Gheris Es-Soufli

اغريس السفلي

Rural commune in the cercle of Goulmima, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 6,877
Since 2014: +0.2%from 6,867 in 2014
Density: 20.3people per km², 338.9 km²
Households: 1,386
Rank: 1,0191,019th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 29 in its province

Next door in Fezna, 84.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.3%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 44.4% to 29.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tissint. Household size: 5.0 here, 5.0 there; running water: 92.2% here, 97.5% there; can’t read or write: 25.1% here, 29.0% there.

Compare it with Tissint

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

52262

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Gheris Es-Soufli.

Gheris Es-Soufli +0.2%

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: 25.1%aged 10 and over30.8% in 201435.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.3%9.7% in 201438.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 29.0%aged 15 and over44.4% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman2.21 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.1%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 92.2%of settled households89.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Gheris Es-Soufli: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.9%	75 and over	4.4%
2.7%	70–74	3.5%
3.4%	65–69	2.9%
4.1%	60–64	5.6%
3.5%	55–59	4.6%
5.3%	50–54	5.6%
6.3%	45–49	6.0%
5.6%	40–44	8.2%
6.3%	35–39	6.7%
6.6%	30–34	7.0%
5.0%	25–29	5.8%
6.2%	20–24	5.9%
8.1%	15–19	7.5%
12.3%	10–14	9.6%
11.2%	5–9	9.3%
9.4%	0–4	7.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija97.3%
Tamazight52.0%
Tachelhit15.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.2%
French42.1%
English11.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh8.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle52.2%
On foot27.5%
Doesn’t travel to work7.6%
Private car5.1%
Employer’s transport3.0%
Taxi2.3%
Bus1.7%
Informal transport0.3%
Animal0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Another way0.0%

Can’t read or write: 30.8%aged 10 and over25.1% in 202442.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.7%17.3% in 202412.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.4%aged 15 and over29.0% in 202425.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.21children per woman2.04 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people6.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.0people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 89.6%of settled households92.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Gheris Es-Soufli: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	2.8%
2.2%	70–74	2.7%
1.8%	65–69	2.4%
2.9%	60–64	4.0%
3.7%	55–59	3.5%
3.4%	50–54	5.1%
3.8%	45–49	4.6%
5.3%	40–44	5.6%
5.7%	35–39	7.1%
7.5%	30–34	9.1%
8.1%	25–29	8.3%
9.9%	20–24	9.8%
10.9%	15–19	9.0%
10.3%	10–14	8.4%
8.5%	5–9	7.8%
12.5%	0–4	9.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija84.2%
Tamazight68.0%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French42.7%
Arabic only34.0%
Arabic, French and English17.1%
Other combinations6.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.4%
Bike or motorcycle15.1%
Works at home13.6%
Bus5.4%
Not stated4.4%
Private car1.5%
Taxi1.4%
Another way1.1%
Employer’s transport1.0%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood48.5%
At home13.6%
Another province12.6%
No fixed place10.7%
Another commune7.0%
Not stated4.1%
Another in the commune3.4%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing25.3%
Labouring and small trades23.9%
Crafts and skilled trades21.2%
Farm and fishing labour17.1%
Clerical work4.2%
Managers and senior professionals2.4%
Trade and broking1.8%
Machine operating1.6%
Technicians1.3%
Not classified1.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma58.6%
Primary23.5%
Lower secondary11.2%
Upper secondary4.4%
DEUG or Licence2.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 13419.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8462.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1011.2 per business
Public services: 41
Associations: 9in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce59.5%
Industry23.8%
Services9.5%
Construction7.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person85.7%
2 to 314.3%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.1%
2011–201941.7%
2001–201013.1%
1991–200010.7%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Gheris Es-Soufli’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,830 people. 47 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
تكوين الشماليةTikiouine Chamalia2 douars · 1,250 people
قصر البوشيحةKsar El Bouchiha	Grouped	179	767	1.0	1.0	1.0
قصر العوينةKsar Laawina	Grouped	90	483	3.6	1.0	3.7
وقاOuka7 douars · 4,013 people
توغزةToughza	Grouped	50	267	1.7	2.5	3.5
خليلKhlil	Grouped	87	471	1.0	2.3	3.3
مونحياMounhya	Grouped	94	552	0.5	0.5	1.5
قصر الشرفاءKsar Charfa	Grouped	109	582	0.7	1.0	1.2
كاوزGaouz	Grouped	120	655	0.3	0.8	2.0
قصر بوتنفيتKsar Boutenfit	Grouped	128	692	0.0	0.0	2.0
خطارة الشرفاءAkhatar Chorfa	Grouped	133	794	1.1	1.7	4.0
تكوين الجنوبيةTikiouine Janoubia5 douars · 1,567 people
قصر الجديدEl Ksar Jdid	Grouped	76	344	1.0	1.8	2.0
عنفرAnfar	Grouped	59	209	1.0	1.0	1.0
القصر القديم تلوينKsar Lakdim Tilouine	Grouped	14	59	—	—	—
قصر البورKsar Bour	Grouped	94	383	1.0	1.9	1.9
قصر وسط الحدادةKsar Oust Haddada	Grouped	145	572	1.1	1.1	1.1

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: 08.201.13.09
As digits: 082011309
Slug: gheris-es-soufli
Record: /api/communes/08.201.13.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.201.13.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.201.13.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.201.13.09/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.201.13.09/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.201.13.09/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.201.13.09/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884814

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