Sidi Abdeljalil

سيدي عبد الجليل

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

Population, 2024
6,056
Since 2014
−8.5%from 6,618 in 2014
Density
65.4people per km², 92.6 km²
Households
1,685
Rank
1,0951,095th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 57 in its province

Next door in Sidi Ali El Korati, 14.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 64.8%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 2.1% to 64.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tatoft. Household size: 3.6 here, 3.7 there; higher education: 2.3% here, 2.0% there; Darija: 99.9% here, 99.2% there.

Compare it with Tatoft

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 Sidi Abdeljalil.

Sidi Abdeljalil −8.5%

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
50.4%aged 10 and over58.8% in 201458.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
14.7%6.8% in 201424.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.7%aged 15 and over50.9% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.41children per woman3.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.2%of people7.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
64.8%of settled households2.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Abdeljalil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over5.3%
3.9%70–743.6%
4.6%65–694.2%
5.1%60–645.2%
5.0%55–594.7%
6.1%50–544.9%
6.8%45–495.7%
7.4%40–447.1%
5.5%35–396.4%
5.1%30–345.2%
3.7%25–294.9%
4.8%20–245.0%
6.3%15–198.5%
11.2%10–1411.2%
11.0%5–910.0%
8.9%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.9%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French42.2%
  • English6.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.8%
  • Animal15.3%
  • Employer’s transport11.0%
  • Bus8.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.8%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.5%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Informal transport1.8%
  • Train0.3%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15124.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6140.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
831.4 per business
Public services
88
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce41.0%
  • Services31.1%
  • Industry27.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.2%
  • 2 to 332.8%
  • 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 later8.2%
  • 2011–201954.1%
  • 2001–201016.4%
  • 1991–200018.0%
  • 1981–19901.6%
  • 1956–19801.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Abdeljalil’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,054 people. 2 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
المخاليف الجنوبيةM'khalif Janoubia7 douars · 2,600 people
ايت الحمريAit LhamriIn parts1084172.21.15.1
الحشوضاتLachhoudatIn parts1685223.72.76.9
الدواليDoualiIn parts1384984.13.07.3
اولاد الشيخOulad AchaikheIn parts983563.11.012.8
لحسيناتLehsinatIn parts1174471.52.03.9
امسينݣMassingIn parts471746.24.49.6
لوديناتLoudinatIn parts561862.02.07.1
المخاليف الوسطىM'khalif El Ousseta5 douars · 1,794 people
المغاراتMegharatIn parts1043772.41.710.1
الخواضرةLekhouadraIn parts1053770.81.47.3
الغوالLeghoualIn parts903542.91.57.5
اولاد الرحاليةOulad ErrhaliaIn parts973562.22.27.0
ايت علي الشلحAit Ali ChelhIn parts903301.52.28.8
سيدي عبد الجليلSidi Abdeljalil5 douars · 1,479 people
الزاوية(سيدي عبد الجليل)Zaouia (Sidi Abdeljalil)In parts2036820.20.40.5
الظهرةEddahraIn parts512040.03.03.0
المحيجرMhijarGrouped602071.51.65.0
القريةAl KariaIn parts722546.15.911.1
اݣسيمةQsimaIn parts381328.01.38.6
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 181 people
الغيرانEl GhiraneGrouped431812.21.97.9

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.03.33
As digits
072110333
Slug
sidi-abdeljalil
OpenStreetMap
2821066
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-abdeljalil");

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