Souk Lakhmis Dades

سوق الخميس دادس

Rural commune in the cercle of Kalaat M'gouna, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 16,154
Since 2014: −5.2%from 17,045 in 2014
Density: 47people per km², 343.8 km²
Households: 3,408
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 407407th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 25 in its province

Next door in Boumalne-Dades, 58.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 77.4% to 91.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouzioua. Darija: 28.0% here, 19.4% there; in the labour force: 31.1% here, 30.5% there; running water: 91.5% here, 97.2% there.

Compare it with Ouzioua

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 Souk Lakhmis Dades.

Souk Lakhmis Dades −5.2%

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: 30.7%aged 10 and over32.9% in 201442.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.7%19.4% in 201427.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.1%aged 15 and over33.3% in 20145.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.51children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.1%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 91.5%of settled households77.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Souk Lakhmis Dades: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	4.3%
3.2%	70–74	3.0%
3.8%	65–69	3.7%
4.0%	60–64	4.6%
4.4%	55–59	4.5%
5.2%	50–54	5.4%
5.6%	45–49	6.0%
6.3%	40–44	7.4%
6.4%	35–39	7.3%
5.9%	30–34	6.6%
5.3%	25–29	5.6%
5.4%	20–24	6.0%
9.2%	15–19	7.9%
11.8%	10–14	9.8%
11.2%	5–9	10.0%
8.8%	0–4	8.1%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight83.6%
Tachelhit35.2%
Darija28.0%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.2%
French55.5%
English15.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh14.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.4%
Bike or motorcycle15.5%
Taxi14.7%
Private car11.0%
Doesn’t travel to work9.7%
Employer’s transport4.2%
Another way0.6%
Bus0.5%
Informal transport0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 32.9%aged 10 and over30.7% in 202449.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.4%20.7% in 202446.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.3%aged 15 and over31.1% in 20243.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.50children per woman2.51 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.0%of people4.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.0people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 77.4%of settled households91.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Souk Lakhmis Dades: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	3.4%
1.7%	70–74	2.0%
1.7%	65–69	2.2%
3.3%	60–64	3.7%
3.8%	55–59	3.7%
4.1%	50–54	4.7%
4.4%	45–49	5.0%
5.5%	40–44	5.8%
5.9%	35–39	7.0%
7.2%	30–34	7.6%
9.5%	25–29	9.1%
10.6%	20–24	8.9%
10.9%	15–19	9.7%
8.6%	10–14	9.0%
8.9%	5–9	8.3%
11.4%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight92.2%
Darija37.6%
Tachelhit7.3%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Other combinations43.6%
Arabic only24.0%
Arabic and French24.0%
Arabic, French and English8.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.0%
Taxi15.0%
Bike or motorcycle9.7%
Bus6.2%
Private car6.1%
Not stated3.4%
Another way1.3%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Works at home1.0%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood40.8%
Another province16.5%
No fixed place14.7%
Another commune14.5%
Another in the commune8.0%
Not stated3.4%
Somewhere else1.1%
At home1.0%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades37.2%
Labouring and small trades20.2%
Clerical work10.2%
Machine operating7.5%
Managers and senior professionals6.9%
Trade and broking6.1%
Farm and fishing labour5.6%
