M'zem Sanhaja
مزم صنهاجة
Rural commune in the cercle of Assahrij-Sanhaja, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 10,946
- Since 2014
- +6.2%from 10,310 in 2014
- Density
- 131people per km², 83.8 km²
- Households
- 2,164
- Rank
- 669669th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 43 in its province
Next door in Foum Jemaa, 55.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.7%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 80.6% to 98.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Fritissa. Household size: 5.1 here, 5.2 there; aged 0 to 14: 33.2% here, 32.2% there; running water: 98.8% here, 86.7% there.
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'zem Sanhaja.
M'zem Sanhaja +6.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 37.2%aged 10 and over47.5% in 201446.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 24.4%18.6% in 201434.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 31.5%aged 15 and over46.5% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.40children per woman2.09 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.8%of people9.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 98.8%of settled households80.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6% | 75 and over | 3.3% | ||
| 2.5% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 3.1% | 65–69 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.0% | 45–49 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.6% | 25–29 | 6.5% | ||
| 5.9% | 20–24 | 7.2% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 9.7% | ||
| 13.0% | 10–14 | 11.8% | ||
| 12.1% | 5–9 | 10.8% | ||
| 9.9% | 0–4 | 8.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 47.5%aged 10 and over37.2% in 202459.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 18.6%24.4% in 202480.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.5%aged 15 and over31.5% in 20249.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.09children per woman2.40 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 9.8%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.2people on average5.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 80.6%of settled households98.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4% | 75 and over | 2.3% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 1.3% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.8% | 55–59 | 2.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.1% | 45–49 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.6% | 40–44 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.5% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 7.2% | 25–29 | 7.9% | ||
| 8.5% | 20–24 | 9.2% | ||
| 10.2% | 15–19 | 9.3% | ||
| 8.7% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 10.9% | 5–9 | 10.7% | ||
| 13.5% | 0–4 | 13.3% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 19117.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 12062.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1691.4 per business
- Public services
- 48
- Associations
- 23in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
M'zem Sanhaja’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 2 fractions, with 10,945 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| صنهاجة الغربيةSanhaja Gharbia8 douars · 2,874 people | ||||||
| أولاد علي الݣرن لحمرOulad Ali Guern Lahmar | Grouped | 56 | 232 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
| الشوانةEcchouana | Grouped | 35 | 176 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| الشويحاتChouahat | Grouped | 155 | 670 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| لقدادشةel Kedadcha | Grouped | 37 | 162 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| لهدادجةLahdadja | Grouped | 102 | 479 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| لوجاجنةel Oujajna | Grouped | 127 | 670 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| أولاد عبد اللهOd Abdellah | In parts | 74 | 353 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| لمزم-المركزLamzem Centre | Grouped | 38 | 132 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| صنهاجة الشرقيةSanhaja Charqia15 douars · 8,071 people | ||||||
| أولاد اسليمانOulad Slimane | Grouped | 111 | 553 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.3 |
| أولاد احميدةOd Hmida | Grouped | 52 | 251 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| أولاد علي بن سعيدOulad Ali Ben Sïd | Grouped | 105 | 624 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| أولاد البريبريOulad El Bribri | Grouped | 88 | 430 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 |
| أولاد عيسىOulad Aissa | Grouped | 59 | 257 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.6 |
| لكراكشةLakrakcha | Grouped | 135 | 646 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| أولاد طلحةOulad Talha | Grouped | 17 | 93 | — | — | — |
| النواجي أولاد لحولNouaji Oulad Lahoul | In parts | 335 | 2,013 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 7.2 |
| أولاد ناصرOuled Nacer | In parts | 282 | 1,343 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| أولاد سعيدOulad Said | Grouped | 65 | 318 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| اتربةTrabba | Grouped | 11 | 58 | — | — | — |
| النواجي لقصيبNwaji Laqsiyyab | In parts | 139 | 777 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| سيدي الكاملSd Lkamel | Grouped | 32 | 187 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| لحمرياتLahmriate | Grouped | 28 | 140 | — | — | — |
| آيت الݣراريAit El Grari | Grouped | 81 | 381 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
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
07.191.09.19- As digits
071910919- Slug
m-zem-sanhaja- Census figures
/api/communes/07.191.09.19/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.191.09.19/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.191.09.19/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.191.09.19/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2881937
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("m-zem-sanhaja");