Sidi Haj M'hamed

سيدي الحاج امحمد

Rural commune in the cercle of Rhafsai, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 7,880
Since 2014: −15.5%from 9,326 in 2014
Density: 150people per km², 52.5 km²
Households: 2,147
Rank: 918918th most populous of 1,503 communes38th of 49 in its province

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 82.5% to 54.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Foqra Oulad Aameur. Running water: 1.7% here, 0.4% there; unemployment: 34.8% here, 34.0% there; can’t read or write: 44.5% here, 44.4% there.

Compare it with Foqra Oulad Aameur

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

34133

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Sidi Haj M'hamed.

Sidi Haj M'hamed −15.5%

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: 44.5%aged 10 and over52.0% in 201458.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 34.8%7.9% in 201437.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.0%aged 15 and over49.4% in 20147.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.16children per woman1.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 8.0%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 1.7%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Haj M'hamed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	2.9%
2.7%	70–74	3.0%
3.3%	65–69	3.1%
3.5%	60–64	4.3%
4.6%	55–59	5.0%
5.2%	50–54	5.8%
6.4%	45–49	5.4%
6.6%	40–44	6.7%
7.0%	35–39	7.1%
6.7%	30–34	6.6%
4.9%	25–29	5.0%
5.0%	20–24	6.3%
10.7%	15–19	10.4%
11.7%	10–14	10.9%
10.2%	5–9	10.3%
8.4%	0–4	7.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tachelhit0.2%
Hassania0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French38.6%
English10.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.1%
Animal11.6%
Informal transport5.8%
Doesn’t travel to work5.0%
Bike or motorcycle1.5%
Private car1.5%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Bus0.4%
Taxi0.3%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 52.0%aged 10 and over44.5% in 202470.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.9%34.8% in 202413.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.4%aged 15 and over34.0% in 202423.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.76children per woman2.16 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people8.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.1%of settled households1.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Haj M'hamed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.1%
1.4%	70–74	1.7%
1.4%	65–69	1.6%
2.4%	60–64	2.8%
2.6%	55–59	2.9%
3.5%	50–54	4.3%
4.1%	45–49	4.3%
5.4%	40–44	5.8%
6.1%	35–39	6.1%
7.0%	30–34	7.5%
8.3%	25–29	8.4%
9.9%	20–24	9.4%
10.9%	15–19	9.6%
11.8%	10–14	11.3%
11.7%	5–9	12.0%
11.1%	0–4	10.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only46.9%
Arabic and French45.1%
Arabic, French and English7.5%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot86.0%
Another way6.0%
Not stated2.9%
Works at home1.9%
Taxi1.6%
Bus0.9%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Private car0.3%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood86.8%
No fixed place4.0%
Another province2.4%
Not stated2.4%
At home1.9%
Another in the commune1.6%
Another commune0.8%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour44.1%
Farming and fishing40.3%
Labouring and small trades5.6%
Crafts and skilled trades5.2%
Clerical work2.2%
Trade and broking1.1%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%
Technicians0.4%
Not classified0.4%
Machine operating0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma78.1%
Primary15.6%
Lower secondary4.9%
Upper secondary1.0%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 11314.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 4943.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 511.0 per business
Public services: 64
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce42.9%
Services40.8%
Industry16.3%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person95.9%
2 to 34.1%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later20.4%
2011–201932.7%
2001–201028.6%
1991–200012.2%
1981–19906.1%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Haj M'hamed’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,880 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
تيت فراحTit Farrah10 douars · 2,727 people
الخلالفEl Khlalef	Grouped	58	202	12.1	1.2	10.1
البلاقEl Belak	Dispersed	105	370	5.7	4.7	5.6
السدرةSedra	Grouped	50	173	13.4	5.0	8.7
الدكارةDoukkara	Grouped	35	160	12.9	2.3	13.4
باب زيتونةBab Zitouna	Grouped	110	435	3.8	1.1	14.0
ايروثةAyrouta	Grouped	92	383	2.2	2.4	9.7
ايعرابنIaaraban	Grouped	75	312	3.6	2.4	14.5
الدشارEddchar	Grouped	65	231	15.6	1.4	10.0
امطيل (ازلان)Amtil (Azlane)	Grouped	55	247	4.2	5.2	15.3
اللزيينEllziine	Grouped	44	214	4.1	2.1	10.6
باب منصورةBab Mansoura10 douars · 5,054 people
غرس عليGhars Ali	Grouped	222	708	2.8	1.1	2.7
تلماتTalmete	Grouped	137	481	11.7	1.4	12.1
الغواولةEl Ghouaoula	In parts	90	320	3.4	3.6	14.3
الصغيوريينSghiouriyine	Grouped	63	236	2.5	7.4	14.3
البجريينLabjiriyine	Grouped	94	388	1.9	4.0	11.8
خندق الصيادةKhandak Siada	Grouped	49	174	0.9	5.1	5.0
باب منصورةBab Mansoura	Grouped	192	699	1.1	3.0	3.2
عين سلالAin Slal	Grouped	78	278	1.4	5.0	5.1
عين كواعAin Kouaa	Grouped	32	121	1.2	1.0	1.1
شهريرةChahrira	Grouped	473	1,649	2.9	1.2	26.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 99 people
أفراسAfress	Grouped	28	99	—	—	—

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: 03.531.03.13
As digits: 035310313
Slug: sidi-haj-m-hamed
Record: /api/communes/03.531.03.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.531.03.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.531.03.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.531.03.13/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.531.03.13/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.531.03.13/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.531.03.13/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 3658360

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