Sidi Mzal

سيدي مزال

Rural commune in the cercle of Irherm, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
1,373
Since 2014
−19.3%from 1,701 in 2014
Density
7people per km², 196.2 km²
Households
497
Rank
1,4651,465th most populous of 1,503 communes86th of 89 in its province

Next door in Ait Abdallah, 60.8% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 28.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 49.8% to 90.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

83256

How it changed

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

Sidi Mzal −19.3%

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
47.9%aged 10 and over58.5% in 201466.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.0%17.9% in 201422.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
15.8%aged 15 and over16.6% in 20141.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.10children per woman1.46 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.0%of people9.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.8people on average3.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.5%of settled households49.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Mzal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
10.2%75 and over11.2%
5.7%70–746.4%
6.5%65–698.2%
6.1%60–647.8%
7.2%55–598.9%
5.2%50–547.2%
5.6%45–496.9%
7.3%40–445.6%
5.2%35–395.7%
3.9%30–344.6%
3.6%25–294.0%
5.2%20–245.3%
7.3%15–195.2%
7.5%10–144.3%
7.7%5–95.7%
5.7%0–43.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.0%
  • Darija32.1%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic93.7%
  • French28.5%
  • English9.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work32.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.7%
  • Private car9.7%
  • Bus5.2%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • 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
8662.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1922.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
382.0 per business
Public services
55
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce73.7%
  • Industry21.1%
  • Services5.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.5%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 4910.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.3%
  • 2011–201926.3%
  • 2001–201026.3%
  • 1991–20005.3%
  • 1981–19905.3%
  • 1956–198010.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Mzal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 1 fraction, with 1,367 people. 6 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
أيت توفاوتAit Toufaout19 douars · 1,367 people
تيوارݣينTiourguineIn parts2150———
أكرضانAguerdanGrouped31942.11.229.1
أكني واغيAgni-w-WaghiGrouped1342———
فوانوFouanouGrouped1959———
تليضلTalidlGrouped30871.01.020.0
إمريريسImririsDispersed1331———
إخولانIkhoullaneDispersed551341.01.07.9
تزكزاوينTizi GzaouineGrouped1336———
دوالوسDouwalousDispersed2376———
ألوسAlousGrouped34841.21.339.6
دوتنزارDoutinzarDispersed817———
أگتلAgtelGrouped1548———
تݣموتTagmouteGrouped451261.01.030.0
إنجارنInjareneDispersed1329———
فتازارينFtazarinDispersed1654———
إمينتانوتImi-n-TanoutDispersed381160.00.025.0
تاوريرت أوزالTaourirt OuazalDispersed2570———
تزي انترقاتينTizi n'TarkatineDispersed561410.00.019.4
سيدي امزالSidi MzalIn parts2973———

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
09.541.03.19
As digits
095410319
Slug
sidi-mzal
OpenStreetMap
2875702
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-mzal");

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