M'semrir

امسمرير

Rural commune in the cercle of Boumalne-Dades, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 8,686
Since 2014: −2.0%from 8,866 in 2014
Density: 34people per km², 255.4 km²
Households: 1,487
Rank: 838838th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 25 in its province

Next door in Zaouiat Ahansal, 32.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 97.5%.

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 61.7% to 85.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tabant. Household size: 5.8 here, 5.6 there; running water: 97.5% here, 91.6% there; aged 65 and over: 7.8% here, 7.6% there.

Compare it with Tabant

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

45452

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is M'semrir.

M'semrir −2.0%

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: 32.7%aged 10 and over39.7% in 201445.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 45.6%23.2% in 201428.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.9%aged 15 and over36.1% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.94children per woman3.87 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.8people on average7.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.5%of settled households90.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

M'semrir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.8%
2.0%	70–74	2.4%
2.3%	65–69	2.1%
3.0%	60–64	3.0%
3.0%	55–59	4.0%
3.7%	50–54	4.5%
4.0%	45–49	4.8%
4.9%	40–44	4.9%
5.8%	35–39	5.6%
7.5%	30–34	5.8%
9.2%	25–29	6.7%
9.0%	20–24	7.8%
10.5%	15–19	11.3%
11.6%	10–14	12.5%
11.0%	5–9	11.2%
9.5%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.3%
Tachelhit12.5%
Darija4.1%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.6%
French40.7%
English11.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot45.6%
Informal transport26.0%
Employer’s transport8.3%
Bus8.0%
Doesn’t travel to work4.5%
Bike or motorcycle2.6%
Private car2.4%
Taxi1.5%
Animal0.9%
Another way0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.7%aged 10 and over32.7% in 202452.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.2%45.6% in 202442.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.1%aged 15 and over35.9% in 20246.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.87children per woman2.94 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.3%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.3people on average5.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 90.3%of settled households97.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

M'semrir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.2%	75 and over	2.4%
1.6%	70–74	1.4%
1.6%	65–69	1.5%
2.1%	60–64	2.2%
2.3%	55–59	2.3%
3.0%	50–54	3.1%
3.1%	45–49	3.6%
4.8%	40–44	4.9%
5.2%	35–39	4.8%
6.0%	30–34	6.1%
6.8%	25–29	7.8%
9.1%	20–24	8.6%
12.0%	15–19	11.4%
12.5%	10–14	12.2%
12.5%	5–9	13.2%
14.1%	0–4	14.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.0%
Darija5.9%
Tachelhit0.4%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Other combinations79.7%
Arabic only14.4%
Arabic and French3.7%
Arabic, French and English2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot67.2%
Bus19.5%
Not stated4.6%
Another way2.7%
Taxi2.2%
Private car1.7%
Bike or motorcycle1.2%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Works at home0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood40.9%
No fixed place31.7%
Another province13.1%
Another in the commune6.6%
Not stated4.5%
Another commune2.2%
Somewhere else0.6%
At home0.3%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Machine operating22.8%
Labouring and small trades22.1%
Farm and fishing labour13.8%
Crafts and skilled trades13.6%
Farming and fishing7.9%
Managers and senior professionals7.1%
Clerical work5.9%
Trade and broking2.4%
Not classified2.2%
Technicians2.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma65.8%
Primary21.0%
Lower secondary8.4%
Upper secondary2.5%
DEUG or Licence2.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 19322.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 13368.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1441.1 per business
Public services: 58
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce72.2%
Services20.3%
Industry5.3%
Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person92.5%
2 to 37.5%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later14.3%
2011–201981.2%
2001–20103.8%
1991–20000.0%
1981–19900.8%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

M'semrir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 8,656 people. 30 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أمسمريرM'semrir7 douars · 2,079 people
قصر أوعتابKsar Ouatab	Grouped	59	333	1.1	2.7	2.6
قصر أيت أونيرKsar Ait Ounir	Grouped	31	162	0.0	2.2	2.1
قصر أقديمKsar Akdim	Grouped	15	94	—	—	—
تادارت نوكرامTaddarte N"ougarrame	Grouped	40	230	0.0	0.0	0.0
تيغرمتTigharmite	In parts	49	274	1.1	1.4	1.4
مركز أمسمريرCentre M'semrir	Grouped	187	743	0.3	0.4	0.5
الجديدJdid	Grouped	45	243	0.9	2.1	2.0
أوسيكيس العلياOussikis El Oulia4 douars · 4,160 people
أيت أونكبيAit Aounkbi	Grouped	158	1,052	1.0	1.3	10.2
أيت إعزىAit Azzi	In parts	296	2,046	1.6	1.2	9.4
أيت بوكنيفنAit Bouknifen	Grouped	83	437	0.9	1.1	7.9
تابولمانتTaboulmant	Grouped	96	625	0.5	1.1	3.1
أوسيكيس السفلىOussikis Essoufla3 douars · 2,417 people
تاعداداتTadadat	In parts	273	1,687	0.9	1.0	4.9
إمي نواركImi n’Ouarg	Grouped	113	567	0.0	0.7	2.2
تيدريتTidrite	Grouped	37	163	0.0	0.2	9.8

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: 08.577.05.21
As digits: 085770521
Slug: m-semrir
Record: /api/communes/08.577.05.21.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.05.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.05.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.05.21/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.05.21/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.577.05.21/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.577.05.21/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887482

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("m-semrir");

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