M'ssici

مصيسي

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

Population, 2024
5,455
Since 2014
−11.7%from 6,174 in 2014
Density
2.9people per km², 1,897.5 km²
Households
895
Rank
1,1581,158th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 25 in its province

Next door in Er-Rissani, 61.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 98.2%.

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 54.5% to 91.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tabant. Darija: 18.2% here, 20.1% there; read French: 29.2% here, 33.8% there; running water: 98.2% here, 91.6% there.

Compare it with Tabant

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

52474

How it changed

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

M'ssici −11.7%

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
39.7%aged 10 and over44.3% in 201447.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
34.8%36.4% in 201423.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.6%aged 15 and over38.0% in 20142.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.51children per woman2.99 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.8%of people8.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.1people on average7.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.2%of settled households92.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

M'ssici: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over3.5%
4.7%70–743.0%
3.5%65–693.7%
3.1%60–645.3%
2.5%55–593.1%
3.3%50–543.7%
3.3%45–494.3%
5.0%40–445.1%
6.0%35–395.4%
6.8%30–347.0%
6.3%25–299.0%
6.9%20–247.5%
8.3%15–198.1%
10.9%10–1410.1%
14.3%5–911.6%
11.3%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight97.6%
  • Tachelhit24.4%
  • Darija18.2%
  • Tarifit0.7%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic96.1%
  • French29.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh5.9%
  • English5.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot87.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.8%
  • Private car1.8%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Taxi0.6%
  • Employer’s transport0.6%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10619.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2725.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
281.0 per business
Public services
70
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce74.1%
  • Services25.9%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.3%
  • 2 to 33.7%
  • 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 later29.6%
  • 2011–201937.0%
  • 2001–201014.8%
  • 1991–200011.1%
  • 1981–19903.7%
  • 1956–19803.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

M'ssici’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 6 fractions, with 5,416 people. 39 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
أيت إيسفول الشرقيةAit Iysfoul Charqia4 douars · 974 people
مصيسيM'SsiciGrouped1848270.00.61.3
بونكارفBoungarfDispersed1160———
الكصيعاتEl KsiaatDispersed535———
غرغيزGharghizDispersed552———
أيت خباشAit Khabach3 douars · 671 people
تزولايتTazoulaytGrouped351651.01.114.3
المبديعةEl MbdiaDispersed25180———
لحفيرةLahfiraDispersed403261.01.116.2
أوشانOuchchene1 douar · 1,180 people
فزوFzouIn parts1851,1800.40.823.8
أيت يحيى أوموسىAit Yahya Moussa1 douar · 558 people
لقايد الراميLakayd Er RamiDispersed555581.21.835.4
أيت إسفولAit Isfoul6 douars · 1,230 people
تمسرماسTamsermasGrouped351750.91.515.1
بواظيلBouadilGrouped553130.61.115.2
خطارة للا ميمونةKhattart Lalla MimounaGrouped1283———
تغروطTagheroutGrouped663640.92.08.9
أزاكAzagueGrouped602921.21.56.0
تزولطTazoultGrouped13———
أيت إسفول الجنوبيةAit Isfoul Janoubia2 douars · 803 people
بوذيبBou DibGrouped1117540.80.931.1
أوعمرAoumrGrouped449———

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
08.577.02.21
As digits
085770221
Slug
m-ssici
OpenStreetMap
2884882
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("m-ssici");

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