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

Next door in Agafay, 2.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 36.9%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.5% to 36.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamharza Essahel. Aged 65 and over: 7.0% here, 7.6% there; running water: 92.4% here, 90.3% there; higher education: 2.9% here, 3.4% there.

Compare it with Lamharza Essahel

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

40255

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
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	2.4%
2.1%	70–74	2.1%
2.8%	65–69	2.5%
4.0%	60–64	3.6%
4.4%	55–59	4.0%
5.6%	50–54	5.3%
6.5%	45–49	6.3%
6.4%	40–44	6.7%
6.3%	35–39	7.1%
6.6%	30–34	6.9%
6.9%	25–29	6.6%
7.6%	20–24	7.5%
9.7%	15–19	9.2%
10.8%	10–14	10.9%
10.1%	5–9	10.1%
8.3%	0–4	8.6%

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%

More census figures

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%
Doesn’t travel to work5.7%
Taxi3.9%
Informal transport2.8%
Another way0.6%
Animal0.2%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 37.4%aged 10 and over29.8% in 202447.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.7%21.7% in 202437.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.2%aged 15 and over40.7% in 202411.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.61children per woman2.09 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 92.5%of settled households92.4% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age
1.6%	75 and over	1.8%
1.1%	70–74	1.3%
1.6%	65–69	1.4%
2.9%	60–64	2.7%
3.5%	55–59	3.0%
4.6%	50–54	4.0%
5.5%	45–49	4.6%
7.1%	40–44	6.1%
7.5%	35–39	7.8%
7.4%	30–34	8.5%
7.1%	25–29	8.4%
8.2%	20–24	8.6%
8.7%	15–19	8.4%
9.8%	10–14	10.0%
11.3%	5–9	11.3%
12.1%	0–4	12.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.4%
Tachelhit16.9%
Tamazight1.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only45.5%
Arabic and French45.4%
Arabic, French and English8.1%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle36.9%
On foot30.8%
Bus9.2%
Taxi5.9%
Private car5.2%
Another way4.0%
Works at home3.7%
Not stated2.5%
Employer’s transport1.6%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood35.4%
Another commune28.4%
No fixed place20.0%
Another in the commune6.7%
At home3.7%
Another province2.8%
Not stated2.5%
Somewhere else0.4%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour26.4%
Crafts and skilled trades23.8%
Labouring and small trades17.8%
Farming and fishing10.0%
Clerical work7.6%
Trade and broking5.8%
Machine operating5.5%
Not classified1.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.9%
Technicians0.9%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma66.0%
Primary24.3%
Lower secondary7.0%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

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

More business figures

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%

Douars

Souihla’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 51 douars in 5 fractions, with 32,500 people. 6 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
السويهلةSouihla4 douars · 9,497 people
اعزيب فيليلAzib Filil	Grouped	179	803	0.0	0.0	2.8
الحاج العربيEl Haj Larbi	In parts	1,668	7,251	0.6	1.0	4.0
اللغافElleghaf	Dispersed	267	1,251	0.7	2.7	5.1
البعجةAl Bajah	Dispersed	40	192	0.4	2.1	7.7
ملوان ايت موسى ايت ايمورMelouane Ait Moussa Ait Imour16 douars · 5,274 people
اعزيب علي أوصالحAzib Ali Ou Salah	Dispersed	53	256	0.9	3.0	6.2
مرهانMarhane	In parts	129	588	0.5	2.3	4.0
سيدي حساينSidi Hssaine	Dispersed	220	1,028	1.0	2.8	4.7
أيت حدو ملوانAit Haddou Malouane	Dispersed	109	445	0.0	3.1	4.0
أيت ايشو ملوانAit Ichou Malouane	Dispersed	40	187	0.5	2.2	3.6
ايت شعيب ملوانAit Chaib Malouane	Grouped	137	635	0.5	2.2	3.5
مجوطاطMjoutat	Dispersed	113	539	0.9	2.0	4.0
ايت اومزيلAyt Oumzi	Dispersed	51	238	0.6	2.1	3.9
أيت العطاويAit El Ataouy	Grouped	29	121	—	—	—
أيت ملولAit Melloul	Dispersed	34	159	1.0	2.0	4.0
أيت قديدAit Qdid	Dispersed	34	139	1.0	1.3	4.0
أيت ويسعدنAit Ouysaden	Dispersed	18	85	—	—	—
أيت بوزيانAyt Bou Ziyane	Dispersed	52	214	1.0	1.2	4.0
أيت أيوبAit Youb	Dispersed	46	245	1.0	1.9	4.3
تيزمتTizemt	Dispersed	22	97	—	—	—
ايت حدو بركةAit Haddou Barka	Dispersed	64	298	1.1	1.2	4.1
أولاد سيد الشيخOulad Sid Cheikh5 douars · 9,188 people
الزياينةZyayna	In parts	440	1,890	0.3	0.4	2.2
القائدEl Caïd	Dispersed	370	1,687	0.5	1.2	5.8
الراݣبErragb	In parts	751	3,493	0.5	0.8	3.4
الحكاكمةEl Hkakma	In parts	374	1,634	0.0	0.0	1.3
جرارJerrar	Grouped	102	484	0.2	1.8	4.3
أعريشAarich11 douars · 5,092 people
لمزارةLamzara	Grouped	131	596	0.5	0.6	8.0
البادينBadine	In parts	108	510	1.6	1.6	8.3
بوساكنBoussaken	Grouped	18	59	—	—	—
المدرسة الفلاحيةÉcole d'agriculture	In parts	34	130	0.9	0.8	6.7
أعريشAarich	Dispersed	65	303	1.7	2.4	8.1
اعسيلةAsila	Grouped	316	1,383	1.0	1.0	7.0
الغابةEl Ghaba	Grouped	60	249	0.0	2.8	4.8
العزةEl Aza	Grouped	95	440	0.2	0.9	7.0
اليزيدEl Yzid	Grouped	12	43	—	—	—
الجنيناتEl Jninat	Dispersed	92	441	0.5	2.1	5.2
الدركEddrek	In parts	210	938	0.1	0.5	4.4
ايت كوفي ايت ايمورAit Koufi Ait Imour15 douars · 3,449 people
ايت ابراهيمAyt Brahim	Dispersed	81	398	0.3	0.3	1.8
ايت اعموAit Ouamou	Dispersed	38	172	0.6	0.8	2.0
ايت الشاويةAit Chaoui	Dispersed	34	161	0.0	2.6	3.0
ايت شعيب كوفيAit Chaib Koufi	Dispersed	18	72	—	—	—
ايت بادوAit Badou	Dispersed	16	64	—	—	—
الحرشal Hrach	Dispersed	68	341	0.1	0.8	7.1
ايت بوعزةAit-Bouazza	Dispersed	47	199	0.7	1.6	7.4
الجبابرةJbabra	Dispersed	143	586	0.0	2.9	3.1
ايت حبيبيAyt Habibi	Dispersed	90	396	0.0	1.9	3.7
ايت واحيAit Ouahi	Dispersed	40	178	0.0	0.7	2.3
اشطيونChattioune	Grouped	63	314	0.0	1.8	5.8
ايت المعطي البوهالAit El Maati El Bouhal	Dispersed	35	152	0.0	0.2	6.3
اعبارAbar	Grouped	45	210	0.7	1.8	5.8
الجرفAj-Jorf	Dispersed	23	112	—	—	—
ايت برغوتAit Berghout	Dispersed	22	94	—	—	—

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: 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
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.351.07.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.351.07.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2824274

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