Khemis Sidi Yahya

خميس سيدي يحيى

Rural commune in the cercle of Tiflet, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
6,837
Since 2014
+2.5%from 6,673 in 2014
Density
64.5people per km², 106 km²
Households
1,819
Rank
1,0271,027th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 35 in its province

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 73.3% to 92.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oualili. Household size: 3.7 here, 3.8 there; aged 65 and over: 12.1% here, 11.5% there; running water: 29.9% here, 35.3% there.

Compare it with Oualili

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 Khemis Sidi Yahya.

Khemis Sidi Yahya +2.5%

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
39.5%aged 10 and over46.9% in 201451.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
11.4%10.9% in 201427.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.6%aged 15 and over40.0% in 20145.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.92children per woman1.79 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.3%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
29.9%of settled households18.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Khemis Sidi Yahya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over5.8%
2.5%70–743.2%
3.9%65–694.2%
4.5%60–645.4%
5.6%55–595.3%
6.2%50–545.8%
8.1%45–496.3%
7.1%40–447.5%
7.2%35–398.0%
5.0%30–346.4%
4.5%25–295.3%
4.5%20–246.0%
7.9%15–197.3%
10.8%10–149.4%
9.0%5–98.2%
8.4%0–46.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tamazight59.8%
  • Tarifit1.8%
  • Tachelhit1.5%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French46.5%
  • English10.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot37.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work36.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.4%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Informal transport3.3%
  • Taxi3.0%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13619.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9670.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2162.3 per business
Public services
37
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.2%
  • Services28.1%
  • Industry12.5%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.4%
  • 2 to 329.2%
  • 4 to 96.3%
  • 10 to 494.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.0%
  • 2011–201939.6%
  • 2001–201020.8%
  • 1991–20004.2%
  • 1981–19905.2%
  • 1956–19805.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Khemis Sidi Yahya’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,821 people. 16 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
ايت كانونAit Kanoune4 douars · 3,553 people
ايت بيشيAit BichiDispersed2378750.84.54.7
ايت حدوAit HaddouDispersed2408840.42.23.0
ايت ملوكAit MelloukDispersed1686480.41.24.7
الزبالةEzzbalaDispersed2761,1460.22.65.2
اين العربي ايت سليمانAine Larbi Ait Slimane4 douars · 1,721 people
ايت بوشوAit BouchouDispersed1033801.01.27.4
ايت بوروبةAit BouroubaDispersed1264400.81.412.2
ايت العربيAit LaarbiDispersed1696140.71.28.7
ايت سليمانAit SlimaneDispersed722871.01.39.6
سوق الخميس المركزSouk Lakhmis Centre1 douar · 1,547 people
سوف الخميس المركزSouf Lakhmis CentreGrouped4281,5470.30.80.8

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.291.09.09
As digits
042910909
Slug
khemis-sidi-yahya
OpenStreetMap
2808195
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("khemis-sidi-yahya");

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