Sidi Boulenouar

سيدي بولنوار

Rural commune in the cercle of Oujda-Banlieue Sud, préfecture of Oujda-Angad, Oriental.

Population, 2024
3,600
Since 2014
+4.3%from 3,452 in 2014
Density
21.5people per km², 167.1 km²
Households
776
Rank
1,3331,333rd most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 11 in its préfecture

Next door in Guenfouda, 35.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, the share of people with no schooling went from 59.4% to 44.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Boulenouar.

Sidi Boulenouar +4.3%

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
43.5%aged 10 and over57.2% in 201455.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.9%25.4% in 201420.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.9%aged 15 and over42.4% in 20140.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
91.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.11children per woman2.01 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
66.5%of settled households51.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Boulenouar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over4.6%
3.0%70–742.6%
4.5%65–694.1%
4.8%60–644.2%
4.2%55–595.0%
5.4%50–544.5%
6.1%45–496.2%
7.4%40–447.0%
6.8%35–396.7%
6.8%30–346.2%
6.7%25–295.5%
7.6%20–246.2%
7.9%15–197.1%
10.1%10–1411.2%
9.5%5–910.4%
6.7%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.3%
  • Tarifit80.9%
  • Tachelhit1.8%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Hassania0.5%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French33.7%
  • English3.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.9%
  • Taxi8.4%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Informal transport2.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6417.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3554.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
601.7 per business
Public services
28
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry45.7%
  • Commerce42.9%
  • Services11.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person65.7%
  • 2 to 322.9%
  • 4 to 911.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later14.3%
  • 2011–201951.4%
  • 2001–201022.9%
  • 1991–20008.6%
  • 1981–19902.9%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Boulenouar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 3,600 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تنزي 1Tanzi 15 douars · 2,479 people
اولاد بن كانةOulad BanganaIn parts1959670.72.75.5
التواشنةTouachnaIn parts1195300.91.98.2
الشرفةChorfaIn parts1475———
اولاد علي بن يحيىOulad Ali Ben YahyaIn parts1767950.51.72.6
اولاد بوحساكرOulad BouhsakarIn parts27112———
تنزي 2Tanzi 23 douars · 1,121 people
بني يزونطBni YzountIn parts1094961.34.811.7
لهراصلةLahraslaIn parts733241.13.311.9
اولاد موسىOulad MoussaDispersed633010.64.413.5

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
02.411.05.17
As digits
024110517
Slug
sidi-boulenouar
OpenStreetMap
2528325
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import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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