Sefsaf

صفصاف

Rural commune in the cercle of Gharb Bni Malek, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
28,106
Since 2014
+12.1%from 25,075 in 2014
Density
208people per km², 135 km²
Households
5,201
Rank
203203rd most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 29 in its province

Next door in Mechraa Bel Ksiri, 97.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 3.8% to 70.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Hiadna. Household size: 5.4 here, 5.2 there; aged 65 and over: 7.2% here, 6.6% there; read French: 30.1% here, 31.7% there.

Compare it with Hiadna

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 Sefsaf.

Sefsaf +12.1%

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
38.9%aged 10 and over49.5% in 201449.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.3%15.8% in 201430.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.3%aged 15 and over44.7% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.88children per woman2.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people3.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.4people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
70.1%of settled households3.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sefsaf: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.5%
2.3%70–742.3%
2.5%65–692.7%
3.7%60–644.3%
3.5%55–593.6%
4.9%50–544.7%
6.1%45–495.3%
8.0%40–447.6%
7.0%35–397.1%
6.0%30–346.3%
6.3%25–295.9%
7.3%20–247.3%
8.4%15–198.7%
10.9%10–1410.9%
11.0%5–911.0%
10.1%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.3%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French30.1%
  • English5.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle28.7%
  • Employer’s transport11.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.6%
  • Private car3.6%
  • Taxi3.3%
  • Animal2.0%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Train0.6%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28210.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
19067.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2841.5 per business
Public services
91
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.5%
  • Services31.6%
  • Industry8.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.6%
  • 2 to 315.3%
  • 4 to 92.1%
  • 10 to 491.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.8%
  • 2011–201956.8%
  • 2001–201011.6%
  • 1991–20004.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sefsaf’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 5 fractions, with 28,106 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اغشيوةAghchioua4 douars · 3,653 people
أولاد سليمانoulad slimaneGrouped4292,3340.00.28.4
النقاقشةNekkakchaGrouped1617280.21.210.5
المعاتݣة أولاد علالEl Maatagat Oulad AllalGrouped984340.10.514.2
التعاونية الشريفةCoopérative EcchrifaGrouped26157———
صفصافSefsaf6 douars · 3,605 people
أولاد منصورOulad MansourGrouped974311.02.07.0
أولاد انصرOulad NacerIn parts2621,2880.62.66.2
التعاونية العدلانيةCoopérative El AdlaniaGrouped773700.01.76.0
ازهير باطاZhir BattaIn parts1907560.62.44.2
أولاد الرياحيOulad RiahiDispersed834851.02.57.0
اعزيب صحراوة (اكلانشة)Azib Sahraoua (Aklancha)Grouped532750.12.04.0
ابريبرAbriber9 douars · 11,071 people
امغيطن أولاد سليمانMghitene Oueld SlimaneGrouped1498220.80.84.1
النجارةNjaraGrouped6204,0161.21.45.4
تعاونية الهاشميةCoopérative El HachmiaGrouped382631.02.03.9
تعاونية المبروكةCoopérative El MbroukaGrouped25153———
تعاونية المنارةCoopérative MénaraGrouped684101.02.03.2
دكالةDoukkalaGrouped553490.11.16.0
أولاد يوسفOulad YoussefGrouped8924,5270.71.25.4
التعاونية المختاريةCoopérative El MakhtariaGrouped413210.26.014.1
التعاونية الممتازةCoopérative El MamtazaGrouped26210———
صفصاف المركزSefsaf Centre3 douars · 4,657 people
كباص الوادGabbas LouadIn parts3351,6030.42.02.7
امغيطن أولاد امباركMghiten Oulad MbarekGrouped3681,8271.23.13.7
قرية صفصافQariat SafsafGrouped2371,2270.40.10.6
صفصاف علاݣSefsaf Allag4 douars · 5,120 people
علاݣAllagIn parts5082,9110.51.07.4
الشعرةAchaaraGrouped1418510.01.95.1
أولاد الحارثيOulad el HarthiGrouped654530.02.85.0
المخاشيمEl MekhachimIn parts1579050.11.65.7

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
04.481.05.09
As digits
044810509
Slug
sefsaf
OpenStreetMap
2753067
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sefsaf");

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