Es-Sifa
السيفا
Rural commune in the cercle of Arfoud, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 6,531
- Since 2014
- −7.2%from 7,035 in 2014
- Density
- 158people per km², 41.2 km²
- Households
- 1,130
- Rank
- 1,0551,055th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 29 in its province
Next door in Aarab Sebbah Gheris, 1.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 93.0%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.8% to 93.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sefsaf. Darija: 97.0% here, 98.3% there; unemployment: 17.6% here, 19.3% there; apartments: 0.0% here, 0.0% there.
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 Es-Sifa.
Es-Sifa −7.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 27.7%aged 10 and over34.1% in 201435.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.6%5.9% in 201468.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.3%aged 15 and over34.3% in 20142.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.73children per woman3.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.6%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.8people on average7.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 74.7%of settled households40.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 2.1% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.0% | 65–69 | 3.6% | ||
| 2.8% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 2.2% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.0% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.5% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 8.0% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 8.2% | 20–24 | 5.8% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 9.2% | ||
| 12.0% | 10–14 | 12.0% | ||
| 11.6% | 5–9 | 11.4% | ||
| 10.4% | 0–4 | 9.3% | ||
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
- 34.1%aged 10 and over27.7% in 202445.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.9%17.6% in 202463.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.3%aged 15 and over34.3% in 20241.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.12children per woman2.73 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.7%of people3.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 7.0people on average5.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 40.2%of settled households74.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6% | 75 and over | 1.1% | ||
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 1.5% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 1.5% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 3.6% | ||
| 2.9% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.3% | 50–54 | 5.3% | ||
| 2.8% | 45–49 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.5% | 40–44 | 5.3% | ||
| 4.4% | 35–39 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 8.1% | ||
| 11.6% | 20–24 | 10.5% | ||
| 11.6% | 15–19 | 11.9% | ||
| 11.8% | 10–14 | 9.3% | ||
| 9.9% | 5–9 | 10.8% | ||
| 12.9% | 0–4 | 12.1% | ||
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
- 588.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2746.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 301.1 per business
- Public services
- 26
- Associations
- 5in 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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households on the public sewer went from 0.8% in 2014 to 93.0% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.
Across 4 of the 5 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +1.8 points. Aarab Sebbah Gheris is furthest from it, at −0.2 points.
Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Es-Sifa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,531 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| السيفة الشماليةEssifa Chamalia6 douars · 3,431 people | ||||||
| قصر أولاد يحيىKsar Oulad Yahya | Grouped | 197 | 1,094 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| قصيبة القايدKsiba El Caïd | Grouped | 16 | 68 | — | — | — |
| قصيبة أولاد مومنKsibat Oulad Moumen | Grouped | 49 | 240 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| الدوار السيفةDouar Essifa | Grouped | 195 | 1,190 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| قصر المنكرةKsar El Mankra | Grouped | 65 | 368 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| قصير السيفةKsar Essifa | Dispersed | 98 | 471 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| السيفة الجنوبيةEssifa Janoubia3 douars · 3,100 people | ||||||
| قصر أولاد حسينKsar Oulad Hssine | Grouped | 226 | 1,367 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| الزاوية البوبكريةZaouia El Boubkria | Grouped | 47 | 297 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| قصر لكلاكلةKsar Laglagla | Grouped | 237 | 1,436 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
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
08.201.03.07- As digits
082010307- Slug
es-sifa- Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.03.07/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.03.07/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/08.201.03.07/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.03.07/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2884760
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("es-sifa");