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

Next door in Imgrade, 15.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 91.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 42.6% to 91.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tinzart. Running water: 91.9% here, 97.3% there; in the labour force: 33.8% here, 33.3% there; aged 0 to 14: 27.7% here, 26.5% there.

Compare it with Tinzart

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 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%
More census figures

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%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.1%
  • Bus7.1%
  • Private car6.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.1%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%
  • Informal transport0.4%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

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
More dwelling figures

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
More business figures

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

Douars

Smimou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,850 people. Another 4,033 live in Smimou, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أداوتاليليتAdaoutalilit6 douars · 2,143 people
ادعديAdadiIn parts1004050.83.24.8
اداوتليلتAdaoutliltIn parts1706960.91.92.2
إمجاضImejjadIn parts863671.02.87.8
أييسAyysIn parts572071.01.35.0
اد قدورId KaddourIn parts732811.03.64.6
إنفلاسIneflasIn parts531870.84.14.1
إداوكضلIdaoukdel4 douars · 2,707 people
تضرينTidourineIn parts1756511.02.19.1
سيدي بوسكريSidi BouskriIn parts2097751.22.62.8
لوضةLoudaIn parts2611,0511.13.13.2
أدوارAdouarIn parts542301.43.73.7

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.05.39
As digits
072110539
Slug
smimou
OpenStreetMap
2820908
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("smimou");

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