El Bibane

البيبان

Rural commune in the cercle of Rhafsai, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
5,853
Since 2014
−7.1%from 6,303 in 2014
Density
136people per km², 43.2 km²
Households
1,623
Rank
1,1201,120th most populous of 1,503 communes47th of 49 in its province

Next door in Rhafsai, 82.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.7%.

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 91.9% to 72.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Redouane. Household size: 3.6 here, 3.5 there; aged 65 and over: 11.7% here, 12.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.2% here, 26.7% there.

Compare it with Sidi Redouane

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 El Bibane.

El Bibane −7.1%

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
35.1%aged 10 and over37.6% in 201448.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.7%13.7% in 201434.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
26.9%aged 15 and over40.8% in 20143.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.48children per woman1.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
10.6%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
43.1%of settled households39.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Bibane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over5.1%
3.3%70–743.6%
3.9%65–693.5%
5.7%60–645.8%
4.7%55–595.7%
6.5%50–545.8%
6.4%45–496.9%
7.5%40–447.2%
5.9%35–396.3%
5.9%30–345.8%
4.4%25–294.9%
5.4%20–246.0%
9.2%15–198.3%
9.7%10–148.9%
9.5%5–99.3%
8.1%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

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

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French40.9%
  • English9.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot72.3%
  • Informal transport8.1%
  • Animal7.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.8%
  • Private car3.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.9%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • 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
11219.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7466.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
931.3 per business
Public services
36
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.8%
  • Services27.0%
  • Industry10.8%
  • Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person91.9%
  • 2 to 34.1%
  • 4 to 94.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.0%
  • 2011–201941.9%
  • 2001–201025.7%
  • 1991–20009.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

El Bibane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,853 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
عين باردةAin Barda8 douars · 3,457 people
الظويهرDouiharIn parts1023700.61.41.4
راس القبورRas El KbourGrouped611990.52.50.9
أونانIounaneGrouped1766530.40.90.7
الريفRifGrouped1164240.72.32.0
أسطارAstarGrouped1123820.01.41.4
الركيبةRkibaGrouped2719370.20.10.6
الزاويةZaouiaGrouped411704.00.07.2
اولاد بن جامعAoulad Ben JamaâIn parts1013221.80.14.1
تازغدرةTazghadra2 douars · 2,396 people
بابت البيرBabt ElbirGrouped3001,1210.71.55.3
تازغدرةTazghadraGrouped3431,2752.02.25.1

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.03.01
As digits
035310301
Slug
el-bibane
OpenStreetMap
2753138
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-bibane");

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