Farming and fishing3.0%
Technicians2.0%
Not classified1.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma56.2%
Primary23.0%
Lower secondary12.0%
Upper secondary5.0%
DEUG or Licence3.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.4%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 36722.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 26070.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3181.2 per business
Public services: 100
Associations: 7in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.8%
Services21.9%
Industry15.8%
Construction3.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person90.4%
2 to 37.3%
4 to 91.9%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.8%
2011–201964.2%
2001–20108.1%
1991–20001.2%
1981–19900.4%
1956–19800.4%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Souk Lakhmis Dades’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 42 douars in 3 fractions, with 16,154 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت حموAit Hammou28 douars · 9,967 people
تانصغارتTanssgharte	Grouped	194	985	3.6	5.3	11.8
أيت هكوAit Hagou	Grouped	49	302	0.9	1.0	2.1
الكومتElgoumte	Grouped	36	149	6.6	12.2	13.8
أيت بولمانAit Boulmane	Grouped	199	1,108	8.3	8.9	7.1
بوهروBou Harrou	Grouped	60	359	0.1	0.7	0.9
أيت علوانAit Alouane	Grouped	93	408	0.0	0.4	0.5
أيت بوبكر أوعليAit Boubker Ali	Grouped	119	564	0.5	1.6	1.8
أيت قاسي أوعليAit Kassi Ou Ali	Grouped	192	865	0.3	1.8	1.9
أيت الطالب أوعليAit Talbe Ou Ali	Grouped	161	741	0.1	0.4	2.2
أيت حدوشAit Haddouch	Grouped	50	256	0.0	0.0	2.3
إزوركاIzourka	Grouped	61	307	0.0	1.0	2.5
أيت واحيAit Ouahi	Grouped	40	210	0.0	1.0	3.0
أيت مجبار الغربيةAit Mejbar Gharbia	Grouped	81	355	0.0	0.9	3.0
أيت مجبار الشرقيةAit Mejbar Charqia	Grouped	52	248	0.5	0.7	5.1
أيت عيسي الغربيةAit Aissa Gharbia	Grouped	42	182	0.0	0.0	3.0
الحارثEl Hart	Grouped	69	342	0.0	0.0	3.5
أيت ياهوAit Yahou	Grouped	24	102	—	—	—
أكفايAgafay	Grouped	45	180	0.0	1.7	5.7
تيسليTisli	Grouped	31	149	1.0	1.1	5.0
أيت مهديAit Mehdi	Grouped	45	253	0.0	2.0	5.0
تينميولTinmioul	Grouped	45	178	0.0	0.2	5.0
أيت عبد اللهAit Abdellah	Grouped	33	142	0.1	1.6	5.0
تادارت نيكرانTaddart Nikrane	Grouped	56	207	0.0	0.7	5.0
أيت أوزينAit Ouzine	Grouped	161	790	1.7	0.9	10.0
أيت حقيAït Haqi	Grouped	20	97	—	—	—
أيت عمرو أوعيسىAit Amar Ou Issa	Grouped	67	330	1.7	0.9	11.2
أيت سيدي حمدAit Sidi Hmed	Grouped	27	121	—	—	—
ايت عيسي الشرقيةAit Aissa Charqia	Grouped	7	37	—	—	—
إورتكين الغربيةIourtakine Gharbia10 douars · 4,751 people
إمزوغImzough	Grouped	111	541	0.3	1.0	6.9
أيت بوحدوAit Bouhadou	Grouped	136	616	0.1	0.6	6.5
تيليتTilit	Grouped	71	360	0.2	0.6	5.4
أيت الحساينAit Lhasene	Grouped	47	204	1.0	1.0	5.9
زاوية البئرZaouite Elbir	Grouped	259	1,179	0.7	0.9	6.1
أيت سيدي بوبكرAit Sidi Boubker	Grouped	60	250	0.8	0.9	5.4
إفريIfri	Grouped	56	247	1.0	1.0	5.5
أمدناغ التحتانيAmdnagh Eltahtani	Grouped	88	365	1.1	1.1	4.8
أمدناغ الفوقانيAmdnagh El Foukani	Grouped	165	769	1.1	1.6	5.0
حمادAhmed	Grouped	48	220	1.1	1.3	4.8
إورتكين الشرقيةIourtakine Charqia4 douars · 1,436 people
أيت ياسينAït Yassine	Grouped	57	339	15.1	2.7	7.7
سرغينSarghine	Grouped	155	688	15.7	3.1	7.5
تكنزاTaguenza	Grouped	37	149	2.0	0.6	10.0
إعطاشنIattachene	Grouped	59	260	1.9	0.5	10.0

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: 08.577.09.25
As digits: 085770925
Slug: souk-lakhmis-dades
Record: /api/communes/08.577.09.25.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.09.25/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.09.25/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.09.25/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.09.25/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.577.09.25/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887518

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