Smia
الصميعة
Rural commune in the cercle of Tahla, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 7,385
- Since 2014
- −0.7%from 7,435 in 2014
- Density
- 32.8people per km², 225.2 km²
- Households
- 1,893
- Rank
- 969969th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 38 in its province
Next door in Tahla, 91.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.6%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.1% to 39.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mestegmer. In the labour force: 28.7% here, 29.3% there; aged 0 to 14: 24.6% here, 25.1% there; can’t read or write: 44.0% here, 44.8% there.
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 Smia.
Smia −0.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 44.0%aged 10 and over51.9% in 201455.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 39.6%10.1% in 201466.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 28.7%aged 15 and over36.1% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.01children per woman1.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.3%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 47.1%of settled households34.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1% | 75 and over | 5.6% | ||
| 2.7% | 70–74 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 65–69 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.5% | 60–64 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 55–59 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.2% | 50–54 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.4% | 45–49 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.2% | 40–44 | 7.9% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 4.8% | 30–34 | 5.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 25–29 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.2% | 20–24 | 6.0% | ||
| 10.5% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 8.3% | ||
| 8.9% | 5–9 | 8.2% | ||
| 7.8% | 0–4 | 6.3% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 51.9%aged 10 and over44.0% in 202463.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 10.1%39.6% in 202414.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.1%aged 15 and over28.7% in 202413.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.42children per woman2.01 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.8%of people8.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 34.9%of settled households47.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1% | 75 and over | 4.3% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 2.6% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 5.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.1% | 40–44 | 7.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.4% | 30–34 | 8.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 25–29 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.4% | 20–24 | 7.9% | ||
| 11.0% | 15–19 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.9% | 10–14 | 8.8% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 7.3% | ||
| 9.6% | 0–4 | 7.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 11615.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 3631.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 541.5 per business
- Public services
- 80
- Associations
- 0in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Smia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,385 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| آيت عبد الحميدAit Abdelhamid8 douars · 3,257 people | ||||||
| الصميعةSmià | In parts | 484 | 1,860 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| عين لغريبAin Laghrib | Dispersed | 24 | 92 | — | — | — |
| زادرةZadra | Dispersed | 41 | 155 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 6.9 |
| كاف الطبالKahf Ettabbel | Dispersed | 32 | 118 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
| الكدياتEl Kdyat | Dispersed | 190 | 811 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| مازرMazer | Dispersed | 17 | 63 | — | — | — |
| عين الفوقيAin El Fouki | Dispersed | 35 | 143 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 12.6 |
| أغبالAghbal | Grouped | 5 | 15 | — | — | — |
| إيمغيلان العلياIymghilane El Oulia5 douars · 952 people | ||||||
| تابحيرتTabhirt | In parts | 25 | 103 | — | — | — |
| كوانKaouane | In parts | 35 | 149 | 16.6 | 2.5 | 20.1 |
| بني سراجBeni Sraj | In parts | 88 | 360 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 14.3 |
| مرباطMarbat | Dispersed | 64 | 246 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| سيدي بولحسنSidi Bou Lahsene | In parts | 23 | 94 | — | — | — |
| آيت عصوAit Assou7 douars · 2,783 people | ||||||
| القصاراتEl Kassarat | In parts | 397 | 1,491 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| سيدي بوعيسىSidi Bou Aissa | In parts | 198 | 799 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 6.7 |
| خندق ميمونةKhandeqMimouna | Grouped | 24 | 100 | — | — | — |
| باب سوق الشجرةBab Souk Echajara | In parts | 26 | 81 | — | — | — |
| باب تازةBab Taza | In parts | 32 | 130 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 18.2 |
| عين بومهديAin Boumahdi | In parts | 24 | 79 | — | — | — |
| باب لوطاBab Louta | In parts | 25 | 103 | — | — | — |
| آيت عبد الحميد العلياAit Abdelhamid El Oulia4 douars · 393 people | ||||||
| عين الرحاAin Errha | Grouped | 33 | 109 | 12.1 | 6.0 | 14.7 |
| الفريجةLafrija | In parts | 28 | 97 | — | — | — |
| الولجةLoulja | In parts | 6 | 26 | — | — | — |
| البحايرEl Bahayr | In parts | 37 | 161 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 8.8 |
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
03.561.09.09- As digits
035610909- Slug
smia- Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.09.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.09.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.09.09/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2810072
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("smia");