Sfafaa

الصفافعة

Rural commune in the cercle of Kceibya, province of Sidi Slimane, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
24,744
Since 2014
+15.2%from 21,475 in 2014
Density
382people per km², 64.7 km²
Households
4,827
Rank
232232nd most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 11 in its province

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 52.8% to 37.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Hiadna. Household size: 5.1 here, 5.2 there; aged 65 and over: 6.3% here, 6.6% there; read French: 31.1% here, 31.7% there.

Compare it with Hiadna

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

14223

How it changed

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

Sfafaa +15.2%

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
37.5%aged 10 and over52.8% in 201447.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.5%8.2% in 201418.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.1%aged 15 and over49.4% in 20149.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.42children per woman2.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.1people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
70.3%of settled households78.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sfafaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.7%75 and over2.5%
1.7%70–741.8%
2.4%65–692.4%
3.5%60–643.7%
4.0%55–593.8%
4.8%50–544.7%
5.6%45–495.2%
6.7%40–446.6%
7.0%35–396.6%
7.2%30–346.9%
7.1%25–296.5%
7.1%20–247.8%
9.2%15–198.5%
10.9%10–1411.3%
10.7%5–911.0%
10.5%0–410.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French31.1%
  • English6.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot32.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.8%
  • Employer’s transport16.7%
  • Informal transport11.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.3%
  • Taxi3.9%
  • Private car2.8%
  • Animal2.5%
  • Bus2.3%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
38415.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
29877.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3031.0 per business
Public services
66
Associations
20in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.1%
  • Services29.2%
  • Industry10.4%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person98.7%
  • 2 to 31.3%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later61.1%
  • 2011–201926.2%
  • 2001–20108.1%
  • 1991–20004.0%
  • 1981–19900.3%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sfafaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 35 douars in 4 fractions, with 24,744 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الرسمErrsm4 douars · 5,579 people
تعاونية التحريرCoopérative EttahrirGrouped643171.82.53.1
المرادسةLamradsaGrouped6773,3421.01.01.1
الرزاكلةRzaglaGrouped3011,5181.01.03.0
المرادسة الحشالفةEl M'Radsa HchalfaGrouped764021.01.93.0
أولاد عبد اللهOulad Abdellah17 douars · 8,813 people
الغرابة الوادGhraba El OuedGrouped1025280.42.91.6
اولاد بنعيسىOulad Ben AissaIn parts1387370.03.03.1
أولاد منصور الوادOulad Mansour El OuedIn parts1678140.04.15.0
أولاد منيوب الوادOulad Mnioub El OuedIn parts1367340.31.14.2
اولاد عبو الوادOulad Abbou El OuedGrouped1226270.20.54.4
جيلالات الوادJilalat El OuedGrouped2061,1170.81.54.9
العسارة الوادEl Assara El OuedGrouped673502.11.85.2
الكريبيين الوادEl Kribiine El OuedGrouped1005342.22.15.1
اولاد غانم الوادOulad Ghanem El OuedGrouped1679961.92.95.0
الغرابة المرجةGhraba MerjaGrouped632831.01.41.4
اولاد بنعيسى بويدرOulad Benaissa BouyderGrouped351651.01.13.0
اولاد منصور بويدرOulad Mansour BouyderGrouped412151.01.13.3
اولاد عبو بويدرOulad Abbou BouyderGrouped391651.01.03.3
العسارة بويدرEl Assara BouyderGrouped1125771.01.13.5
اولاد عبد الله الرملOulad Abdallah RmelGrouped1025291.63.010.0
اولاد غانم المرجةOulad Ghanem MerjaGrouped1158———
شرقاوةCharkaouiaGrouped813841.01.24.0
الدواغر بهتEddouaghr Baht10 douars · 6,130 people
المناصرةMnasraIn parts1196251.12.05.3
أولاد العايديOulad El AydiIn parts1276661.11.35.2
أولاد بوخليفOulad BoukhlifIn parts1337481.01.07.0
أولاد عبد الله موسىOulad Abdallah MoussaIn parts331591.11.15.1
المراونةMraounaIn parts1628811.81.43.7
أولاد قاسمOulad KacemIn parts2611,3471.01.15.8
أولاد اسعيدOulad SaïdIn parts934621.51.53.2
أولاد بنعيشOulad Ben AichIn parts592551.51.33.0
أولاد الراضيOulad RadiIn parts1106111.22.76.3
درقاوةDarkaouaIn parts693761.71.02.2
امزورةMzoura4 douars · 4,222 people
المصابحةLemsabhaGrouped2011,1181.01.14.0
أولاد سالمOulad SalemGrouped1347101.01.14.0
أولاد ميلودOulad MiloudIn parts1677491.01.45.3
القياطنةEl KyatnaIn parts3521,6451.21.75.3

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
04.491.03.15
As digits
044910315
Slug
sfafaa
OpenStreetMap
2819609
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sfafaa");

Report an error on this page