Saadla

اصعادلا

Rural commune in the cercle of Hrara, province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 18,134
Since 2014: +9.0%from 16,633 in 2014
Density: 110people per km², 164.3 km²
Households: 4,040
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 348348th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 25 in its province

Next door in Safi, 95.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.5%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 71.3% to 95.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Timezgana. Running water: 0.5% here, 0.7% there; higher education: 2.2% here, 2.5% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.1% here, 30.7% there.

Compare it with Timezgana

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

46155

How it changed

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

Saadla +9.0%

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: 36.2%aged 10 and over49.0% in 201446.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.6%4.3% in 201414.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.0%aged 15 and over47.4% in 20144.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.85children per woman2.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.1%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 0.5%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Saadla: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	3.6%
2.5%	70–74	2.8%
3.1%	65–69	2.9%
4.1%	60–64	4.1%
3.7%	55–59	3.8%
4.4%	50–54	4.9%
5.6%	45–49	5.1%
6.3%	40–44	5.7%
6.8%	35–39	6.3%
7.5%	30–34	6.5%
6.8%	25–29	6.4%
7.7%	20–24	7.9%
9.1%	15–19	8.8%
10.1%	10–14	11.4%
10.1%	5–9	10.6%
8.7%	0–4	9.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.6%
Tachelhit0.3%
Hassania0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French25.9%
English3.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle42.6%
On foot22.4%
Taxi14.9%
Informal transport5.3%
Private car4.7%
Bus3.7%
Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
Employer’s transport1.0%
Animal0.7%
Another way0.7%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 49.0%aged 10 and over36.2% in 202460.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 4.3%8.6% in 202421.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.4%aged 15 and over40.0% in 20246.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.93children per woman2.85 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people4.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.1%of settled households0.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Saadla: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.8%	75 and over	3.2%
1.7%	70–74	2.1%
1.8%	65–69	1.7%
3.1%	60–64	3.1%
3.7%	55–59	2.9%
4.4%	50–54	4.5%
4.7%	45–49	4.5%
5.4%	40–44	5.3%
6.5%	35–39	5.8%
7.6%	30–34	6.9%
7.9%	25–29	7.7%
9.4%	20–24	8.6%
8.9%	15–19	9.4%
10.3%	10–14	11.3%
10.7%	5–9	10.4%
11.0%	0–4	12.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only51.5%
Arabic and French44.0%
Arabic, French and English4.3%
Other combinations0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.4%
Bike or motorcycle24.9%
Taxi16.2%
Bus9.2%
Works at home2.5%
Private car1.7%
Not stated1.1%
Another way0.7%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood42.0%
Another commune35.0%
No fixed place9.0%
Another province6.7%
Another in the commune3.7%
At home2.5%
Not stated1.1%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades38.3%
Farming and fishing19.0%
Farm and fishing labour17.4%
Labouring and small trades15.9%
Trade and broking3.7%
Clerical work2.8%
Machine operating2.0%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%
Not classified0.4%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma75.3%
Primary20.2%
Lower secondary3.2%
Upper secondary1.0%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 51528.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 27152.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6302.3 per business
Public services: 241
Associations: 3in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.0%
Industry26.6%
Services10.0%
Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person77.1%
2 to 313.3%
4 to 97.4%
10 to 491.5%
50 and over0.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.3%
2011–201948.3%
2001–201014.8%
1991–20005.5%
1981–19900.7%
1956–19800.4%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Saadla’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 59 douars in 7 fractions, with 18,108 people. 26 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
أولاد لحسنOulad Lahcen12 douars · 2,325 people
هل الكديةEl Koudia	In parts	34	151	2.8	1.9	8.3
أولاد حموOulad Hammou	In parts	99	422	2.3	0.4	9.0
دحيمناتDhimnat	In parts	81	273	0.3	2.5	9.7
الجليداتJlidate	Grouped	8	28	—	—	—
الجباراتJbarat	Grouped	39	179	1.1	3.4	15.1
لهموصةLahmoussa	Dispersed	68	274	1.0	2.0	13.7
لعميراتLaamirat	In parts	75	325	1.2	2.7	13.5
بودراراتBoudrarat	Grouped	62	251	2.1	1.8	11.3
أولاد بن عمرOulad Ben Amar	In parts	38	138	1.3	1.7	12.3
أولاد الخوOulad Lkhou	Grouped	12	58	—	—	—
أولاد اعمرOulad Amar	Dispersed	38	156	1.2	3.2	9.7
لعبادنةLabadna	Grouped	18	70	—	—	—
لولادLoulad8 douars · 3,137 people
السويراتSouirat	Grouped	79	349	1.0	1.0	1.0
اجمارة (1)Jmara	Grouped	26	106	—	—	—
لعبابسةBabsa	In parts	81	361	3.0	3.0	3.1
الرويزماتRouizmat	Grouped	151	625	1.6	1.8	4.3
اصعادلاSaadla	Grouped	164	753	0.4	0.5	6.0
أولاد بلمكيOulad Bel Mekki	Grouped	31	106	1.6	2.5	2.6
لكوانينLakouanine	Dispersed	108	470	1.2	1.4	3.8
لبريكاتLabrikat	Grouped	80	367	2.7	2.7	4.7
أولاد إيروOulad Iyrou7 douars · 2,069 people
أولاد عبد المولىOulad Abdelmoula	Grouped	38	209	2.8	2.8	11.5
لعريشاتEl Arichat	In parts	55	274	1.4	1.4	8.5
الخوادرةKhouadra	In parts	92	453	1.1	1.2	8.0
أولاد موسىOulad Moussa	Grouped	18	73	—	—	—
النعيراتNairat	Grouped	6	34	—	—	—
السراحنةSrahna	In parts	78	365	1.7	2.1	8.1
المزايدةLemzayda	In parts	151	661	1.7	0.9	9.1
المراحاتMrahat9 douars · 2,855 people
الدحاحنةDhahna	Grouped	75	316	1.6	3.0	5.7
أولاد العربي بن الديبOulad El Arbi Ben Eddib	In parts	68	309	0.5	0.8	6.9
أولاد العبديOulad Elabdi	Grouped	59	280	0.9	1.4	6.6
الكرعEl Kra	Grouped	67	310	0.6	1.2	5.5
الدياباتDyabat	In parts	67	308	1.0	2.3	11.0
الصويرات (1)Souirat	Grouped	26	104	—	—	—
المراحاتMrahat	Grouped	141	603	0.5	1.3	5.1
جامع بلحرانJamaa Bel Harane	Grouped	9	69	—	—	—
لمعاشاتEl Maachat	Grouped	109	556	0.6	0.8	4.6
اهديلHdil9 douars · 3,306 people
أولاد ايعيشOulad Yaich	Grouped	36	161	0.0	0.9	2.9
بونيفلBounifal	In parts	120	538	1.0	1.2	3.3
أولاد بن الجيلاليOulad Ben Jilali	Grouped	19	83	—	—	—
اهديلHdil	Grouped	141	708	0.1	0.1	9.9
الشراقةChraga	Grouped	26	128	—	—	—
الزراولةZeraoula	Dispersed	122	579	1.7	2.0	2.0
اجمارةJmara	Grouped	15	51	—	—	—
لعليوات أولاد الحاج محمدLaaliouate Oulad Hadj Moahamed	Dispersed	134	616	0.6	0.8	2.7
أولاد العياشيOulad Layachi	Grouped	97	442	0.0	1.1	2.9
أولاد امباركOulad Mbarek9 douars · 3,058 people
اغرابةLaghraba	In parts	96	459	1.0	1.0	4.1
أولاد امباركOulad Mbarek	In parts	111	535	2.1	2.2	14.2
أولاد بوشعيبOulad Bouchaayb	Grouped	44	198	1.0	2.7	7.6
أولاد بوعنانOulad Bouanane	Grouped	25	128	—	—	—
أولاد علي بن عيسىOulad Ali Ben Aissa	In parts	67	285	1.3	1.4	10.3
المكاديمel Mgadime	In parts	111	514	1.8	3.0	8.0
النجاجرةNjajra	In parts	144	715	4.1	2.1	18.2
أولاد بوشتىOulad Bouchta	Grouped	11	84	—	—	—
أولاد التوميOulad Toumi	Grouped	35	140	1.1	5.8	16.1
أولاد لحسن 2Oulad Lahcen 25 douars · 1,358 people
الزغاغرة (2)Ezzghaghra (2)	In parts	46	190	1.3	1.3	6.9
الصويرات (2)Souirate	Dispersed	76	363	1.3	1.4	8.0
ركراكةRegraga	Grouped	29	103	—	—	—
الزغاغرةEzzghaghra	In parts	85	308	1.4	2.2	7.1
الحروشةEl Haroucha	Grouped	94	394	1.0	1.0	5.2

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: 07.431.09.15
As digits: 074310915
Slug: saadla
Record: /api/communes/07.431.09.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.431.09.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.431.09.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.431.09.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.431.09.15/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.431.09.15/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.431.09.15/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2827830

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