Fennassa Bab El Hit

فناسة باب الحيط

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

Population, 2024
10,285
Since 2014
−9.6%from 11,381 in 2014
Density
95.1people per km², 108.1 km²
Households
2,538
Foreign residents
1
Rank
727727th most populous of 1,503 communes30th of 49 in its province

Next door in Thar Es-Souk, 68.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 5.5%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 5.4% to 42.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zaaroura. Read French: 15.1% here, 20.0% there; running water: 5.5% here, 6.7% there; can’t read or write: 43.3% here, 45.6% there.

Compare it with Zaaroura

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 Fennassa Bab El Hit.

Fennassa Bab El Hit −9.6%

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
43.3%aged 10 and over53.9% in 201456.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
42.7%5.4% in 201474.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.4%aged 15 and over47.4% in 20144.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.35children per woman1.89 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
10.2%of people7.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.5%of settled households3.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Fennassa Bab El Hit: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over4.8%
3.3%70–743.3%
3.8%65–694.2%
5.0%60–645.9%
4.0%55–594.9%
5.2%50–545.5%
5.5%45–495.5%
7.2%40–446.7%
6.8%35–396.6%
6.1%30–345.7%
6.5%25–295.2%
6.1%20–246.0%
7.6%15–198.7%
9.9%10–149.3%
10.6%5–99.4%
8.7%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.3%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French15.1%
  • English3.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot77.2%
  • Animal8.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.4%
  • Private car2.6%
  • Informal transport2.4%
  • Bus1.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Taxi0.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
22221.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10045.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1411.4 per business
Public services
122
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services49.0%
  • Commerce42.0%
  • Industry6.0%
  • Construction3.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.0%
  • 2 to 324.0%
  • 4 to 92.0%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later9.0%
  • 2011–201962.0%
  • 2001–201020.0%
  • 1991–20003.0%
  • 1981–19902.0%
  • 1956–19801.0%
  • Before 19563.0%

Douars

Fennassa Bab El Hit’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,285 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
باب الحيطBab El Hit7 douars · 3,146 people
باب الحيطBab El HitIn parts1976678.12.38.2
تاريةTaryaIn parts1635509.23.09.3
دمنت بوزيدDemint BouzidIn parts9233915.60.915.6
اموايلتAmouayltIn parts14375724.42.024.9
العيونLaayouneGrouped643109.32.59.4
أولاد مرونOuled MerrouneIn parts583238.40.88.4
مشروانMcherouaneGrouped4220012.11.812.1
فناسةFennassa12 douars · 3,263 people
واد القصبةOued KasbaGrouped1225451.01.11.1
زواوةZouaouahIn parts1324671.82.55.1
البيبانEl BibaneGrouped2981———
مولاي يحيىMoulay IahiaGrouped1074041.51.77.8
سيدي عبد الرحمانSidi AbderrahmaneGrouped321317.02.09.4
الكديةEl KoudiaGrouped1355———
حراطةHarataDispersed1847———
اولاد وعلانOulad OuaalaneGrouped812737.50.412.4
العزابةEl AzzabaIn parts963525.64.96.4
سلومSelloumIn parts873439.01.815.8
اولاد علي المرابطOulad Ali MrabetGrouped642797.90.412.2
خميس سلومKhemis SelloumGrouped682865.92.05.9
بوردةBourda6 douars · 3,876 people
بني كزينBeni EkzineIn parts3231,1499.61.514.2
باب مسيلةBab MsilaIn parts7430415.33.329.7
حماطةHammataIn parts2581,14510.82.212.0
عين جامعAïn JamâIn parts1155383.41.414.1
يونانYounaneIn parts1265776.41.416.6
سكورSokourDispersed341633.41.011.2

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
03.531.07.11
As digits
035310711
Slug
fennassa-bab-el-hit
OpenStreetMap
2754995
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("fennassa-bab-el-hit");

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