Sidi Moussa Lemhaya

سيدي موسى-لمهاية

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

Population, 2024
6,062
Since 2014
+48.1%from 4,094 in 2014
Density
34.4people per km², 176.3 km²
Households
1,005
Foreign residents
83
Rank
1,0941,094th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 11 in its préfecture

Next door in Isly, 54.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.3%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 63.0% to 86.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Had Boumoussa. Higher education: 3.3% here, 3.1% there; Darija: 98.5% here, 98.5% there; in the labour force: 34.5% here, 34.8% there.

Compare it with Had Boumoussa

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

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 Moussa Lemhaya.

Sidi Moussa Lemhaya +48.1%

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
35.5%aged 10 and over45.2% in 201443.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.2%28.6% in 201424.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.5%aged 15 and over47.4% in 20142.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.30children per woman1.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
49.9%of settled households28.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Moussa Lemhaya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over3.5%
2.9%70–742.8%
3.0%65–692.6%
4.8%60–644.7%
3.6%55–594.2%
4.5%50–545.2%
5.9%45–496.1%
7.0%40–446.8%
6.5%35–397.1%
6.6%30–346.9%
6.3%25–297.1%
6.7%20–247.1%
8.2%15–197.2%
10.1%10–1410.6%
11.5%5–99.7%
8.4%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit1.5%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French40.2%
  • English3.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work35.8%
  • On foot25.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle20.2%
  • Informal transport11.2%
  • Private car4.8%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
8113.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4251.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
42610.1 per business
Public services
37
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.9%
  • Services26.2%
  • Industry11.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person40.5%
  • 2 to 333.3%
  • 4 to 916.7%
  • 10 to 497.1%
  • 50 and over2.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later11.9%
  • 2011–201945.2%
  • 2001–201035.7%
  • 1991–20002.4%
  • 1981–19904.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Moussa Lemhaya’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 6 fractions, with 4,540 people. 1,522 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
الشواكرChouaker1 douar · 159 people
لخراريبLekhraribDispersed371590.32.43.7
اولاد سليمOulad Slim5 douars · 199 people
النهاريينNhariyineDispersed14———
اولاد حبالOulad HbalDispersed1357———
اللواحكEllouahkIn parts1776———
لمدافعيةLemdafaiyaDispersed1449———
لمعاتيكLamaatigDispersed313———
اولاد ابرازOulad Braz3 douars · 237 people
لهيانسةLahyansaIn parts311350.18.08.0
لمݣادرLamgaderDispersed1463———
لغواطLarhouatDispersed739———
اولاد خليفةOulad Khlifa5 douars · 145 people
السبيطيينSbitiyineDispersed1255———
السلاطنةSelatnaGrouped415———
اولاد رحوOulad RahouIn parts517———
اولاد النواليOulad NoualiDispersed528———
اولاد الشارفOulad EcharefIn parts730———
ذوي خليفةDouy Khlifa8 douars · 1,779 people
اولاد الضيفOulad EddifDispersed1195830.91.57.7
اولاد معمرOulad MaammerDispersed2091———
الصعادلةEssaadlaDispersed451940.53.715.2
اولاد سالمOulad SalemDispersed1677———
اولاد سيدي علي بن يحيOulad Sidi Ali Ben YahyaDispersed632610.92.812.4
اولاد الرحاليOulad ErrhaliDispersed421781.01.65.2
الزراولةZraoulaDispersed572441.32.16.7
اولاد عبيدOulad AbidDispersed29151———
اولاد بركةOulad Barka9 douars · 2,021 people
اولاد عيسىOulad AissaIn parts1577070.42.210.8
الرحامنةRehamnaDispersed19103———
بني حسانBni HassaneDispersed1467———
لبكاكرةLbekakraDispersed682920.72.510.5
اورسفانOursfaneDispersed843730.62.85.4
الشبكةChebkaGrouped29154———
الحلالفةLehlalfaDispersed422021.33.716.9
اولاد سعيدOulad SaidDispersed29117———
الحداحدةEl HadahdaGrouped26———

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
02.411.05.19
As digits
024110519
Slug
sidi-moussa-lemhaya
OpenStreetMap
2528324
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-moussa-lemhaya");

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