Sidi Bousber

سيدي بوصبر

Rural commune in the cercle of Al Ouahda, province of Ouezzane, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
9,671
Since 2014
−8.1%from 10,528 in 2014
Density
150people per km², 64.4 km²
Households
2,696
Foreign residents
1
Rank
760760th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 17 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 5.7% to 45.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Msila. In the labour force: 29.1% here, 29.1% there; running water: 17.6% here, 18.4% there; Darija: 99.1% here, 99.2% there.

Compare it with Msila

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 Bousber.

Sidi Bousber −8.1%

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
38.2%aged 10 and over44.6% in 201451.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
45.5%5.7% in 201441.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.1%aged 15 and over43.3% in 20145.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.50children per woman2.26 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.1%of people7.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
17.6%of settled households13.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Bousber: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.7%75 and over5.7%
3.1%70–743.5%
4.8%65–693.9%
4.4%60–645.0%
5.4%55–595.2%
5.7%50–545.9%
5.7%45–496.6%
6.2%40–446.5%
6.1%35–396.9%
5.3%30–346.4%
4.8%25–294.7%
5.9%20–245.8%
9.9%15–198.7%
10.5%10–149.6%
9.7%5–99.1%
7.7%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French37.8%
  • English8.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.8%
  • Taxi8.4%
  • Animal6.1%
  • Employer’s transport5.1%
  • Private car3.6%
  • Informal transport1.9%
  • Bus1.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.1%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23424.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12151.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1391.1 per business
Public services
112
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.2%
  • Services28.1%
  • Industry9.9%
  • Construction0.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person92.6%
  • 2 to 36.6%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.5%
  • 2011–201946.3%
  • 2001–201017.4%
  • 1991–20009.9%
  • 1981–19904.1%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Bousber’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 4 fractions, with 9,667 people. 4 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الحيطEl Hit3 douars · 3,022 people
عين الرحىAin ErrhaIn parts2198091.40.82.7
بينوBinouIn parts1917410.30.74.8
مركز سيدي بوصبرCentre Sidi BousberIn parts4111,4720.40.91.3
الرجاونةErrjaouna9 douars · 2,944 people
اشويجراتAchouyjratGrouped361310.43.35.9
بوسغاتBoussoughatGrouped742330.03.97.1
ملولةMelloulaIn parts1043380.82.56.1
الزاوية العلياEzzaouia El OuliaGrouped2887———
محليلMahlilIn parts1635680.41.35.5
عين وردAin OuardGrouped1545701.01.07.0
البغال السفلىLabghal SouflaGrouped1435451.01.37.0
البغال العلياLebghal El OuliaGrouped913510.53.05.6
الزاوية السفلىEzzouia EssouflaGrouped341210.91.07.0
مسكرMesker3 douars · 2,146 people
مسكرMeskerIn parts3571,2320.44.57.2
منوالةMenoualaGrouped2147780.21.47.0
المعلقيينEl MalkiineGrouped421360.21.77.0
سيدي الصوفيSidi Soufi5 douars · 1,555 people
سيدي الصوفيSidi SoufiGrouped1193610.31.14.6
العثامنةLaatamnaGrouped1786510.72.32.3
القراطيEl KaratiGrouped1970———
أولاد الجرارOulad JerarGrouped742910.71.46.2
العلاونةLaalaounaGrouped441820.62.93.2

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
01.405.13.13
As digits
014051313
Slug
sidi-bousber
OpenStreetMap
2753149
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-bousber");

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