Sidi M'hamed Ben Lahcen

سيدي امحمد بن لحسن

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

Population, 2024: 16,980
Since 2014: −9.8%from 18,820 in 2014
Density: 89.7people per km², 189.3 km²
Households: 3,485
Rank: 377377th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 49 in its province

Next door in Tissa, 69.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.1% to 25.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: N'khila. Running water: 4.8% here, 4.8% there; household size: 4.9 here, 4.8 there; can’t read or write: 45.2% here, 42.3% there.

Compare it with N'khila

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

34233

How it changed

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

Sidi M'hamed Ben Lahcen −9.8%

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: 45.2%aged 10 and over57.5% in 201456.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 25.4%10.1% in 201473.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.1%aged 15 and over48.6% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.27children per woman2.65 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 4.8%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi M'hamed Ben Lahcen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	3.3%
2.6%	70–74	2.2%
3.0%	65–69	3.0%
4.2%	60–64	4.5%
3.6%	55–59	4.0%
3.9%	50–54	4.6%
5.2%	45–49	4.9%
6.1%	40–44	6.1%
6.6%	35–39	6.2%
5.7%	30–34	6.2%
5.5%	25–29	5.4%
7.5%	20–24	6.2%
10.3%	15–19	9.2%
11.9%	10–14	12.7%
11.0%	5–9	11.5%
10.0%	0–4	10.2%

Local languages used

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

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

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French43.2%
English8.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot49.8%
Doesn’t travel to work16.7%
Informal transport13.1%
Private car4.4%
Bus4.1%
Animal3.9%
Another way2.9%
Taxi2.2%
Employer’s transport1.7%
Bike or motorcycle0.9%
Train0.3%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 57.5%aged 10 and over45.2% in 202470.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.1%25.4% in 202420.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.6%aged 15 and over38.1% in 20248.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 86.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.65children per woman3.27 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people5.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.2people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.1%of settled households4.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi M'hamed Ben Lahcen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	2.3%
1.5%	70–74	1.6%
1.6%	65–69	1.3%
2.8%	60–64	2.5%
3.0%	55–59	3.0%
4.2%	50–54	4.3%
3.7%	45–49	4.0%
4.4%	40–44	5.1%
5.3%	35–39	5.0%
7.0%	30–34	6.6%
8.6%	25–29	8.0%
9.8%	20–24	9.2%
9.6%	15–19	10.6%
11.5%	10–14	12.6%
11.6%	5–9	11.2%
12.4%	0–4	12.6%

