Isly

إسلي

Rural commune in the cercle of Oujda-Banlieue Sud, préfecture of Oujda-Angad, Oriental.

Population, 2024
10,256
Since 2014
+52.9%from 6,710 in 2014
Density
49.5people per km², 207.2 km²
Households
1,831
Foreign residents
5
Rank
731731st most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 11 in its préfecture

Next door in Bni Khaled, 1.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 54.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 43.6% to 66.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Kansara. Aged 65 and over: 6.6% here, 7.5% there; Darija: 99.3% here, 98.8% there; higher education: 4.0% here, 3.8% there.

Compare it with Ain Kansara

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Isly.

Isly +52.9%

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
29.2%aged 10 and over43.8% in 201435.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.8%8.4% in 201454.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.2%aged 15 and over48.0% in 20146.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.35children per woman2.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people2.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
66.3%of settled households43.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Isly: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.9%75 and over2.6%
1.9%70–741.7%
2.7%65–692.3%
3.2%60–642.8%
3.4%55–593.6%
5.3%50–544.3%
6.5%45–495.2%
8.3%40–447.3%
7.9%35–398.0%
7.6%30–348.7%
5.4%25–298.1%
5.7%20–246.1%
7.7%15–197.6%
11.5%10–1410.2%
11.7%5–911.6%
9.2%0–410.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit5.5%
  • Tamazight1.0%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French46.0%
  • English5.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work39.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle21.5%
  • On foot13.4%
  • Bus8.5%
  • Private car7.2%
  • Informal transport4.8%
  • Employer’s transport4.3%
  • Taxi0.4%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13012.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7759.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,65747.5 per business
Public services
51
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce45.5%
  • Services31.2%
  • Industry18.2%
  • Construction5.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person36.4%
  • 2 to 316.9%
  • 4 to 923.4%
  • 10 to 4916.9%
  • 50 and over6.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.2%
  • 2011–201931.2%
  • 2001–201022.1%
  • 1991–20003.9%
  • 1981–19905.2%
  • 1956–19803.9%
  • Before 19562.6%

Douars

Isly’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 35 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,926 people. 2,330 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
لمخيسLamkhis14 douars · 4,854 people
اولاد السيدةOulad EssayyedaDispersed21106———
الدرافيفEddrafifDispersed683071.33.16.8
الهمالEl HammalDispersed935———
اولاد مسعودOulad MassaoudDispersed15———
اولاد الهواريOulad El HouariDispersed29131———
اولاد شليحOulad ChlihDispersed24100———
الصابرةEssabraGrouped5942,5850.00.03.0
السناينةEssenaynaDispersed1316141.21.710.3
لعساكريةLassakriyaGrouped1054———
السهيلاتEssehilatGrouped1250———
تجزئة النهار 2Lotissement Nhar 2In parts625———
تجزئة الراحةLotissement RahaIn parts1034———
الدوبة اولاد بنسعيدEddouba Oulad Ben SaidDispersed1276070.62.712.1
لفراريحLafrarihDispersed482011.33.115.7
بوهرياتBouhryat4 douars · 156 people
اولاد بن سعيدOulad Ben SaidGrouped1557———
اولاد امحمدOulad M'HamedDispersed934———
اولاد الطاهرOulad TaharDispersed1455———
اولاد المختارOulad L'mokhtarDispersed210———
ذوي خليفةDouy Khlifa10 douars · 2,064 people
اولاد الرحاليOulad ErrahaliDispersed620———
اولاد سيدي موسىOulad Sidi MoussaDispersed1807590.92.74.6
تكنة القوات المساعدةTakna El Kouat M'saadaGrouped2539721.03.04.0
تكنة القوات المسلحة الملكيةTakna El Kouat El Meselha El MelkiaGrouped14———
اولاد عبيدOulad AbidDispersed1061———
اولاد معمرOulad MaammerDispersed211———
اولاد سالمOulad SalemDispersed1773———
اولاد كاريOulad KariDispersed1984———
الصبيطيينEssbitiineDispersed833———
اولاد بركةOulad BarkaDispersed1147———
اولاد بن عبد اللهOulad Ben Abdellah5 douars · 726 people
اولاد الحاج بو مدينOulad El Haj Bou MedièneIn parts512631.15.214.4
اولاد الحاج موسىOulad El Haj MoussaDispersed1759———
اولاد الحاج بن عبد القادرOulad El Haj Ben AbdelkaderDispersed1661———
اولاد الشيخOulad ChikheDispersed441861.54.019.6
السرارجةSrarjaDispersed341571.13.315.4
الشطابةEcchtaba2 douars · 126 people
اولاد بو طيبOulad Bou TaibDispersed1664———
اولاد عليOulad AliDispersed1462———

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
02.411.05.09
As digits
024110509
Slug
isly
OpenStreetMap
2527999
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("isly");

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