H'ssyia

حصيا

Rural commune in the cercle of Alnif, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
11,713
Since 2014
−14.8%from 13,741 in 2014
Density
8.7people per km², 1,348.2 km²
Households
1,860
Rank
619619th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 25 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 20.8% to 38.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Blal. Darija: 12.8% here, 5.8% there; running water: 98.6% here, 95.9% there; read French: 36.0% here, 30.7% there.

Compare it with Ait Blal

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 H'ssyia.

H'ssyia −14.8%

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
35.7%aged 10 and over37.0% in 201444.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
38.8%20.8% in 201429.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.5%aged 15 and over36.5% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.25children per woman3.99 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.3people on average8.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.6%of settled households92.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

H'ssyia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over3.1%
2.8%70–742.3%
3.1%65–692.5%
3.0%60–643.9%
2.6%55–593.2%
3.0%50–543.6%
3.4%45–494.2%
4.3%40–444.8%
5.4%35–395.2%
6.2%30–346.6%
5.1%25–297.8%
5.3%20–246.5%
9.8%15–1910.0%
14.4%10–1413.3%
16.0%5–913.6%
12.0%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight88.0%
  • Darija12.8%
  • Tachelhit12.7%
  • Tarifit0.6%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.1%
  • French36.0%
  • English6.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.4%
  • Employer’s transport18.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.0%
  • Informal transport9.5%
  • Private car6.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.8%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Taxi0.2%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23420.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11850.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4023.4 per business
Public services
107
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce69.5%
  • Services26.3%
  • Industry2.5%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person94.1%
  • 2 to 35.1%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later49.2%
  • 2011–201939.8%
  • 2001–20108.5%
  • 1991–20000.8%
  • 1981–19900.8%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

H'ssyia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 7 fractions, with 11,605 people. 108 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت إعزى الشماليةAit Azzi Chamalia5 douars · 2,288 people
عشيش ايت إعزىAachich Ait IaazzaGrouped2771,3930.01.04.1
خطارة عشيشKhattart AachichGrouped613750.91.03.1
باتوBatouDispersed834510.00.817.0
خطارة باتوAkhatar BatouGrouped1466———
انونسردونAnounserdouneDispersed13———
ايت أيزوAit Ayzou5 douars · 1,548 people
قصر تيسمومينKsar TissemmouminGrouped744020.10.17.0
تفخسيتTifekhsitGrouped563380.50.55.4
إفروIfrouGrouped322310.92.010.3
الخينكKhingGrouped594570.00.85.0
ميمشلوMimechlouGrouped17120———
أيت يحيى أوموسىAit Yahya Moussa2 douars · 1,670 people
أيت يحيىAit YahyaGrouped2081,4750.30.516.4
تمغرغرينTamghrghrineDispersed23195———
أيت إعزى الغربيةAit Azzi Gharbia3 douars · 1,274 people
ايت سعدانAït SadaneGrouped1749550.00.00.1
أكوديمAgoudimGrouped391930.00.02.0
تازكزاوتTazegzouteGrouped27126———
أيت إعزى الجنوبيةAit Azzi Janoubia8 douars · 1,839 people
الحزبانEl HazbaneIn parts1741,1161.01.04.0
تاريشتTarichteGrouped16107———
أموكرAmouguerGrouped220———
إحنضارIhandarGrouped17133———
أيت الخرديAït KherdiGrouped17118———
أيت أمدىAït OumdaGrouped639———
أيت سعيد أوعليAït Saïd Ou AliGrouped432631.91.74.8
اسدامAsdamDispersed643———
أيت إعزى الشرقيةAit Azzi Charqia3 douars · 1,028 people
تقشاTakchaIn parts704190.10.48.1
الفاشتEl FechtGrouped503482.90.625.1
امردول تقشاAmerdoul TakchaDispersed332611.11.129.1
ايت ايزو مجرانAit Ayzou Amjerane1 douar · 1,958 people
مجرانMajraneGrouped2701,9580.70.70.8

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
08.577.02.11
As digits
085770211
Slug
h-ssyia
OpenStreetMap
2884881
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("h-ssyia");

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