El Faid

الفيض

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Berhil, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 10,559
Since 2014: −12.1%from 12,011 in 2014
Density: 21.7people per km², 485.8 km²
Households: 2,616
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 700700th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 89 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 67.8% to 85.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Dar Jamaa. Darija: 44.9% here, 45.8% there; can’t read or write: 46.0% here, 45.8% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.6% here, 26.4% there.

Compare it with Dar Jamaa

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

83072

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is El Faid.

El Faid −12.1%

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: 46.0%aged 10 and over53.8% in 201456.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.8%9.1% in 201438.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 30.4%aged 15 and over33.5% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.76children per woman2.91 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.0%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 85.0%of settled households67.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Faid: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
6.0%	75 and over	6.2%
4.4%	70–74	4.2%
4.9%	65–69	4.4%
4.6%	60–64	5.2%
5.0%	55–59	5.1%
4.8%	50–54	6.1%
5.4%	45–49	6.5%
6.1%	40–44	6.9%
7.0%	35–39	5.8%
6.6%	30–34	6.7%
4.7%	25–29	5.5%
4.5%	20–24	5.5%
6.7%	15–19	7.6%
10.7%	10–14	8.9%
9.9%	5–9	8.4%
8.5%	0–4	7.1%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit98.8%
Darija44.9%
Tamazight0.7%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.3%
French49.7%
English10.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot37.1%
Bike or motorcycle26.4%
Doesn’t travel to work9.8%
Informal transport8.4%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Bus4.4%
Taxi3.5%
Private car2.8%
Animal2.0%
Another way1.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 53.8%aged 10 and over46.0% in 202464.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.1%19.8% in 202425.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.5%aged 15 and over30.4% in 20245.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.91children per woman1.76 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people7.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 67.8%of settled households85.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

El Faid: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.6%	75 and over	3.9%
2.2%	70–74	2.5%
3.2%	65–69	2.8%
4.4%	60–64	4.1%
4.7%	55–59	4.1%
4.7%	50–54	4.6%
5.2%	45–49	5.1%
4.8%	40–44	6.2%
5.1%	35–39	6.9%
6.6%	30–34	7.7%
6.6%	25–29	7.3%
7.0%	20–24	9.1%
8.4%	15–19	9.4%
10.6%	10–14	8.8%
10.3%	5–9	8.3%
11.8%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.4%
Darija27.8%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only59.3%
Arabic and French33.6%
Arabic, French and English4.8%
Other combinations2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.7%
Bus15.1%
Bike or motorcycle13.0%
Taxi9.7%
Another way9.1%
Works at home4.1%
Private car2.3%
Not stated2.0%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood38.9%
No fixed place23.8%
Another province15.5%
Another commune8.9%
Another in the commune6.2%
At home4.1%
Not stated1.8%
Somewhere else0.9%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades30.3%
Labouring and small trades19.5%
Farm and fishing labour16.2%
Farming and fishing15.2%
Clerical work6.6%
Trade and broking5.5%
Machine operating3.5%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Not classified1.2%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma79.6%
Primary15.1%
Lower secondary3.2%
Upper secondary1.1%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 29027.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7626.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1572.1 per business
Public services: 196
Associations: 18in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce72.4%
Industry22.4%
Services5.3%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person84.2%
2 to 313.2%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 491.3%
50 and over1.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later21.1%
2011–201935.5%
2001–201017.1%
1991–200014.5%
1981–19907.9%
1956–19803.9%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

