Sidi Ahmed Essayeh

سيدي احمد السايح

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

Population, 2024
5,233
Since 2014
−15.6%from 6,198 in 2014
Density
53people per km², 98.8 km²
Households
1,330
Foreign residents
7
Rank
1,1751,175th most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 57 in its province

Next door in Tafedna, 25.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 95.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 12.5% to 95.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imsouane. Aged 65 and over: 12.9% here, 12.8% there; read French: 28.4% here, 28.8% there; unemployment: 14.0% here, 11.8% there.

Compare it with Imsouane

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 Essayeh.

Sidi Ahmed Essayeh −15.6%

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
42.1%aged 10 and over48.5% in 201456.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
14.0%10.8% in 20144.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over43.7% in 20141.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.63children per woman2.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people8.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.9%of settled households12.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ahmed Essayeh: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.9%75 and over5.0%
3.2%70–744.0%
3.5%65–694.1%
5.0%60–645.9%
3.6%55–594.6%
4.8%50–544.6%
5.8%45–495.7%
5.5%40–445.8%
6.7%35–395.6%
6.9%30–346.0%
7.5%25–295.0%
6.5%20–246.9%
8.1%15–199.7%
10.0%10–149.7%
9.0%5–99.3%
8.2%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.4%
  • Darija25.4%
  • Tamazight3.5%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.9%
  • French28.4%
  • English6.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bus44.1%
  • Taxi15.6%
  • On foot11.0%
  • Another way9.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.5%
  • Informal transport5.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.3%
  • Private car2.8%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Employer’s transport0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11121.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2320.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
341.5 per business
Public services
81
Associations
7in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.8%
  • Services39.1%
  • Industry8.7%
  • Construction4.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person65.2%
  • 2 to 330.4%
  • 4 to 94.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.5%
  • 2011–201926.1%
  • 2001–20108.7%
  • 1991–20008.7%
  • 1981–199013.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Ahmed Essayeh’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,233 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اداوكونكيAdaoukounki5 douars · 2,745 people
الزاويةZaouiaIn parts1524891.30.916.0
إد عمرId OmarIn parts1123544.10.517.2
اد موهينId MouhineIn parts1094325.91.014.8
اغناجAghannajIn parts1024661.11.315.8
اد بوحسينId Bou HsaineIn parts2441,0042.31.98.8
ايت ايديرAit Ider3 douars · 2,017 people
أكروجAguerroujIn parts1314881.22.53.6
اعيسيAissiIn parts1556246.81.913.9
إد علي عمرId Ali Ou AmerIn parts1969050.21.221.6
اقبلينIkábline2 douars · 471 people
تكرضينTigourdineIn parts722425.60.68.4
تداكTadakIn parts572295.31.47.0

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.05.27
As digits
072110527
Slug
sidi-ahmed-essayeh
OpenStreetMap
2821165
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-ahmed-essayeh");

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