Sidi Boulaalam
سيدي بولعلام
Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 7,681
- Since 2014
- −5.7%from 8,142 in 2014
- Density
- 114people per km², 67.6 km²
- Households
- 1,801
- Rank
- 941941st most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 57 in its province
Since 2014, households with running water went from 35.6% to 84.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi M'hamed Akhdim. Can’t read or write: 46.0% here, 46.0% there; aged 0 to 14: 32.2% here, 31.1% there; higher education: 2.4% here, 2.9% 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 Boulaalam.
Sidi Boulaalam −5.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 46.0%aged 10 and over56.0% in 201453.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.9%4.9% in 201419.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.8%aged 15 and over51.0% in 20146.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.22children per woman2.81 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.8%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 84.2%of settled households35.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0% | 75 and over | 4.4% | ||
| 3.0% | 70–74 | 3.1% | ||
| 2.9% | 65–69 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.2% | 60–64 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.5% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.9% | 45–49 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.6% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.0% | 35–39 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.9% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.1% | 25–29 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.7% | 20–24 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.4% | 15–19 | 10.0% | ||
| 13.0% | 10–14 | 12.4% | ||
| 11.9% | 5–9 | 10.5% | ||
| 8.5% | 0–4 | 8.1% | ||
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
- 56.0%aged 10 and over46.0% in 202464.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.9%17.9% in 20244.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 51.0%aged 15 and over36.8% in 202420.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.81children per woman2.22 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.3%of people6.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.2people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 35.6%of settled households84.2% 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 | 2.6% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 2.9% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.1% | 50–54 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 4.0% | ||
| 5.4% | 40–44 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.5% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 20–24 | 8.1% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 10.4% | ||
| 12.0% | 10–14 | 12.2% | ||
| 11.6% | 5–9 | 12.2% | ||
| 12.9% | 0–4 | 11.8% | ||
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
- 29838.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 19264.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2801.5 per business
- Public services
- 103
- Associations
- 3in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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 Boulaalam’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,681 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| سيدي بولعلامSidi Boulaalam2 douars · 1,705 people | ||||||
| فج الريحFejjerih | In parts | 328 | 1,263 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 7.4 |
| الغابةLghaba | In parts | 101 | 442 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| لغنانجةLeghnanja3 douars · 2,536 people | ||||||
| لغنانجةLeghnanja | In parts | 415 | 1,754 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| أيت العياشيAit El Ayachi | In parts | 87 | 371 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 10.2 |
| لفكيراتLefkirat | In parts | 101 | 411 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 8.4 |
| لمعيطاتLemaitat4 douars · 2,240 people | ||||||
| لمعيطاتLemaitat | In parts | 173 | 838 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| أيت بلخيرAit Belkhir | In parts | 118 | 516 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| لمزيوقاتLemziouqat | In parts | 97 | 493 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| أيت ابراهيمAit Brahim | In parts | 83 | 393 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
| المركزCentre3 douars · 1,169 people | ||||||
| لكويساتLekouissat | In parts | 48 | 191 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 9.0 |
| الصفيةEssfiya | In parts | 83 | 302 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 5.0 |
| الݣنيديلGnidil | In parts | 160 | 676 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 31 people | ||||||
| ولاد بوشياهOulad Bouchyah | Grouped | 7 | 31 | — | — | — |
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
07.211.09.39- As digits
072110939- Slug
sidi-boulaalam- Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.09.39/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.09.39/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.09.39/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.211.09.39/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2821095
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("sidi-boulaalam");