Local languages used

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

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

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.8%
Arabic only44.9%
Arabic, French and English3.9%
Other combinations0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot78.9%
Works at home6.8%
Taxi4.7%
Bus3.2%
Another way2.5%
Not stated2.1%
Private car1.2%
Bike or motorcycle0.5%
Train0.1%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood77.8%
At home6.8%
No fixed place5.8%
Another commune3.5%
Another province3.3%
Not stated2.0%
Somewhere else0.5%
Another in the commune0.4%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour44.8%
Farming and fishing40.2%
Crafts and skilled trades5.8%
Labouring and small trades3.6%
Clerical work2.0%
Machine operating1.6%
Trade and broking1.4%
Not classified0.5%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%
Technicians0.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma83.4%
Primary13.7%
Lower secondary2.2%
Upper secondary0.5%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
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: 20111.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 3718.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 431.2 per business
Public services: 164
Associations: 0in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Services59.5%
Commerce21.6%
Industry18.9%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person91.9%
2 to 35.4%
4 to 92.7%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later21.6%
2011–201943.2%
2001–201024.3%
1991–20008.1%
1981–19902.7%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi M'hamed Ben Lahcen’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 65 douars in 3 fractions, with 16,980 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
صدراتةSadrata12 douars · 5,729 people
ادويباتDouibat	Grouped	93	530	0.2	3.7	13.1
لعبيداتLaabidate	Dispersed	73	360	1.6	3.3	18.7
دار سعيدDar Said	In parts	104	574	1.4	3.1	19.7
الحراشنةLehrachna	Dispersed	41	176	0.9	3.7	20.8
اولاد الحاج اعمارةOulad Lhaj Amara	Grouped	106	528	0.9	1.3	10.9
اولاد بن عمرOulad Ben Amar	Dispersed	111	563	0.1	0.7	10.0
امغاريدMgharid	Dispersed	63	333	2.2	1.8	11.5
بوزيداتBouzidate	In parts	104	461	3.7	1.6	24.9
الغنادرةLeghnadra	Dispersed	70	340	2.6	3.4	25.9
بوشماتBouchamate	Grouped	71	456	9.5	1.9	27.0
البنيانLbenyane	Dispersed	66	383	6.4	4.5	25.2
انكشتAnkcht	In parts	220	1,025	0.0	2.9	7.1
اولاد اتخيلOulad Atkhil32 douars · 7,109 people
بوقرةBoukara	Dispersed	94	387	4.0	1.9	9.1
النواورةNouaoura	Grouped	70	334	0.0	1.1	5.6
احميريHmiri	Grouped	29	139	—	—	—
اشراقاتChraqat	Dispersed	32	144	0.3	2.2	6.0
ظهر الديبDhar Eddib	Grouped	66	316	0.1	1.8	1.9
خربة الشيخةKharbat Cheikha	Grouped	7	26	—	—	—
الكعدة الرويشينيGaadat Errouichiyine	Grouped	149	651	0.1	0.8	0.8
بومسهلBou Meshal	Grouped	69	320	0.0	3.6	4.6
الزاويةEzzaouia	Grouped	70	319	0.0	0.5	3.8
بومواتيBoumouati	Grouped	1	1	—	—	—
اسجالةAsjala	Grouped	125	661	1.2	4.1	6.5
النقايطEnnkayt	Dispersed	42	197	2.6	6.4	8.3
اولاد جابرOulad Jaber	Grouped	40	197	0.0	0.2	5.0
بنورBannour	Dispersed	26	124	—	—	—
العطاطرةel Atatra	Grouped	66	293	0.3	2.9	11.7
مديشاتMadichat	Dispersed	38	198	0.1	3.7	17.3
الفكارنةel FKarna	Grouped	51	254	1.1	2.5	19.8
اولاد مالكOuled Malek	Grouped	11	55	—	—	—
الخيايطةKhyayta	Grouped	13	53	—	—	—
بوسابقBousabeq	Grouped	31	143	0.5	0.6	19.4
الدحامنةDhamna	Dispersed	35	139	0.7	5.5	24.0
اولاد موسىOulad Moussa	Grouped	19	112	—	—	—
اولاد العاجيOulad Laaji	Dispersed	14	62	—	—	—
اعماراتAmarat	Dispersed	11	54	—	—	—
عين دركةAin Derga	Grouped	29	135	—	—	—
عين زيتونAin Zitoun	Grouped	15	82	—	—	—
بليطيراتBlitirat	Grouped	36	176	0.0	1.5	10.4
القنطرةEl Kantra	Grouped	29	175	—	—	—
ارماداتRamadate	In parts	58	308	5.1	3.9	16.1
الصبابSeobab	Grouped	36	200	11.3	4.0	28.8
لمراجLemraj	In parts	167	810	3.9	2.3	16.0
اجناناتJnanate	Grouped	9	44	—	—	—
اولاد عليOulad Ali21 douars · 4,142 people
تالغمتTalghoumt	Grouped	90	442	7.0	0.4	21.1
كزوزيةKzouzia	Grouped	11	51	—	—	—
بوقوقBoukouk	Grouped	30	130	1.2	5.0	12.0
لورادةLaourada	In parts	17	64	—	—	—
زقليتZaklit	Grouped	22	91	—	—	—
الخربةLkharba	Grouped	24	112	—	—	—
اولاد سي لحسنOulad Si Lahcen	Grouped	20	98	—	—	—
امريعلةAmrila	Dispersed	53	252	3.1	2.6	6.7
اولاد عزوزOulad Aziz	Grouped	40	181	0.7	2.2	9.6
اصفايفيةSfaifia	Dispersed	35	126	0.9	3.9	12.3
الطلبةTolba	Dispersed	74	383	2.5	2.4	14.2
لقناصرةLaknasra	Grouped	37	188	5.3	1.6	15.5
تاحرنةTaharna	Grouped	42	192	1.2	0.2	15.0
اسريكيينAsrikiine	Grouped	41	188	6.0	2.9	5.4
لكراردةLakrarda	In parts	79	362	2.3	1.5	3.5
زاوية سيدي ابراهيمZaouiat Sidi Brahim	In parts	22	107	—	—	—
حمودياتHamoudat	In parts	69	308	0.2	1.8	2.0
اولاد الطالبOulad Taleb	Grouped	45	233	2.2	4.1	16.6
اولاد داودOulad Daoued	Grouped	66	321	0.4	2.2	0.6
الفكارنةLafkarna	Grouped	33	173	1.0	0.8	2.6
العروسيينLaaraysiyine	Grouped	25	140	—	—	—

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: 03.531.09.23
As digits: 035310923
Slug: sidi-m-hamed-ben-lahcen
Record: /api/communes/03.531.09.23.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.531.09.23/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.531.09.23/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.531.09.23/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.531.09.23/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.531.09.23/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.531.09.23/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2805310

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