Sour El Aaz

سور العز

Rural commune in the cercle of Assahrij-Sanhaja, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
3,755
Since 2014
−2.5%from 3,850 in 2014
Density
88.7people per km², 42.3 km²
Households
856
Rank
1,3261,326th most populous of 1,503 communes43rd of 43 in its province

Next door in Imlil, 54.9% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 13.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 35.6% to 98.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Sour El Aaz.

Sour El Aaz −2.5%

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
32.0%aged 10 and over39.4% in 201445.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
36.7%10.3% in 201445.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.9%aged 15 and over42.4% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.12children per woman1.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.7%of people6.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.0%of settled households35.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sour El Aaz: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.4%
3.7%70–742.9%
3.9%65–694.0%
3.2%60–645.9%
3.9%55–593.8%
4.5%50–544.4%
6.3%45–495.8%
7.0%40–446.2%
6.7%35–396.1%
5.8%30–346.8%
5.2%25–296.4%
6.3%20–246.1%
8.4%15–197.8%
11.9%10–1410.9%
10.7%5–910.4%
8.8%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tamazight3.3%
  • Tachelhit2.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French13.9%
  • English4.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work27.5%
  • Animal5.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.5%
  • Employer’s transport5.4%
  • Bus4.8%
  • Taxi4.5%
  • Informal transport3.8%
  • Private car3.4%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
8723.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3439.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
461.4 per business
Public services
35
Associations
18in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce70.6%
  • Industry17.6%
  • Services11.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person76.5%
  • 2 to 320.6%
  • 4 to 92.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.2%
  • 2011–201923.5%
  • 2001–201026.5%
  • 1991–20005.9%
  • 1981–19905.9%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sour El Aaz’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 3 fractions, with 3,755 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
سور العزSour El Aaz6 douars · 2,201 people
زاوية سيدي ادريسZaouit Sd DrissIn parts833120.00.00.0
زاوية سيدي بوبكرZaouit Sd BoubkerGrouped964220.90.91.0
أولاد عامرOulad AmarGrouped803381.01.12.7
أساكاAssakaIn parts1185231.02.03.7
سور العز الفوقانيSour El Aaz El FouquaniGrouped742901.01.01.0
سور العز التحتانيSour El Aaz EtahtaniGrouped803161.01.01.0
اولاد الطوكOulad Ettouk5 douars · 1,527 people
بوغوتBoughoutGrouped512290.00.03.0
أولاد داليOuled DaliGrouped733310.00.06.8
أولاد دحوOulad DahhouGrouped824110.90.97.0
أولاد عبوOulad AbbouGrouped532551.01.04.3
أيت امحمد بن مباركAit M'hamed Ben MbarekGrouped593011.01.07.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 27 people
أيت فاسكاAit FaskaGrouped727———

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
07.191.09.29
As digits
071910929
Slug
sour-el-aaz
OpenStreetMap
2881890
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sour-el-aaz");

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