El Bsabsa
البسابسا
Rural commune in the cercle of Tissa, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 7,485
- Since 2014
- −6.7%from 8,019 in 2014
- Density
- 88.7people per km², 84.4 km²
- Households
- 1,608
- Rank
- 962962nd most populous of 1,503 communes42nd of 49 in its province
Next door in Tissa, 73.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.9%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 62.0% to 46.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ettiji. Running water: 3.9% here, 0.1% there; read French: 30.1% here, 32.6% there; can’t read or write: 46.3% here, 44.5% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
34223
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is El Bsabsa.
El Bsabsa −6.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 46.3%aged 10 and over62.0% in 201460.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 10.3%6.3% in 201419.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 33.3%aged 15 and over45.8% in 20141.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.08children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.4%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 3.9%of settled households3.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 3.6% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.7% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 35–39 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.2% | 30–34 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.3% | 25–29 | 5.3% | ||
| 7.4% | 20–24 | 6.3% | ||
| 10.2% | 15–19 | 9.3% | ||
| 11.8% | 10–14 | 11.7% | ||
| 11.4% | 5–9 | 11.7% | ||
| 9.9% | 0–4 | 10.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 62.0%aged 10 and over46.3% in 202476.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.3%10.3% in 202415.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 45.8%aged 15 and over33.3% in 20244.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 78.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.50children per woman3.08 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.5%of people7.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.1people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 3.2%of settled households3.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 2.8% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 1.4% | 65–69 | 1.1% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 3.2% | ||
| 2.8% | 55–59 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.7% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 3.5% | 45–49 | 3.5% | ||
| 5.0% | 40–44 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 5.4% | ||
| 7.3% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 7.5% | 25–29 | 8.8% | ||
| 9.5% | 20–24 | 8.7% | ||
| 10.5% | 15–19 | 9.5% | ||
| 12.1% | 10–14 | 12.8% | ||
| 11.1% | 5–9 | 10.8% | ||
| 11.9% | 0–4 | 11.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 9512.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2425.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 401.7 per business
- Public services
- 71
- Associations
- 0in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
El Bsabsa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,476 people. 9 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| النجاجرةNjajra18 douars · 3,484 people | ||||||
| بني وكيلBni Oukil | Grouped | 4 | 21 | — | — | — |
| اولاد بن عليOulad Ben Ali | Grouped | 13 | 51 | — | — | — |
| الشبليةChblia | Grouped | 43 | 208 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| غزاوةGhzaoua | Grouped | 22 | 98 | — | — | — |
| الجياهنةJiahna | Dispersed | 55 | 272 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 14.6 |
| ركبة المالRokbet El Mal | Grouped | 36 | 153 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 |
| بياضةBayada | Dispersed | 16 | 60 | — | — | — |
| تعاونية علويةCoopérative Alouia | Grouped | 59 | 305 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
| المهايةMhaya | In parts | 26 | 111 | — | — | — |
| بلهدياتBel Hadiate | Grouped | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
| المساكينEl Massakine | Grouped | 51 | 256 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| الرفدةErrafda | Grouped | 8 | 41 | — | — | — |
| البراشمةLabrachma | Dispersed | 89 | 413 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| الهوارةLahouara | Grouped | 53 | 209 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| اولاد علي بن سعيدOulad Ali Ben Said | In parts | 73 | 276 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 9.9 |
| باب خيدورBab Khaydour | Grouped | 128 | 608 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 12.2 |
| اولاد بوعزةOulad Bouazza | Grouped | 36 | 177 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 14.1 |
| واد الجمعةOued Jemaa | In parts | 52 | 221 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 13.0 |
| البسابسةBsabsa13 douars · 3,992 people | ||||||
| بني خليفةBni Khlifa | Grouped | 30 | 119 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 12.9 |
| مطالسةMtalsi | Grouped | 72 | 349 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| البرانسBranes | Grouped | 23 | 112 | — | — | — |
| البسابسةBsabsa | Grouped | 152 | 636 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 13.4 |
| المزابيينMzabiyine | In parts | 9 | 47 | — | — | — |
| الشدادنةChdadna | Dispersed | 120 | 663 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 12.4 |
| حماناتHamanat | Dispersed | 31 | 144 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| حميداتHammidat | Grouped | 6 | 23 | — | — | — |
| واد النصرOued Nsar | Dispersed | 74 | 387 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 6.7 |
| الحزبةEl Hazba | Grouped | 50 | 204 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 12.5 |
| اولاد بوسعدتOulad Bousadt | Dispersed | 75 | 373 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 11.6 |
| فرعيةFraia | Dispersed | 37 | 173 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
| القبيبEl Kbib | In parts | 164 | 762 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 |
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
03.531.09.09- As digits
035310909- Slug
el-bsabsa- Census figures
/api/communes/03.531.09.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.531.09.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.531.09.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.531.09.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2755027
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-bsabsa");