Saidate

السعيدات

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

Population, 2024
6,354
Since 2014
−1.1%from 6,427 in 2014
Density
18.1people per km², 350.4 km²
Households
1,602
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,0681,068th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 35 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.7% to 31.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rfala. Aged 65 and over: 11.2% here, 11.7% there; can’t read or write: 44.4% here, 41.5% there; running water: 92.7% here, 84.3% there.

Compare it with Rfala

Where it is

Its province, 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 Saidate.

Saidate −1.1%

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
44.4%aged 10 and over46.5% in 201453.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.6%8.7% in 201465.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.0%aged 15 and over43.8% in 20144.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.31children per woman2.99 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.8%of people6.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.7%of settled households76.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Saidate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over4.2%
3.8%70–742.7%
4.2%65–693.7%
3.7%60–644.6%
4.1%55–595.0%
5.2%50–546.0%
5.7%45–495.0%
5.4%40–445.7%
5.8%35–395.8%
7.2%30–346.4%
6.9%25–295.7%
6.6%20–246.6%
8.2%15–198.9%
10.2%10–1411.2%
10.4%5–910.0%
8.9%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.1%
  • Tachelhit16.2%
  • Tamazight4.9%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French36.8%
  • English5.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot47.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle23.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.8%
  • Informal transport6.0%
  • Bus4.0%
  • Private car3.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Animal1.8%
  • Taxi1.0%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18529.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8143.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1541.9 per business
Public services
101
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce84.0%
  • Services12.3%
  • Industry3.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.1%
  • 2 to 34.9%
  • 4 to 91.2%
  • 10 to 493.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.1%
  • 2011–201937.0%
  • 2001–201025.9%
  • 1991–20003.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Saidate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,330 people. 24 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد الزيرOulad Zir9 douars · 2,372 people
أولاد شنانOulad ChinnaneGrouped713033.80.810.1
الشعيبةEcchaibaGrouped1257———
أولاد هيبةOulad HibaIn parts491840.30.98.1
اولاد صولةOulad SaoulaDispersed1656275.50.811.5
اغدير بنانGhdir BenaneIn parts883031.01.12.3
لغساسلةLaghsaslaIn parts973091.00.80.8
اولاد سيديOulad SidiGrouped301161.01.01.0
اولاد عبد المولىOulad Abd el MoulaGrouped873691.01.112.9
اكويديرAgouidirGrouped27104———
الهلالاتLehlalate8 douars · 2,688 people
أدوار :اولاد عبد المالكAdouar Oulad AbdelmalekGrouped551751.11.010.0
الخلاطة اولاد بوبكرLakhlalta Oulad BoubkerIn parts572571.72.014.0
الخلاطة اولاد بن عليEl Khlatat Oulad Ben AliGrouped693130.92.114.9
لهلالاتHlalatGrouped1054461.11.015.1
اولاد عيسىOulad AissaGrouped1094554.00.113.9
سهب العتروسSehb LaatrousseIn parts703370.80.815.6
السعيداتSaidateIn parts1114381.51.21.2
اولاد زيرOulad ZirDispersed662671.01.010.0
اولاد جمودةOulad Jmouda11 douars · 1,270 people
اغدير بابانGhdir BabaneIn parts929———
لخريريبةLakhrirbaGrouped361500.30.310.1
لغويرݣاتRhouirgateGrouped1251———
عباسAbbasGrouped415———
علي بوهاAli BouhaGrouped1774———
زنيدةZnidaGrouped1035———
جورف الروخمةJorf El RokhmaGrouped301081.61.615.8
النزالةAn NzalaDispersed311———
داغوسةEd DarhoussaIn parts401500.10.19.1
الخنيكEl KhenikGrouped1114075.91.32.6
توخربينToukhrobineGrouped622405.11.119.9

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
07.161.03.09
As digits
071610309
Slug
saidate
OpenStreetMap
2830945
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("saidate");

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