Sabbah

صباح

Rural commune in the cercle of Témara, préfecture of Skhirate-Témara, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
15,552
Since 2014
+3.5%from 15,029 in 2014
Density
213people per km², 72.9 km²
Households
3,456
Foreign residents
12
Rank
426426th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 10 in its préfecture

Next door in Skhirate, 88.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 54.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.7% to 54.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Boumoussa. Can’t read or write: 23.4% here, 26.5% there; aged 65 and over: 7.0% here, 7.3% there; in the labour force: 41.1% here, 41.8% there.

Compare it with Sidi Boumoussa

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Sabbah.

Sabbah +3.5%

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
23.4%aged 10 and over37.3% in 201432.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.5%18.1% in 201422.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.1%aged 15 and over49.3% in 201413.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.02children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.3%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
70.6%of settled households37.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sabbah: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.5%
1.8%70–742.0%
3.0%65–692.6%
4.0%60–644.0%
4.6%55–594.5%
5.7%50–545.2%
6.0%45–496.4%
7.7%40–446.6%
7.4%35–397.3%
6.8%30–347.1%
6.5%25–297.5%
6.6%20–248.2%
8.3%15–198.5%
10.5%10–149.5%
10.5%5–910.0%
8.4%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit4.9%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French53.2%
  • English11.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot23.1%
  • Employer’s transport21.3%
  • Taxi15.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.9%
  • Private car9.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.2%
  • Bus6.1%
  • Informal transport5.0%
  • Train1.0%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
37524.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
34892.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,0423.0 per business
Public services
25
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce67.2%
  • Services15.8%
  • Industry11.2%
  • Construction5.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person61.5%
  • 2 to 329.6%
  • 4 to 93.7%
  • 10 to 494.3%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later55.5%
  • 2011–201929.3%
  • 2001–201011.5%
  • 1991–20003.2%
  • 1981–19900.3%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sabbah’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 6 fractions, with 15,551 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

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد غانمOulad Ghanem2 douars · 2,399 people
برينيسBrinisDispersed3511,5991.82.46.5
الحجرLehjerDispersed1768001.12.35.2
الرخوخةErrkhoukha3 douars · 2,701 people
أولاد يحيى بن عليOulad Yahya Ben AliDispersed1185961.14.54.6
أولاد هبريOulad HabriDispersed2019971.82.52.6
أولاد مسونOulad MsounDispersed2271,1083.94.04.9
الغوازي أولاد عثمانRhouazi Oulad Othmane2 douars · 468 people
أولاد منصورOulad MansourDispersed873861.42.93.1
أولاد محمد بن عليOulad Mohamed Ben AliDispersed2182———
سوق الأحد(تجزئة السلام)Souk El Ahd (Lotissement Essalam)1 douar · 8,092 people
تجزئة السلام (سوق الأحد)Lotissement Essalam (Souk El Ahd)Grouped1,8648,0920.50.50.6
أولاد رابحOulad Rabeh1 douar · 1,226 people
أولاد رابحOulad RabehDispersed2641,2261.42.02.1
أولاد مسونOulad Msoun1 douar · 665 people
أولاد مسونOulad MsounDispersed1476651.01.73.4

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
04.501.05.05
As digits
045010505
Slug
sabbah
OpenStreetMap
2498876
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sabbah");

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