Sidi Ahmed Cherif
سيدي أحمد الشريف
Rural commune in the cercle of Al Ouahda, province of Ouezzane, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 7,913
- Since 2014
- −17.4%from 9,576 in 2014
- Density
- 115people per km², 69 km²
- Households
- 2,171
- Rank
- 914914th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 17 in its province
Next door in Moulay Abdelkrim, 8.9% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 50.4%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 41.0% to 28.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi El Rhandour. Household size: 3.6 here, 3.7 there; aged 0 to 14: 25.7% here, 24.9% there; can’t read or write: 43.6% here, 40.7% there.
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 Cherif.
Sidi Ahmed Cherif −17.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 43.6%aged 10 and over46.1% in 201457.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 23.8%15.1% in 201429.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 28.1%aged 15 and over41.0% in 20143.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.52children per woman1.72 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.7%of people7.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.6people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 5.6%of settled households5.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5% | 75 and over | 6.6% | ||
| 3.8% | 70–74 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.3% | 65–69 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.3% | 60–64 | 5.9% | ||
| 4.8% | 55–59 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 45–49 | 5.9% | ||
| 7.1% | 40–44 | 7.1% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.3% | 30–34 | 5.2% | ||
| 4.0% | 25–29 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.7% | 20–24 | 6.3% | ||
| 10.6% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.6% | 0–4 | 6.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 46.1%aged 10 and over43.6% in 202461.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 15.1%23.8% in 202435.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.0%aged 15 and over28.1% in 202411.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.72children per woman2.52 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.9%of people7.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 5.9%of settled households5.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2% | 75 and over | 3.6% | ||
| 2.2% | 70–74 | 2.9% | ||
| 2.8% | 65–69 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 5.3% | ||
| 4.1% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 40–44 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.1% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 8.5% | ||
| 10.2% | 20–24 | 8.1% | ||
| 10.6% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.7% | 10–14 | 11.1% | ||
| 10.4% | 5–9 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.0% | 0–4 | 9.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 18923.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 4724.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 491.0 per business
- Public services
- 140
- Associations
- 2in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Sidi Ahmed Cherif’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,913 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أمزاوروMezzaourou5 douars · 1,745 people | ||||||
| أمزاوروMezzaourou | In parts | 174 | 606 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 9.3 |
| الدراويDraoui | Grouped | 24 | 59 | — | — | — |
| سيدي بوزيتونSidi Bouzitoune | Grouped | 123 | 464 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 9.1 |
| اݣدومة السفلىGuedouma Es Seflia | Grouped | 62 | 246 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| أݣدومة العلياGdouma Olia | In parts | 93 | 370 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
| المصدار السفلىEl Masadar Essoufla4 douars · 1,258 people | ||||||
| دار أشعابDar Chayb | In parts | 211 | 738 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 |
| حيدوسHidous | Grouped | 27 | 91 | — | — | — |
| تعاونية الزاويةCoopérative Zaouia | Grouped | 47 | 206 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| تعاونية سيدي الصافيCoopérative Sidi Essafi | Grouped | 58 | 223 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| الحيط السفلىEl Hit Essoufla4 douars · 1,937 people | ||||||
| خربناينKhir Bennaine | In parts | 235 | 842 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 7.6 |
| دار حدادDar Lhadad | In parts | 201 | 748 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 7.1 |
| الحراقينEl Harrakine | Grouped | 74 | 246 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| قلعة دار حدادKelaa Dar Haddad | Grouped | 28 | 101 | — | — | — |
| المصدار العلياEl Masadar El Oulia7 douars · 1,591 people | ||||||
| مجمولةMejmoula | Grouped | 64 | 253 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 8.1 |
| الفرزاويFerzaoui | In parts | 35 | 111 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 9.5 |
| الخزانEl Khazzane | In parts | 69 | 214 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| السدريينSederyene | Grouped | 140 | 480 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
| سيدي محمد الحاجSidi Mohamed El Haj | Grouped | 96 | 352 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| الحجريينLhajriyine | Grouped | 28 | 115 | — | — | — |
| حجر موشHjar Lmouch | Grouped | 18 | 66 | — | — | — |
| ولاد بن حدوOulad Ben Haddou4 douars · 1,382 people | ||||||
| ولاد النهارOulad Nhar | Grouped | 60 | 243 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 7.4 |
| اولاد بن حدوOulad Ben Haddou | Grouped | 216 | 823 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| عين بيضاءAin Bida | Grouped | 56 | 210 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 8.6 |
| ازناتةZnata | Grouped | 32 | 106 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
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
01.405.13.11- As digits
014051311- Slug
sidi-ahmed-cherif- Census figures
/api/communes/01.405.13.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.405.13.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.405.13.11/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.405.13.11/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2753148
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("sidi-ahmed-cherif");