Sidi Badhaj

سيدي بدهاج

Rural commune in the cercle of Amizmiz, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,835
Since 2014
+8.2%from 5,394 in 2014
Density
44.9people per km², 129.9 km²
Households
1,449
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,1221,122nd most populous of 1,503 communes32nd of 40 in its province

Next door in Amizmiz, 75.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 15.2% to 29.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ahl Ramel. Running water: 97.2% here, 95.1% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.9% here, 25.2% there; aged 65 and over: 11.8% here, 11.0% there.

Compare it with Ahl Ramel

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 Badhaj.

Sidi Badhaj +8.2%

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
35.0%aged 10 and over41.6% in 201446.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.1%15.2% in 201449.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.1%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20144.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.09children per woman3.07 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.9%of people9.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.2%of settled households97.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Badhaj: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over4.4%
3.0%70–743.7%
4.5%65–693.9%
5.1%60–645.9%
5.0%55–594.2%
5.5%50–545.8%
6.5%45–496.8%
5.4%40–447.0%
6.7%35–395.4%
6.4%30–346.3%
6.3%25–296.1%
7.1%20–246.4%
8.5%15–198.2%
9.9%10–149.4%
9.6%5–99.5%
6.4%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit26.7%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French45.8%
  • English12.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle40.8%
  • On foot25.1%
  • Bus14.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.2%
  • Employer’s transport4.2%
  • Private car3.1%
  • Taxi1.8%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Informal transport0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13222.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6146.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1151.9 per business
Public services
56
Associations
15in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.1%
  • Services16.4%
  • Industry11.5%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.6%
  • 2 to 39.8%
  • 4 to 93.3%
  • 10 to 493.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.3%
  • 2011–201936.1%
  • 2001–201011.5%
  • 1991–20006.6%
  • 1981–19906.6%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Badhaj’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 4 fractions, with 5,835 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تاشبيبتTachbibt6 douars · 1,722 people
أيت عمارة البورAit Aamara Al BourIn parts1405570.50.74.1
تشبيبت القبلانيةTachebibte El QablaniaIn parts572191.22.07.0
تشبيبت الشتوانيةTachebibte ChatouaniaIn parts712731.01.06.0
أسݣن أيت خالدAsgounn Ait KhaldeGrouped351441.02.16.7
الصويرSouirGrouped25114———
أيت عمارة الوادAit Amara El OuedIn parts984151.01.56.9
تيزفريتTizefrit8 douars · 2,676 people
تزفريتTizfriteIn parts1636610.00.74.5
الكعارنةAl KarnaIn parts692740.00.44.7
أيت الديبAit DibGrouped421690.02.75.8
جنان احمر الراسJnane Hemar RassGrouped441750.03.16.1
إݣودارIgoudarIn parts1867470.51.27.3
الخمييسEl KhemiysGrouped924110.11.34.7
المحاميدel M’ HamidGrouped461571.92.05.0
أيت عبد السلامAït Abd es SlamGrouped2182———
الشويريج (تايزلت)Chouirij (Tayzilt)2 douars · 1,416 people
تايزلتTayziltIn parts2249341.81.07.9
الشويريجChouirijGrouped1314820.20.818.5
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 21 people
إمي تكنزاImi TaguenzaGrouped521———

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
07.041.05.17
As digits
070410517
Slug
sidi-badhaj
OpenStreetMap
3534185
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-badhaj");

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