Smimou

سميمو

Rural commune in the cercle of Tamanar, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
8,883
Since 2014
+10.7%from 8,026 in 2014
Density
162people per km², 54.7 km²
Households
2,229
Foreign residents
1
Rank
822822nd most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 57 in its province

Where it is

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

Timzguida-OuftasIda Ou GuelloulSidi Hmad Ou M'barekIda Ou KazzouAit Aissa IhahaneTamanarTarganteTafednaIda Ou AazzaImgradeImi-N'tlitTakouchtAglifAit DaoudAdaghasAssaisBouzemmourTahelouanteBizdadSidi GhanemeSidi El JazouliTidziSidi H'mad Ou HamedSidi KaoukiEzzaouiteMeskalaKorimateMouaridAit SaidAguerdKechoulaMejjiLagdadraEl HanchaneLahsinateOunaghaEssaouiraHad DraMoulay BouzarqtouneTakateAquermoudSidi IshaqSidi Ali El KoratiSidi AbdeljalilTalmestM'khalifSidi LaaroussiMzilateM'ramerSidi BoulaalamSidi Aissa RegraguiZaouiat Ben HmidaSidi M'hamed Ou MarzouqOulad M'rabetTafetachteSidi Ahmed Essayeh

How it changed

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

Smimou +10.7%

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
33.6%aged 10 and over45.2% in 201446.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.8%12.2% in 20148.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.8%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.94children per woman3.05 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.3%of people8.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.9%of settled households42.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Smimou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over4.4%
2.3%70–742.7%
3.1%65–693.1%
4.1%60–644.2%
4.4%55–594.8%
6.2%50–545.5%
5.8%45–495.9%
6.1%40–445.8%
6.4%35–396.6%
6.7%30–347.2%
6.7%25–295.9%
7.1%20–248.0%
9.0%15–199.3%
11.2%10–1410.4%
9.6%5–99.4%
7.9%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.2%
  • Darija35.9%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.1%
  • French41.4%
  • English13.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot54.5%
  • Taxi12.9%
  • Bus7.1%
  • Private car6.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.1%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Smimou’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
1,404
Standing empty
31.5%14.5% vacant17.0% a second home
Precarious
1.7%1.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
1.7%94.4% on the water mains93.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house96.3%
  • Apartment1.5%
  • Slum or basic house1.3%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Other0.4%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years76.0%
  • 20 to 49 years24.0%
  • 50 years or more0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
48254.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
40183.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6751.7 per business
Public services
72
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.6%
  • Services27.7%
  • Industry14.5%
  • Construction1.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.4%
  • 2 to 340.9%
  • 4 to 93.2%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later50.4%
  • 2011–201928.7%
  • 2001–201010.7%
  • 1991–20005.5%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Smimou4,033

In the data

Code
07.211.05.39
As digits
072110539
Slug
smimou
Record
/api/communes/07.211.05.39.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.211.05.39/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.05.39/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.05.39/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.211.05.39/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.05.39/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2820908
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("smimou");

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