Kissane

كيسان

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

Population, 2024
11,763
Since 2014
−12.2%from 13,390 in 2014
Density
87.7people per km², 134.2 km²
Households
3,260
Rank
614614th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 49 in its province

Next door in Rhafsai, 90.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.6%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 52.8% to 83.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi El Rhandour. Aged 65 and over: 12.8% here, 12.4% there; household size: 3.6 here, 3.7 there; unemployment: 17.6% here, 16.7% there.

Compare it with Sidi El Rhandour

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 Kissane.

Kissane −12.2%

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
40.7%aged 10 and over49.2% in 201454.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.6%11.6% in 201442.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.8%aged 15 and over47.6% in 20145.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.97children per woman1.85 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.4%of people7.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.6%of settled households2.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Kissane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.5%75 and over5.2%
3.2%70–743.8%
3.6%65–694.4%
4.5%60–645.0%
4.0%55–595.1%
5.4%50–546.8%
6.9%45–497.3%
7.1%40–447.6%
6.7%35–396.6%
5.3%30–345.3%
4.7%25–294.2%
6.6%20–244.9%
9.0%15–198.5%
10.5%10–149.7%
9.9%5–99.1%
7.1%0–46.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French50.2%
  • English15.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.8%
  • Animal25.7%
  • Informal transport7.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.4%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Bus3.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.7%
  • Private car1.5%
  • Taxi0.9%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
21918.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10045.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1111.1 per business
Public services
119
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services58.0%
  • Commerce33.0%
  • Industry9.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person95.0%
  • 2 to 33.0%
  • 4 to 92.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.0%
  • 2011–201939.0%
  • 2001–201033.0%
  • 1991–200010.0%
  • 1981–19905.0%
  • 1956–19801.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Kissane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 2 fractions, with 11,763 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اجبالةEjjabbala16 douars · 5,654 people
دارميك السفلىDarmik SouflaIn parts682477.62.822.0
دارميك العلياDar Rmik El OuliaIn parts1857014.02.321.3
تازارتTazzertIn parts1044251.01.01.3
تاولد مامTalaoudmamIn parts361321.01.02.8
البورEl BourGrouped421691.01.317.5
مرحلة العلياMarhla OuliaGrouped512011.81.82.1
مرحلة السفلىMarhla SouflaDispersed562073.02.16.1
تزران العلياTazaren el OulyaIn parts1686080.40.610.6
تزران السفلىTazarane SouflaIn parts1384865.01.819.1
اسلانIslaneGrouped571791.03.511.6
هوتة تافرنوتHouta TafernoutGrouped692261.11.79.3
خد البغالKhad-El-BghalGrouped652171.02.38.3
الميزابLmizabIn parts2539100.51.115.1
المونيةEl MouniaDispersed1585674.42.05.2
العنونيينLaanouniyineDispersed622391.03.010.0
تازروتTazerouteGrouped371401.02.04.0
بني كيسانBni Kissane16 douars · 6,109 people
بني عمارBni AmarIn parts1565740.62.116.7
زمورةZemmouraIn parts943650.71.94.0
بني فودةBni FoudaIn parts822602.52.77.4
لوفارةLouffaraGrouped722701.22.66.5
قلعة ازغيمرKalaat ZghimerDispersed612321.31.44.3
الرملةRemlaGrouped1334660.70.915.2
بني كيسان العلياBni Kissane El OuliaIn parts1093680.02.551.0
بني كيسان السفلىBeni Kissane el SouflaGrouped1033950.60.67.2
القيطونLqaytonneGrouped1174050.91.17.0
حزدورHazdourGrouped712440.85.014.1
تابودةTaboudaGrouped421390.82.35.4
عين كبيرAin KbirIn parts1515960.62.610.4
تاليليتTalilteGrouped417———
القلالينEl KellalineIn parts2931,0301.01.72.6
البطحةAl BothaIn parts1886311.11.67.1
العمارين العزابةAl Aammarine AlaazzabaDispersed351170.33.213.5

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
03.531.03.05
As digits
035310305
Slug
kissane
OpenStreetMap
2753142
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kissane");

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