Kandar Sidi Khiar

كندر سيدي اخيار

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

Population, 2024
10,417
Since 2014
+11.7%from 9,323 in 2014
Density
58.5people per km², 178.1 km²
Households
2,303
Foreign residents
14
Rank
715715th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 23 in its province

Next door in Oulad Tayeb, 80.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 15.9% to 52.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Mathar. Read French: 31.9% here, 28.5% there; can’t read or write: 45.7% here, 43.5% there; aged 65 and over: 7.4% here, 7.5% there.

Compare it with Bni Mathar

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 Kandar Sidi Khiar.

Kandar Sidi Khiar +11.7%

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
45.7%aged 10 and over58.1% in 201458.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.6%8.0% in 20149.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.2%aged 15 and over51.8% in 201410.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.63children per woman2.89 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.4%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
52.3%of settled households15.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Kandar Sidi Khiar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over2.7%
2.0%70–742.2%
2.5%65–692.6%
3.5%60–644.0%
3.9%55–594.0%
5.1%50–544.8%
5.7%45–495.7%
7.1%40–446.8%
6.8%35–396.9%
7.0%30–346.8%
6.1%25–296.1%
7.1%20–246.4%
9.2%15–199.3%
11.3%10–1410.8%
10.7%5–910.8%
9.3%0–410.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija79.1%
  • Tamazight73.2%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French31.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh11.0%
  • English4.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work23.8%
  • Informal transport14.8%
  • Private car9.3%
  • Taxi5.3%
  • Employer’s transport4.6%
  • Bus3.3%
  • Another way1.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.3%
  • 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
16816.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11166.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5605.0 per business
Public services
45
Associations
12in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.0%
  • Services23.4%
  • Industry17.1%
  • Construction4.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person64.0%
  • 2 to 313.5%
  • 4 to 910.8%
  • 10 to 4910.8%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.6%
  • 2011–201939.6%
  • 2001–201012.6%
  • 1991–20006.3%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Kandar Sidi Khiar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,254 people. 163 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
البوقيعةEl Boukia3 douars · 1,971 people
ايت لحسنAit LahsenDispersed2079141.63.121.6
ايت علي لحريشةAit Ali El HarichaDispersed1286660.82.126.1
ايت علي البقعيةAit Ali El BakaiaDispersed853911.24.618.0
فرقة حيناجنFerkat Hinajen3 douars · 1,850 people
كندر الروضةKandar RoudaGrouped2249311.01.014.5
كندر الدوارKandardouarGrouped1687570.43.225.5
الكرماتEl KrmatIn parts391621.02.08.6
ايت كايسAit Kaiss7 douars · 3,402 people
تعاونية عربيةCoopérative ArbiaGrouped743091.21.53.4
تعاونية الحسنيةCoopérative El HsniaGrouped1406571.61.615.4
ايت كايسAit KaissGrouped2441,0161.01.04.8
ايت سلوAit SellouGrouped371511.01.44.6
ايت موسىAit MoussaGrouped331111.04.715.8
علي اوزايدAli AouzaydDispersed672631.04.515.5
حناجنHinajeneDispersed2028950.43.05.9
ايت يحيىAit Yahya9 douars · 3,031 people
بني علاهمBni AlahemGrouped1747201.02.21.5
ايت واد فلAit Oued FlGrouped371722.13.43.2
سدي امباركSidi MbarekGrouped502910.10.42.1
ايت يحيىAit YahyaGrouped1527110.50.92.5
ايت بوزيانAit BouzianeGrouped773330.61.24.4
بني ملالةBni MelalaDispersed502551.53.98.0
عين عافيةAin AafiaDispersed432070.02.16.0
بوكنتBoukntGrouped562611.31.72.9
تعاونية سدي امباركCoopérative Sidi MbarekGrouped1681———

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
03.451.07.07
As digits
034510707
Slug
kandar-sidi-khiar
OpenStreetMap
2808816
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kandar-sidi-khiar");

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