Sidi Lahsen

سيدي لحسن

Rural commune in the cercle of Debdou, province of Taourirt, Oriental.

Population, 2024: 6,779
Since 2014: −26.8%from 9,259 in 2014
Density: 7.4people per km², 917.2 km²
Households: 1,386
Rank: 1,0341,034th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 14 in its province

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Sidi Lahsen.

Sidi Lahsen −26.8%

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: 56.3%aged 10 and over65.8% in 201465.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 67.7%24.7% in 201473.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.0%aged 15 and over42.0% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 90.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.09children per woman2.14 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 8.6%of settled households0.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Lahsen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.7%	75 and over	3.9%
3.0%	70–74	3.1%
3.8%	65–69	3.3%
3.0%	60–64	4.0%
2.9%	55–59	3.9%
3.4%	50–54	4.7%
5.0%	45–49	5.4%
5.7%	40–44	6.4%
6.4%	35–39	7.9%
6.5%	30–34	6.9%
6.7%	25–29	7.3%
7.1%	20–24	7.1%
10.0%	15–19	8.5%
11.4%	10–14	10.4%
11.3%	5–9	10.2%
9.0%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija88.1%
Tarifit46.6%
Tamazight13.4%
Tachelhit0.8%
Hassania0.2%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tarifit 10.2% in 2014, 46.6% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French38.1%
English8.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh8.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.8%
Doesn’t travel to work27.9%
Employer’s transport7.8%
Bike or motorcycle5.5%
Private car5.0%
Another way2.3%
Bus1.9%
Informal transport1.7%
Animal0.8%
Taxi0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 65.8%aged 10 and over56.3% in 202475.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.7%67.7% in 202474.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.0%aged 15 and over34.0% in 20245.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 83.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.14children per woman2.09 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.2people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.4%of settled households8.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Lahsen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.0%
1.6%	70–74	1.5%
2.4%	65–69	1.5%
2.9%	60–64	3.1%
3.0%	55–59	3.4%
3.1%	50–54	4.1%
3.4%	45–49	4.3%
3.9%	40–44	4.4%
5.7%	35–39	7.0%
6.8%	30–34	7.5%
8.6%	25–29	9.6%
9.8%	20–24	8.2%
10.2%	15–19	10.3%
10.9%	10–14	10.9%
11.6%	5–9	10.3%
13.5%	0–4	12.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.7%
Tamazight34.7%
Tachelhit14.3%
Tarifit10.2%
Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tarifit 10.2% in 2014, 46.6% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French49.1%
Arabic only40.3%
Arabic, French and English8.6%
Other combinations1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot77.2%
Not stated7.4%
Bus5.9%
Private car3.4%
Taxi2.6%
Another way1.8%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%
Train0.5%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Works at home0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood75.3%
Not stated7.0%
Another province6.8%
Somewhere else5.0%
No fixed place3.2%
Another commune1.5%
Another in the commune1.1%
At home0.1%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing44.4%
Farm and fishing labour32.0%
Labouring and small trades7.5%
Not classified4.3%
Clerical work4.2%
Crafts and skilled trades4.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.1%
Trade and broking0.9%
Machine operating0.8%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma86.2%
Primary9.4%
Lower secondary2.9%
Upper secondary1.0%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 14220.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 3726.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 661.8 per business
Public services: 105
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce73.0%
Industry13.5%
Services13.5%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person97.3%
2 to 30.0%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 492.7%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later16.2%
2011–201932.4%
2001–201032.4%
1991–200013.5%
1981–19902.7%
1956–19802.7%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Lahsen’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 6 fractions, with 6,776 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
السوايخEssouaykh5 douars · 1,181 people
لعثامنةAtemna	In parts	72	306	3.0	5.3	24.9
أولاد ايصغيOulad Isghi	Dispersed	51	276	8.6	5.4	24.0
إبلخيرنIbelkhirene	In parts	32	148	3.3	2.3	10.2
إقسوينIksouine	Dispersed	66	332	2.3	2.6	20.1
بني وراغBni Ouragh	In parts	31	119	5.5	4.8	19.4
بني وجكلBni Oujkl3 douars · 1,782 people
أولاد أحمد بن عليOulad Ahmed Benali	In parts	172	1,016	4.0	2.7	29.7
لخبازةLakhbaza	In parts	93	569	7.5	3.1	32.3
أولاد البايOulad El Bay	In parts	33	197	5.9	1.7	18.4
أولاد أيوبOulad Youb6 douars · 1,939 people
إرمضاننIramdenene	In parts	105	463	3.1	4.1	18.6
إسعيدنSaidene	In parts	76	339	1.2	2.3	20.2
إفقوينIfakkouyene	In parts	124	552	1.0	3.4	22.1
أولاد يعقوبOulad Yaqoub	In parts	37	200	1.6	2.9	21.7
أولاد بركانOulad Berkane	In parts	77	379	1.7	2.4	12.5
مركز سيدي لحسنCentre Sidi Lahcen	Dispersed	3	6	—	—	—
أولاد عمرو بن عليOulad Amar Ben Ali4 douars · 1,471 people
إضرضارنIdardaren	In parts	87	378	2.2	2.1	19.8
إوسعيدنIoussaiden	In parts	146	621	1.1	2.7	3.7
إحموينIhmouine	In parts	26	117	—	—	—
بني معلاBni Maala	In parts	70	355	1.4	1.8	26.0
أولاد سيدي بلقاسم أزروالOulad Sidi Belkacem Azeroual2 douars · 155 people
أولاد عليOulad Ali	In parts	15	55	—	—	—
أولاد امحمدOulad M'hamed	Grouped	24	100	—	—	—
أولاد سيدي علي بن سامحOulad Sidi Ali Ben Samh1 douar · 248 people
ولادسيدي علي بن سامحOulad Sidi Ali Ben Samah	In parts	46	248	3.0	1.5	17.3

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: 02.533.03.19
As digits: 025330319
Slug: sidi-lahsen
Record: /api/communes/02.533.03.19.json
Boundary: /api/communes/02.533.03.19/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/02.533.03.19/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/02.533.03.19/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/02.533.03.19/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/02.533.03.19/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2814418

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