Ksar Sghir

القصر الصغير

Rural commune in the cercle of Fahs, province of Fahs-Anjra, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
17,125
Since 2014
+31.8%from 12,997 in 2014
Density
196people per km², 87.3 km²
Households
4,391
Foreign residents
20
Rank
376376th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 7 in its province

Next door in Tanger, 99.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 28.4%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 8.0% to 28.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Taibi. In the labour force: 45.5% here, 43.5% there; can’t read or write: 25.5% here, 26.3% there; running water: 31.6% here, 31.4% there.

Compare it with Sidi Taibi

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

94152

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ksar Sghir.

Ksar Sghir +31.8%

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
25.5%aged 10 and over36.0% in 201432.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.3%14.7% in 201420.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.5%aged 15 and over46.6% in 201411.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.81children per woman2.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
31.6%of settled households19.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ksar Sghir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.0%
2.0%70–741.6%
2.5%65–692.4%
3.5%60–643.4%
3.9%55–593.6%
4.8%50–544.8%
5.6%45–495.9%
6.8%40–446.2%
7.7%35–397.1%
8.1%30–348.4%
8.1%25–298.0%
7.0%20–248.4%
7.6%15–197.7%
9.2%10–149.4%
10.1%5–910.0%
10.4%0–410.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Tachelhit1.2%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French45.1%
  • English14.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.2%
  • Employer’s transport18.9%
  • Taxi10.2%
  • Private car10.1%
  • Bus8.0%
  • Informal transport3.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • 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
43225.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
32174.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6101.9 per business
Public services
92
Associations
19in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.5%
  • Services34.3%
  • Industry12.8%
  • Construction3.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.7%
  • 2 to 320.9%
  • 4 to 94.7%
  • 10 to 492.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later51.7%
  • 2011–201927.4%
  • 2001–201012.1%
  • 1991–20005.0%
  • 1981–19901.9%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ksar Sghir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 6 fractions, with 16,559 people. 566 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
القصر الصغيرKsar Sghir6 douars · 7,861 people
عين الرملAin RmelGrouped3481,3962.81.39.6
دار فوالDar FoualGrouped1626700.10.19.4
اللشباLechbaIn parts2771,0650.01.55.4
فرسيوةFarsiouaGrouped8523,1040.10.20.2
قصر الصغيرKsar SghirGrouped371230.00.40.4
الزهارةZharaGrouped4281,5030.10.51.4
واد أليانOued Aliane1 douar · 824 people
واد أليانOued AlianeIn parts2308240.01.714.3
غوجيينGhoujiine3 douars · 2,337 people
ملييش السفليةMalliyech SouflaIn parts1997240.23.04.7
ملييش الفوقيةMliech el FoukiIn parts1244070.10.77.5
غوجينGhougineIn parts3151,2060.21.57.8
حسانةHassana3 douars · 1,591 people
حسانةHassanaIn parts3001,1790.41.110.5
فرديوةFardiouaGrouped803020.00.29.1
الدهادهDehadehGrouped301100.03.18.4
اݣنوانAguenouane2 douars · 1,135 people
أݣنوانAguenouaneGrouped1988290.40.917.3
غرباوةGharbaouaGrouped693060.10.418.0
ازرارعZrarae3 douars · 2,811 people
خندق ازرارعKhandak ZraraeIn parts3471,3030.31.020.0
طالع الشريفTalaa CherifIn parts2018010.10.629.6
طالع القرعTalaa LakrahIn parts1947070.00.128.2

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
01.227.05.05
As digits
012270505
Slug
ksar-sghir
OpenStreetMap
2752877
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ksar-sghir");

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