Sidi Ahmed Benaissa

سيدي احمد بنعيسى

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

Population, 2024
7,685
Since 2014
−1.6%from 7,810 in 2014
Density
80people per km², 96 km²
Households
1,649
Rank
940940th most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 29 in its province

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 84.0% to 99.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Dar Chaffai. Running water: 1.3% here, 5.5% there; read French: 32.2% here, 27.0% there; can’t read or write: 46.6% here, 46.7% there.

Compare it with Dar Chaffai

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 Ahmed Benaissa.

Sidi Ahmed Benaissa −1.6%

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
46.6%aged 10 and over57.3% in 201454.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.0%18.0% in 20148.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.1%aged 15 and over48.9% in 201416.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.79children per woman3.27 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people8.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.3%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ahmed Benaissa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.2%
2.9%70–742.6%
3.2%65–693.4%
3.9%60–644.9%
3.7%55–593.8%
4.7%50–544.2%
5.5%45–495.0%
6.8%40–446.3%
6.5%35–396.6%
7.4%30–345.9%
6.9%25–295.8%
8.9%20–247.7%
9.2%15–1910.1%
10.4%10–1410.8%
9.6%5–910.1%
7.6%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.8%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French32.2%
  • English6.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.5%
  • Animal24.7%
  • Informal transport8.7%
  • Taxi3.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.8%
  • Another way3.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Private car0.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13617.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3122.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
461.5 per business
Public services
94
Associations
11in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce87.1%
  • Services12.9%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.8%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 493.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.0%
  • 2011–201941.9%
  • 2001–201025.8%
  • 1991–20003.2%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Ahmed Benaissa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,685 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
سيدي أحمد بنعيسىSidi Ahmed Benaissa9 douars · 2,890 people
اجعاونة الروىJaaouna RouaGrouped1286120.40.51.3
شماخةChemmakhGrouped975020.10.12.7
اجعاونة حمر الراسJaaouna Hmar ErrasGrouped451951.02.93.0
اجعاونة حمريJaaouna HamriGrouped522812.63.03.0
واد السانيةOued SaniaGrouped26118———
أولاد بوبكرOulad BoubkerGrouped1377264.01.07.1
أولاد الحاجOulad El HajGrouped602644.02.07.0
الخلوفيينLekhloufiyineGrouped321190.01.04.0
الكنابرةLegnabraIn parts1373———
سيدي قاسم بن جميلSidi Kacem Ben Gmil13 douars · 2,229 people
ازهير بوشوفاتZhir BouchoufatGrouped693210.20.87.3
الغيالسةGhyalsaGrouped411760.10.56.0
أولاد اجميلOulad JmilGrouped452140.10.14.0
أولاد هلالOulad HlalGrouped24117———
الحدادشةLahdadchaGrouped19108———
اجريفاتJriyfateIn parts471940.63.87.9
الشماعEcchmaIn parts301211.56.28.5
اجعاونة الهيرورJaaouna HairourGrouped2177———
الحشالفةHchalfaGrouped1889———
أولاد منة الهوتةOd Menna ElhaoutaGrouped1982———
بداوةBdaouaGrouped512710.22.96.5
القطارنيةLektarnyaGrouped602450.13.05.0
أولاد منة الكعدةOulad Menna El GaadaGrouped482145.00.09.0
الشعابChaab5 douars · 2,566 people
الشعابChaabGrouped2621,1551.01.610.0
المصلىElmasallaGrouped863934.52.98.1
الفراتلةFratlaGrouped452245.01.08.0
أولاد التويجر الهواشمOulad Touijer LehouachemGrouped1426521.92.016.3
باب الريحBab RihGrouped321422.00.018.0

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
04.481.03.13
As digits
044810313
Slug
sidi-ahmed-benaissa
OpenStreetMap
2810023
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-ahmed-benaissa");

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