot23.3%
  • Informal transport12.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.9%
  • Employer’s transport7.2%
  • Private car6.7%
  • Another way4.9%
  • Taxi2.4%
  • Animal1.2%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23129.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12152.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4353.6 per business
Public services
96
Associations
14in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.2%
  • Industry25.6%
  • Services14.0%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.6%
  • 2 to 37.4%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 495.8%
  • 50 and over1.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.4%
  • 2011–201938.0%
  • 2001–201011.6%
  • 1991–20007.4%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19804.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Eddir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 1 fraction, with 7,761 people. 20 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
الديرEddir23 douars · 7,761 people
تصدرتTasderteDispersed2311,0390.51.94.1
إكركرAgourgourGrouped442160.42.03.4
زاوية إسنZaouïa IsseneIn parts2281,0410.82.47.5
بورياBouryaDispersed1386790.91.44.9
بويحييBouyahiaIn parts4402,0050.62.16.4
تمكوستTamagoustIn parts813241.01.17.2
تزوينت أعمونTizouinte Ou AamouneGrouped1131———
إذاوتوخساتIdaoutoukhsatIn parts1326130.91.314.0
تيسي أوعطارTissi Ou AttarGrouped27138———
أزورAzourIn parts29116———
الدخيلةDkhilaGrouped612320.60.33.6
تغولاستTaghoulassteGrouped39———
بوزمورBou ZemmourGrouped29115———
إمتلانImtlaneGrouped933———
تزكارتTazougartGrouped1454———
أضرضورAdardourGrouped415———
توريرت أخنشيTaourirte OukhanchiGrouped931———
إكيس إزدار (أيت منصور)Ikis Izdar (Ait Mansour)Grouped1784———
إكيس أفلا ( أيت علي)Ikis Afella (Ait Ali)Grouped1347———
تزوينت أبوكاضTizouinte OuboukadeGrouped1272———
إكبار أوفلاIgber OufellaGrouped2898———
إكبار إزدارIgbar IzdarDispersed1667280.91.44.5
تدوتTaddoutGrouped541———

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
09.541.11.09
As digits
095411109
Slug
eddir
OpenStreetMap
2835860
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("eddir");

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