Lahsinate

لحسينات

Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
4,932
Since 2014
−7.2%from 5,315 in 2014
Density
59people per km², 83.7 km²
Households
1,262
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,2081,208th most populous of 1,503 communes38th of 57 in its province

Next door in El Hanchane, 70.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.2%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 12.1% to 68.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Lahsinate.

Lahsinate −7.2%

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
45.7%aged 10 and over55.1% in 201455.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.5%15.0% in 201434.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.2%aged 15 and over52.2% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.28children per woman2.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.6%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
68.3%of settled households12.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lahsinate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.2%75 and over6.7%
2.8%70–743.4%
4.0%65–693.5%
5.6%60–644.7%
5.0%55–594.6%
5.7%50–545.7%
6.7%45–496.3%
5.8%40–446.4%
5.9%35–396.3%
6.1%30–345.3%
6.3%25–294.8%
6.4%20–247.1%
7.0%15–198.2%
10.1%10–1410.3%
9.5%5–99.2%
8.0%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tachelhit3.1%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French31.0%
  • English8.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot30.7%
  • Informal transport19.0%
  • Taxi9.6%
  • Animal9.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.4%
  • Bus6.6%
  • Private car5.6%
  • Employer’s transport3.1%
  • 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
13126.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4534.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1062.4 per business
Public services
85
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry55.6%
  • Commerce44.4%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person40.0%
  • 2 to 344.4%
  • 4 to 913.3%
  • 10 to 492.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.4%
  • 2011–201951.1%
  • 2001–201017.8%
  • 1991–20002.2%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19804.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Lahsinate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,932 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الربايعRbayah5 douars · 1,784 people
أيت عبد السلامAit AbdessalemIn parts843032.31.75.0
أيت بوصدوكAit BousadoukIn parts762944.51.46.8
أيت عيسيAit AissaIn parts1235291.51.66.5
أيت علالAit AllalIn parts783188.01.118.1
الصوالحSoualehIn parts883404.51.813.3
لحسيناتLahsinate6 douars · 1,846 people
الشرفاءEchorfaIn parts542081.01.511.2
أيت العشيرAit LaachirIn parts702811.12.17.5
الطالعةTalaaIn parts1053821.01.69.2
أيت ادريسAït IdrissIn parts832961.11.99.9
الزاوية الناصريةZaouiat NaciriaIn parts673051.03.03.2
أيت بالمكيAit BelmekiIn parts923741.21.75.1
النبيكاتNebikat5 douars · 1,265 people
النبيكاتNebikatIn parts1003961.72.37.9
الشحيماتChhimateIn parts552170.73.04.0
أيت بالقايدAit BelkaidIn parts852831.41.64.1
أيت بوجمعةAit BoujemaaIn parts612181.01.111.7
الخليداتLekhlidatIn parts321511.82.46.4
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 37 people
ايت باقشيشAit BakchichGrouped937———

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
07.211.09.13
As digits
072110913
Slug
lahsinate
OpenStreetMap
2821033
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lahsinate");

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