El Faid’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 55 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,550 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
تركتTarkt18 douars · 5,231 people
أيت موسى الحاجAit Moussa Elhaj	In parts	65	265	1.9	0.5	12.0
توريرت المغارطينTawrirt Lamghartine	Grouped	72	265	0.0	0.0	7.0
تصومعيتTassoumaat	In parts	95	348	0.0	0.0	4.9
أيت حمد أوبراهيمAït Ahmed Ou Brahim	Grouped	62	254	0.0	0.0	3.1
احشاشIhchach	In parts	104	413	1.6	6.3	6.5
الفيضEl Faid	In parts	152	601	0.7	1.5	2.4
استاينAstayn	Grouped	81	350	1.0	1.1	8.3
أيت عبد اللهAit Abdellah	Dispersed	87	373	0.2	2.8	7.5
تملالتTamlelt	Grouped	48	181	0.9	1.2	4.3
تكديرت نبزماضTagadirt-n-Bazmad	In parts	92	338	0.1	2.5	4.5
أسكاAssaka	Grouped	126	494	0.1	0.5	4.0
زاوية تملالتZawyat Tamalalt	In parts	89	360	0.7	0.9	4.0
إغير نوفلاIghir-n-Oufella	Grouped	35	135	0.0	0.3	14.7
تفراوت نزوبيتTafraout Nzoubit	In parts	50	235	0.0	0.0	12.4
أيت وليلAit Oualil	Grouped	94	395	8.0	0.0	18.0
أفرزارAferzar	Grouped	19	85	—	—	—
تضنيTadni	Grouped	10	32	—	—	—
أكني نفرضAgni Nifard	Grouped	24	107	—	—	—
تشريفتTachrift17 douars · 2,768 people
إفرخان نزدارIfarkhane-n-Izddar	Grouped	57	216	0.0	0.0	16.0
تامرز نوفلاTamerz n'Oufalla	Grouped	13	66	—	—	—
أكرض نزكريAgard-n-Zakri	Grouped	22	97	—	—	—
ايت بوالزمانAït Bouzmane	Grouped	16	87	—	—	—
تݣناتينTiganatine	Grouped	27	131	—	—	—
أيت اعمرAit Amer	Grouped	20	97	—	—	—
إشهضاضنIchahdaden	Grouped	51	208	0.0	0.5	21.1
دوإيمولاDou Imoula	Grouped	29	109	—	—	—
إفرخان نوفلاIfarkhane-n-Oufella	Grouped	61	265	0.0	0.0	21.0
أيت كريAït Garri	Grouped	44	190	0.0	4.0	16.1
إغير نزدارIghir Nizdar	Grouped	68	280	0.0	0.2	15.0
أيت جامعAit Jamaa	Grouped	14	63	—	—	—
تكديرت نايت جامعTagadirt Nait Jamaa	Grouped	11	43	—	—	—
أكادير نزناكنAgadir-n-Iznagn	Grouped	49	246	0.0	0.0	13.7
تفلونتTafallount	Grouped	34	158	0.0	1.1	14.4
أيت الحاجAit el Hajj	Grouped	27	158	—	—	—
أيت يوسفAit Youssef	Grouped	72	354	0.0	1.0	12.0
أيت إيحياAit Yahya20 douars · 2,551 people
تفروينTiferouine	Grouped	24	118	—	—	—
أكني نفادAgni-n-Fad	In parts	107	364	1.3	0.8	14.2
تكديرت نايت الحسينTagadirt-n-Aït Lahsene	Grouped	17	72	—	—	—
أيت علي وبرايمAït Ali Ou Brahim	Grouped	6	23	—	—	—
تصروختTasroukht	Grouped	32	135	10.2	0.6	17.1
اكرض نغرايAgard-n-Oughray	Grouped	42	125	7.0	0.1	19.9
تمقيتTimkit	In parts	29	133	—	—	—
كويلالKouilal	Grouped	53	178	4.8	2.0	15.0
أكادير نماونAgadir Nimaoune	Grouped	42	176	1.0	0.9	5.0
تكديرت نماونTagadirt Nimawn	Grouped	53	229	1.5	0.3	6.2
تبيا نماونTabia-n-Imawn	Grouped	37	180	1.2	1.0	9.8
مساريكتMsrikt	Grouped	5	20	—	—	—
أسركسAsserouks	Grouped	27	69	—	—	—
أكلزAklz	Grouped	41	131	1.1	1.0	1.0
زاوية إرسZaouia Irs	Grouped	21	75	—	—	—
تدنستTadnast	Grouped	15	52	—	—	—
تزيمطTouzimt	Grouped	13	42	—	—	—
إكونجابنIgounjaben	Grouped	40	132	4.0	1.0	3.7
تملوكتTamaloukt	Grouped	21	70	—	—	—
تنامروتTanamrout	Grouped	70	227	2.9	1.0	1.8

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: 09.541.04.13
As digits: 095410413
Slug: el-faid
Record: /api/communes/09.541.04.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/09.541.04.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/09.541.04.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/09.541.04.13/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/09.541.04.13/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/09.541.04.13/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/09.541.04.13/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2890502

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