Sgamna

السكامنة

Rural commune in the cercle of Ben Ahmed Janoubia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
9,427
Since 2014
−8.0%from 10,245 in 2014
Density
65.9people per km², 143.1 km²
Households
1,916
Rank
780780th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 46 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.8% to 28.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ighoud. Running water: 14.5% here, 12.7% there; can’t read or write: 45.9% here, 43.4% there; household size: 4.9 here, 4.7 there.

Compare it with Ighoud

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 Sgamna.

Sgamna −8.0%

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
45.9%aged 10 and over54.0% in 201454.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.1%6.8% in 201450.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.9%aged 15 and over47.7% in 20145.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.66children per woman3.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.7%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average6.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
14.5%of settled households11.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sgamna: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over4.1%
2.0%70–742.5%
3.0%65–693.6%
3.7%60–644.1%
4.0%55–593.6%
4.8%50–545.2%
5.9%45–496.3%
6.9%40–446.8%
6.2%35–396.2%
5.8%30–346.2%
6.5%25–296.0%
8.0%20–246.1%
9.1%15–198.8%
12.2%10–1411.2%
10.7%5–911.3%
8.5%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French47.4%
  • English7.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot50.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.1%
  • Another way9.9%
  • Informal transport7.7%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.8%
  • Taxi3.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10411.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5149.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
561.1 per business
Public services
53
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.5%
  • Services19.6%
  • Industry7.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.2%
  • 2 to 39.8%
  • 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 later39.2%
  • 2011–201951.0%
  • 2001–20107.8%
  • 1991–20002.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sgamna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 5 fractions, with 9,427 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
التوالتEttoualt2 douars · 1,809 people
أولاد المهديOulad MahdiIn parts1577371.81.63.0
أولاد عياد لمراسOulad Ayad LamerasIn parts2271,0724.41.34.7
أولاد سيدي بلكاسمOulad Sidi Belkasm4 douars · 3,229 people
لهباطةLahebataIn parts3451,7730.51.312.9
أولاد زيانOulad ZianeIn parts754421.51.810.5
كودية رحوKoudiate RahouGrouped1095621.81.116.1
أولاد سي الدقاقOulad Si EdakakeGrouped844520.80.914.7
التعاونيةCoopérative5 douars · 1,761 people
لهباطةLahbataGrouped412000.25.65.6
أولاد رحو بيار لعروسيOulad Rahou Byar LaaroussiGrouped914790.60.66.6
أولاد قاسم الغابةOulad Qaceme GhabaGrouped472201.60.08.0
التعاونية المهداويةCoopérative El MehdaouiaGrouped341770.75.08.0
التعاونية الفارسيةCoopérative El FarsiaGrouped1406850.11.45.2
البيرات-السانيةEl Birat Sania2 douars · 1,593 people
السانيةSaniaGrouped1376936.90.40.4
بيراتBwiratGrouped1939000.50.68.0
السكامنةSgamna1 douar · 1,035 people
السكامنةSgamnaGrouped2361,0350.50.81.0

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.461.13.27
As digits
064611327
Slug
sgamna
OpenStreetMap
2880002
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sgamna");

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