M'saada

المساعدة

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Slimane, province of Sidi Slimane, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
22,399
Since 2014
+12.8%from 19,853 in 2014
Density
328people per km², 68.2 km²
Households
4,584
Rank
268268th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 11 in its province

Next door in Boumaiz, 87.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.4%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 15.7% to 29.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Gmil Maksouline. Running water: 2.4% here, 0.3% there; household size: 4.9 here, 4.9 there; aged 65 and over: 6.8% here, 7.5% there.

Compare it with Bni Gmil Maksouline

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

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 M'saada.

M'saada +12.8%

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
38.0%aged 10 and over47.1% in 201448.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.2%15.7% in 201434.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.2%aged 15 and over48.4% in 20144.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.39children per woman2.30 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.4%of settled households7.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

M'saada: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.8%75 and over2.6%
2.1%70–742.3%
2.5%65–692.6%
3.6%60–644.1%
3.8%55–593.8%
5.1%50–545.2%
6.3%45–495.6%
6.9%40–447.2%
6.8%35–396.9%
6.2%30–346.7%
6.7%25–296.1%
7.7%20–247.2%
8.5%15–198.7%
11.6%10–1410.9%
11.1%5–910.5%
9.3%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French41.8%
  • English7.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.2%
  • Employer’s transport8.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Informal transport6.5%
  • Taxi6.2%
  • Bus3.0%
  • Private car2.5%
  • Train2.1%
  • Animal1.4%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
47521.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
33770.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4411.3 per business
Public services
107
Associations
31in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.9%
  • Services30.3%
  • Industry13.4%
  • Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.9%
  • 2 to 38.6%
  • 4 to 91.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.9%
  • 2011–201946.3%
  • 2001–20109.8%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

M'saada’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 5 fractions, with 22,399 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد بن الديبOuled Ben Dib3 douars · 4,862 people
أولاد بن الديبOuled Ben DibGrouped5962,7671.01.45.1
السنةEssnaGrouped2611,2821.01.15.0
أولاد سلامةOulad SlamaGrouped1498131.01.04.2
اسحيمAshim9 douars · 4,598 people
نشاونةN’ChaounaGrouped2049491.01.33.3
الخلايف أولاد رزكلةEl Khlayf Oulad RzklaIn parts2921,2901.01.42.8
الشباناتChbanateGrouped803661.02.93.3
تعاونية العيونCoopérative LaâyouneGrouped1035241.00.86.0
تعاونية المسيرةCoopérative MassiraGrouped613051.01.09.2
تعاونية واد الذهبCoopérative Oued Ed DahabGrouped723591.01.06.1
تعاونية الساقية الحمراءCoopérative Sakia El HamraGrouped493021.01.05.9
تعاونية الكبريتيتCoopérative El KebrititGrouped673491.01.06.0
توامةTouamaGrouped331541.03.917.0
البحارة ارضمEl Baharat Ardm5 douars · 1,874 people
البحارة ارضمEl Baharat ArdmGrouped1346161.72.08.0
أولاد الدقاقOulad DakkakGrouped863811.02.08.0
أولاد الفيلةOulad FilaGrouped28148———
زكاريرZgarirGrouped1277271.01.06.9
حوش سيدي كدارHawch Sidi GueddarGrouped12———
البكارةel Beggara4 douars · 3,803 people
البكارةel BeggaraGrouped3831,8741.11.11.1
الملاقيطLemlaguitGrouped2161,0871.01.81.8
أولاد بو عليOulad BoualiIn parts1295661.01.62.0
الحوارثةEl HwartaGrouped562761.01.12.0
الطرشانEttorchane7 douars · 7,262 people
أولاد امعمرOulad MamorGrouped3171,5231.11.44.2
الطرشانEttorchaneGrouped2951,4311.21.15.1
أولاد سي ابراهيمOulad Si BrahimGrouped1517651.01.05.0
المحاربة ارضمEl Mharbat ArdmGrouped1951,0301.03.07.0
أولاد الكزولي اردمOulad El Kzouli ArdemGrouped1698131.01.44.9
العشالجةEl AchaljaGrouped572971.03.06.9
أولاد بن حمو اردمOulad Ben Hammou ArdemGrouped2731,4031.01.06.0

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
04.491.05.09
As digits
044910509
Slug
m-saada
OpenStreetMap
2813786
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("m-saada");

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