Sahel
الساحل
Rural commune in the cercle of Oued El Makhazine, province of Larache, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 18,258
- Since 2014
- +4.4%from 17,496 in 2014
- Density
- 103people per km², 177.5 km²
- Households
- 4,469
- Rank
- 346346th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 19 in its province
Next door in Larache, 93.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 32.6%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 27.5% to 60.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi El Mekki. Darija: 98.5% here, 99.2% there; household size: 4.1 here, 4.1 there; apartments: 0.1% here, 0.2% 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 Sahel.
Sahel +4.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 35.7%aged 10 and over46.2% in 201445.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.1%12.4% in 201417.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.9%aged 15 and over51.8% in 201416.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.17children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.1%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 60.0%of settled households27.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9% | 75 and over | 3.2% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.6% | 65–69 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.4% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 5.7% | ||
| 7.2% | 40–44 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.9% | 35–39 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.1% | 25–29 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.3% | 20–24 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.8% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.9% | 10–14 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.7% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 9.1% | 0–4 | 8.9% | ||
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
- 46.2%aged 10 and over35.7% in 202455.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.4%22.1% in 202421.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 51.8%aged 15 and over41.9% in 202423.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.13children per woman2.17 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.7%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.5people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 27.5%of settled households60.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3% | 75 and over | 2.8% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 1.5% | 65–69 | 1.5% | ||
| 2.8% | 60–64 | 2.9% | ||
| 4.4% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.4% | 45–49 | 4.7% | ||
| 5.3% | 40–44 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 8.1% | 30–34 | 7.7% | ||
| 10.6% | 25–29 | 10.9% | ||
| 11.1% | 20–24 | 10.1% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 9.7% | ||
| 9.1% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 8.5% | 5–9 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.4% | 0–4 | 10.0% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Sahel’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 2,218
- Standing empty
- 23.9%14.4% vacant9.5% a second home
- Precarious
- 4.4%2.7% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 76.8%70.4% on the water mains87.1% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 8.1%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 40422.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 29272.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 6332.2 per business
- Public services
- 103
- 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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Khemis Sahel | 7,077 |
Douars
Sahel’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 4 fractions, with 11,176 people. Another 7,077 live in Khemis Sahel, its urban centre, which has no douars. 5 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| الرواحEr Rouah8 douars · 4,471 people | ||||||
| الدشر الرواحDcher er Rouah | Grouped | 135 | 503 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 22.9 |
| العنصرEl Anceur | In parts | 101 | 446 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 16.8 |
| القريمدةEl Krimda | Grouped | 424 | 1,807 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| مزكالفMezgalef | Grouped | 153 | 648 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 9.2 |
| الدشيرEd Dechira | Grouped | 37 | 161 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 23.5 |
| بني كيسانBni Kissane | Grouped | 47 | 177 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 10.2 |
| عين قطاعAin Kattaae | Grouped | 98 | 383 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| النجارينNejjarine | Grouped | 85 | 346 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 9.2 |
| فرقة الجديدةFerka El Jadida4 douars · 2,782 people | ||||||
| الدشر الجديدDchar Jedid | Grouped | 151 | 601 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 13.2 |
| لبلاطLablat | Grouped | 122 | 483 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| الريحيينRihiyne | In parts | 372 | 1,396 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| السنديينSendiyyine | Grouped | 75 | 302 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| سيدي امباركSidi Mbarek5 douars · 3,092 people | ||||||
| اقسيريسيKsirissi | Grouped | 76 | 301 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 9.6 |
| النكارجةNgarja | Grouped | 237 | 984 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 10.1 |
| دوكالةDoukala | Grouped | 228 | 1,011 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 13.2 |
| بوصافيBou Safi | Grouped | 123 | 541 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 15.0 |
| يداوة الطايفYdaoua Ettayf | Grouped | 56 | 255 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 13.3 |
| خميس الساحلKhemis Sahel1 douar · 831 people | ||||||
| خميس الساحلKhemis Sahel | In parts | 196 | 831 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
01.331.11.11- As digits
013311111- Slug
sahel- Census figures
/api/communes/01.331.11.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.331.11.11/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/01.331.11.11/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.331.11.11/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2754035
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("sahel");