Sidi Ali Bel Quassem

سيدي علي بلقاسم

Rural commune in the cercle of Debdou, province of Taourirt, Oriental.

Population, 2024: 13,951
Since 2014: −6.9%from 14,984 in 2014
Density: 17.8people per km², 784.9 km²
Households: 2,660
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 494494th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 14 in its province

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Sidi Ali Bel Quassem.

Sidi Ali Bel Quassem −6.9%

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: 48.1%aged 10 and over56.6% in 201457.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 51.1%20.3% in 201453.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.4%aged 15 and over45.0% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 81.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman2.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.9%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average6.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 23.0%of settled households26.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ali Bel Quassem: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.0%	75 and over	3.1%
2.3%	70–74	1.9%
2.3%	65–69	2.3%
2.9%	60–64	3.4%
3.2%	55–59	3.1%
4.0%	50–54	4.4%
5.9%	45–49	5.0%
5.4%	40–44	6.4%
6.3%	35–39	6.9%
6.7%	30–34	7.0%
7.5%	25–29	7.6%
7.7%	20–24	8.5%
9.7%	15–19	10.3%
12.5%	10–14	11.0%
11.6%	5–9	10.7%
9.0%	0–4	8.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.4%
Tamazight1.7%
Tachelhit1.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French30.4%
English8.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.5%
Bike or motorcycle12.0%
Private car4.5%
Employer’s transport3.7%
Taxi2.3%
Bus1.5%

Can’t read or write: 56.6%aged 10 and over48.1% in 202469.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.3%51.1% in 202472.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.0%aged 15 and over31.4% in 20246.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 85.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.76children per woman2.04 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.7%of people3.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.8people on average5.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 26.0%of settled households23.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ali Bel Quassem: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.6%	75 and over	2.5%
1.3%	70–74	1.6%
1.5%	65–69	1.8%
2.1%	60–64	2.3%
2.5%	55–59	2.4%
3.1%	50–54	3.6%
3.7%	45–49	3.7%
4.5%	40–44	4.8%
6.9%	35–39	5.8%
6.5%	30–34	7.8%
8.6%	25–29	8.6%
9.2%	20–24	9.1%
11.0%	15–19	10.5%
10.7%	10–14	11.1%
12.2%	5–9	12.1%
13.6%	0–4	12.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tamazight1.6%
Tachelhit1.0%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French50.5%
Arabic only40.6%
Arabic, French and English7.4%
Other combinations1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot71.9%
Bus10.1%
Taxi6.5%
Private car3.7%
Bike or motorcycle2.3%
Employer’s transport0.4%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood65.5%
No fixed place18.3%
Another province4.6%
Somewhere else3.9%
Another commune3.3%
Another in the commune1.3%
At home0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing36.5%
Farm and fishing labour24.6%
Labouring and small trades19.0%
Clerical work7.6%
Crafts and skilled trades6.0%
Trade and broking2.5%
Managers and senior professionals1.4%
Machine operating1.3%
Not classified0.9%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma80.7%
Primary13.1%
Lower secondary3.9%
Upper secondary1.6%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 14310.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 4229.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 481.1 per business
Public services: 101
Associations: 0in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce73.8%
Services16.7%
Industry9.5%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person95.2%
2 to 32.4%
4 to 92.4%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later31.0%
2011–201935.7%
2001–201014.3%
1991–20004.8%
1981–19909.5%
1956–19804.8%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 02.533.03.17
As digits: 025330317
Slug: sidi-ali-bel-quassem
Record: /api/communes/02.533.03.17.json
Boundary: /api/communes/02.533.03.17/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/02.533.03.17/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/02.533.03.17/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/02.533.03.17/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2759209

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-ali-bel-quassem");

Report an error on this page