Souihla

السويهلة

Rural commune in the cercle of Saada, préfecture of Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
32,506
Since 2014
+15.4%from 28,164 in 2014
Density
355people per km², 91.7 km²
Households
7,246
Foreign residents
10
Rank
170170th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 15 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

Méchouar-KasbaMarrakechM'nabhaOuled DlimHarbilLoudayaSid ZouineOulad HassouneAl OuidaneOuahat Sidi BrahimAgafayAit ImourSaadaTassoultante

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Souihla +15.4%

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
29.8%aged 10 and over37.4% in 201436.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.7%11.7% in 201433.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.7%aged 15 and over47.2% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.09children per woman2.61 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.4%of settled households92.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Souihla: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.4%
2.1%70–742.1%
2.8%65–692.5%
4.0%60–643.6%
4.4%55–594.0%
5.6%50–545.3%
6.5%45–496.3%
6.4%40–446.7%
6.3%35–397.1%
6.6%30–346.9%
6.9%25–296.6%
7.6%20–247.5%
9.7%15–199.2%
10.8%10–1410.9%
10.1%5–910.1%
8.3%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit10.4%
  • Tamazight5.7%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French44.0%
  • English9.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle52.1%
  • On foot13.2%
  • Bus9.0%
  • Private car6.5%
  • Employer’s transport5.8%
  • Taxi3.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
65820.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
55584.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9191.7 per business
Public services
56
Associations
47in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.5%
  • Services26.7%
  • Industry11.5%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.5%
  • 2 to 323.4%
  • 4 to 93.8%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.0%
  • 2011–201932.4%
  • 2001–201022.9%
  • 1991–20004.9%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19800.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.351.07.11
As digits
073510711
Slug
souihla
Record
/api/communes/07.351.07.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.351.07.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.351.07.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.351.07.11/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.351.07.11/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2824274
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("souihla");

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