Sidi Moussa

سيدي موسى

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Beni Ameur, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
8,600
Since 2014
−11.4%from 9,704 in 2014
Density
108people per km², 79.6 km²
Households
1,773
Rank
851851st most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 43 in its province

Next door in Laqraqra, 6.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 98.5%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.8% to 46.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Ayyad. In the labour force: 32.3% here, 31.2% there; running water: 98.5% here, 94.4% there; read French: 30.6% here, 34.3% there.

Compare it with Oulad Ayyad

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 Moussa.

Sidi Moussa −11.4%

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
40.9%aged 10 and over44.3% in 201447.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.6%15.5% in 201424.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.3%aged 15 and over40.2% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.12children per woman2.61 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.2%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.5%of settled households95.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Moussa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over3.8%
2.8%70–742.3%
3.5%65–692.8%
4.1%60–643.5%
3.4%55–594.1%
4.0%50–544.4%
5.6%45–496.6%
6.6%40–446.1%
5.6%35–395.9%
4.9%30–346.7%
4.7%25–296.9%
7.3%20–247.2%
9.6%15–199.2%
12.5%10–1411.8%
12.9%5–910.9%
8.6%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French30.6%
  • English6.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle23.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.2%
  • Private car4.9%
  • Animal2.7%
  • Taxi2.0%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Informal transport0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
19622.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
13468.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1861.4 per business
Public services
42
Associations
20in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.2%
  • Services26.1%
  • Industry12.7%
  • Construction3.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.4%
  • 2 to 336.6%
  • 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 later40.3%
  • 2011–201932.1%
  • 2001–201011.2%
  • 1991–200011.9%
  • 1981–19903.7%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Moussa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,581 people. 19 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
أولاد سعيدOulad Said5 douars · 6,433 people
أولاد يعقوبOulad YacoubIn parts1717760.01.81.2
لقرابلةLaqurablaIn parts2199550.11.52.0
أولاد جابرOulad JaberIn parts5802,7851.32.53.1
العزابةEl AzzabaIn parts2081,1880.51.06.4
أولاد بومنيع سيدي منصور (أولاد بومنيع الواد)Oulad Boumniaa Sidi Mansour (Oulad Boumniaa El Oued)Grouped1437290.30.76.2
أولاد بومنيعOuled Boumniae1 douar · 2,148 people
أولاد بومنيعOuled BoumniaeIn parts4522,1480.10.96.9

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.191.13.37
As digits
071911337
Slug
sidi-moussa
OpenStreetMap
2881965
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-moussa");

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