El Hanchane

الحنشان

Urban commune in the province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,319
Since 2014
+7.1%from 4,965 in 2014
Density
487people per km², 10.9 km²
Households
1,360
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,1681,168th most populous of 1,503 communes32nd of 57 in its province

Where it is

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

Timzguida-OuftasIda Ou GuelloulSidi Hmad Ou M'barekIda Ou KazzouAit Aissa IhahaneTamanarTarganteTafednaIda Ou AazzaSmimouImgradeImi-N'tlitTakouchtAglifAit DaoudAdaghasAssaisBouzemmourTahelouanteBizdadSidi GhanemeSidi El JazouliTidziSidi H'mad Ou HamedSidi KaoukiEzzaouiteMeskalaKorimateMouaridAit SaidAguerdKechoulaMejjiLagdadraLahsinateOunaghaEssaouiraHad DraMoulay BouzarqtouneTakateAquermoudSidi IshaqSidi Ali El KoratiSidi AbdeljalilTalmestM'khalifSidi LaaroussiMzilateM'ramerSidi BoulaalamSidi Aissa RegraguiZaouiat Ben HmidaSidi M'hamed Ou MarzouqOulad M'rabetTafetachteSidi Ahmed Essayeh

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

El Hanchane +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
29.3%aged 10 and over37.4% in 201437.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.5%13.8% in 201428.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.8%aged 15 and over45.2% in 201411.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.79children per woman2.20 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people9.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.4%of settled households68.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Hanchane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.0%
2.5%70–742.3%
4.6%65–693.0%
4.8%60–644.5%
5.0%55–594.6%
6.0%50–545.9%
5.7%45–496.8%
7.0%40–447.1%
6.1%35–396.1%
7.0%30–346.3%
5.7%25–297.2%
6.5%20–247.4%
9.0%15–199.6%
9.9%10–1410.2%
8.9%5–98.4%
8.1%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit5.0%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French49.6%
  • English18.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.1%
  • Taxi14.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.0%
  • Private car11.2%
  • Bus3.2%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,641
Standing empty
19.7%10.6% vacant9.1% a second home
Precarious
15.7%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
69.5%90.3% on the water mains93.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
23.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house79.5%
  • Rural-type15.0%
  • Traditional house3.6%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Apartment0.6%
  • Other0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years44.2%
  • 20 to 49 years42.4%
  • 50 years or more13.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28052.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
24386.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3471.4 per business
Public services
29
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce45.3%
  • Services29.2%
  • Industry22.6%
  • Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.5%
  • 2 to 314.8%
  • 4 to 93.3%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.7%
  • 2011–201936.2%
  • 2001–201014.0%
  • 1991–20007.8%
  • 1981–19903.7%
  • 1956–19804.1%
  • Before 19560.4%

In the data

Code
07.211.01.03
As digits
072110103
Slug
el-hanchane
Record
/api/communes/07.211.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.211.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.211.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2821032
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-hanchane");

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