Moulay Ali Cherif

مولاي علي الشريف

Urban commune in the province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
22,082
Since 2014
−0.6%from 22,209 in 2014
Density
3,945people per km², 5.6 km²
Households
4,481
Foreign residents
8
Rank
271271st most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

BoudnibOued NaamAmellagouAghbalou-N'kerdousTadighoustLkhengErrachidiaChorfa M'daghraAoufousSidi AliEt-TaousEs-SfalatBni M'hamed-SijelmassaEs-SifaEr-RtebAarab Sebbah ZizArfoudAarab Sebbah GherisJorfFeznaGheris Es-SoufliGoulmimaGheris El OulouiMelaabTinejdadFerkla El OuliaFerkla Es-SouflaEr-Rissani

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Moulay Ali Cherif.

Moulay Ali Cherif −0.6%

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
17.2%aged 10 and over22.9% in 201424.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.1%12.6% in 201439.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.3%aged 15 and over40.1% in 20148.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.66children per woman2.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.7%of people2.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.9%of settled households95.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Ali Cherif: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.2%
2.2%70–741.7%
2.7%65–691.9%
4.2%60–643.6%
3.6%55–593.9%
4.8%50–544.6%
5.9%45–496.0%
6.8%40–447.2%
6.4%35–396.7%
7.0%30–347.5%
6.2%25–297.4%
7.2%20–247.5%
9.4%15–199.1%
11.7%10–1411.1%
10.6%5–910.6%
9.2%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tamazight19.0%
  • Tachelhit4.0%
  • Hassania0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French57.1%
  • English21.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot47.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle32.2%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Taxi4.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Bus0.9%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Moulay Ali Cherif’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
5,858
Standing empty
26.2%17.1% vacant9.1% a second home
Precarious
7.7%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
91.7%98.6% on the water mains98.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house85.1%
  • Rural-type7.4%
  • Traditional house6.9%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Apartment0.2%
  • Other0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.4%
  • 20 to 49 years38.8%
  • 50 years or more4.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,53269.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,41792.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,7351.2 per business
Public services
83
Associations
32in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.5%
  • Services20.7%
  • Industry14.7%
  • Construction5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.8%
  • 2 to 37.4%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.3%
  • 2011–201932.7%
  • 2001–201018.3%
  • 1991–200014.3%
  • 1981–19905.9%
  • 1956–19806.5%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
08.201.01.13
As digits
082010113
Slug
moulay-ali-cherif
Record
/api/communes/08.201.01.13.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.201.01.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.01.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.01.13/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/08.201.01.13/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.01.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
5150546
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("moulay-ali-cherif");

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