Msila
امسيلة
Rural commune in the cercle of Tainaste, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 7,800
- Since 2014
- −6.7%from 8,356 in 2014
- Density
- 63.5people per km², 122.9 km²
- Households
- 1,957
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 926926th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 38 in its province
Next door in Brarha, 17.0% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 47.0%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.5% to 40.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Hassi-Berkane. Running water: 18.4% here, 23.0% there; Darija: 99.2% here, 96.8% there; aged 65 and over: 10.7% here, 10.5% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Msila.
Msila −6.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.9%aged 10 and over46.1% in 201454.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 40.7%6.5% in 201439.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 29.1%aged 15 and over44.4% in 20143.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.34children per woman2.30 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.5%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 18.4%of settled households12.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7% | 75 and over | 4.7% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.7% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.3% | 60–64 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.1% | 55–59 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 5.7% | ||
| 7.7% | 40–44 | 7.6% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.2% | 30–34 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.7% | 25–29 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.4% | 20–24 | 6.2% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 8.1% | ||
| 9.4% | 10–14 | 9.9% | ||
| 10.6% | 5–9 | 9.3% | ||
| 8.7% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
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
- 46.1%aged 10 and over40.9% in 202461.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.5%40.7% in 202410.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.4%aged 15 and over29.1% in 202415.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 93.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.30children per woman2.34 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.3%of people8.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 12.3%of settled households18.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6% | 75 and over | 2.8% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.7% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.0% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.0% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.4% | 40–44 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.9% | 30–34 | 8.1% | ||
| 9.0% | 25–29 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.5% | 15–19 | 9.5% | ||
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 9.9% | ||
| 9.3% | 5–9 | 8.6% | ||
| 10.2% | 0–4 | 10.1% | ||
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
- 27034.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 13851.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1941.4 per business
- Public services
- 123
- Associations
- 9in 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
Msila’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,799 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 | ||||
| لكراكرةKrakra2 douars · 1,458 people | ||||||
| لكراكرةKrakra | In parts | 283 | 1,099 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| بوهارونBou Haroun | In parts | 91 | 359 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 24.1 |
| امسيلةMsila5 douars · 2,501 people | ||||||
| الجبل لحمرJbel Lahmer | In parts | 93 | 383 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| امسيلةMsila | Dispersed | 378 | 1,514 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| كاف مالوKef Mallou | In parts | 42 | 194 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| العامريينLamriene | In parts | 63 | 244 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| عين الحوطAin El Haout | In parts | 38 | 166 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.2 |
| لفزازرةLefzazra4 douars · 1,002 people | ||||||
| وادي ميمونOuled Mimoun | Grouped | 87 | 344 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 10.3 |
| الشيابEcchyab | Grouped | 64 | 267 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| ماسيفMassif | In parts | 34 | 146 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 10.1 |
| تيزراTizra | In parts | 61 | 245 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 8.0 |
| تيربعين الجنوبيةTirbaine Janoubia3 douars · 1,207 people | ||||||
| عين بيضةAïn El Beïda | In parts | 114 | 419 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12.9 |
| اولاد حموOlad. Hammou | In parts | 72 | 326 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 15.7 |
| أولاد كنونOulad Knoune | In parts | 93 | 462 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 13.2 |
| بني خلادBeni Khellad2 douars · 1,631 people | ||||||
| بني خلادBeni Khellad | In parts | 262 | 952 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 |
| وادي لحضرOued Lahdar | In parts | 182 | 679 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 7.3 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
03.561.11.09- As digits
035611109- Slug
msila- Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.11.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.11.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.11.09/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2758252
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("msila");