Steha

اسطيحة

Rural commune in the cercle of Bou Ahmed, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
11,452
Since 2014
−4.8%from 12,034 in 2014
Density
127people per km², 90 km²
Households
2,432
Rank
640640th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 28 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 5.6% to 23.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ayir. Running water: 32.4% here, 22.2% there; in the labour force: 43.2% here, 41.8% there; aged 65 and over: 7.3% here, 7.8% there.

Compare it with Ayir

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

91003

How it changed

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

Steha −4.8%

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
32.3%aged 10 and over41.2% in 201446.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.6%5.6% in 201424.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.2%aged 15 and over54.1% in 20149.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.36children per woman2.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
32.4%of settled households20.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Steha: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.2%
1.9%70–742.1%
2.4%65–692.5%
3.8%60–643.4%
3.6%55–593.6%
4.7%50–544.5%
5.2%45–494.4%
6.0%40–446.3%
7.2%35–397.2%
7.9%30–347.7%
7.2%25–297.4%
7.1%20–247.6%
9.9%15–199.8%
10.8%10–1410.9%
10.8%5–910.3%
9.0%0–49.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French32.8%
  • English9.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot41.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work39.8%
  • Informal transport4.9%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.2%
  • Taxi3.1%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Bus0.5%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
26122.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12246.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1841.5 per business
Public services
133
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.7%
  • Services31.1%
  • Industry9.8%
  • Construction3.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person64.8%
  • 2 to 332.8%
  • 4 to 91.6%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.6%
  • 2011–201941.8%
  • 2001–201016.4%
  • 1991–200014.8%
  • 1981–19900.8%
  • 1956–19801.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Steha’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 35 douars in 7 fractions, with 10,896 people. 556 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني جلاBni Jla4 douars · 4,716 people
أغيل أسنوسAghaïr AsnousseIn parts1114060.10.14.1
ݣلدتGueldetIn parts722880.41.44.1
تزمورتTazemmourtDispersed1536940.01.02.0
مركز اسطيحةCentre StehaGrouped8403,3280.00.80.8
بني بختBni Bkht3 douars · 918 people
الزاويةZaouiaGrouped954365.71.911.3
ݣلماتKelmèteGrouped401843.51.310.8
إجافنIjafeneIn parts602983.41.510.6
بني بوداسBni Boudas9 douars · 1,621 people
تكنزةTakenzaGrouped351643.00.114.0
إخريمنIkharemèneDispersed4725315.00.018.9
إسمارIssoumarDispersed5424117.00.022.0
إخشيننIkhachineneGrouped1043———
إفيلالنIfaïlalèneGrouped4018619.30.629.3
تيفزوانTifezouaneGrouped3818619.20.529.2
الخوخEl KhokhGrouped29128———
تركانTirouganeDispersed4223514.00.024.0
بني عيدونBeni AïdouneDispersed3718512.03.021.0
بني هليلBni Hilil8 douars · 1,455 people
زاوية السوقZaouia Es SoukDispersed1274———
بوردBouredGrouped522662.20.312.9
إمزاردنImazerdaneIn parts663413.30.314.3
أجولالAjoulalDispersed542473.90.314.1
أزغارAzagharGrouped441924.20.110.4
كاملKamilGrouped1892———
إشقلالنIcheklaléniGrouped1770———
مركادوMerkadouGrouped341738.00.517.0
بني برونBni Broune4 douars · 1,096 people
القلعةEl KelaaGrouped472910.00.315.3
أزغارAzagharIn parts412172.04.417.2
تاسيفتانTassiftaneGrouped301620.24.619.6
جامع القبورJamaa El KbourIn parts744263.31.918.3
سعادتSaadat1 douar · 235 people
سعادتSaadatIn parts472357.72.911.6
سيفودةSifouda6 douars · 855 people
بولاBoullaIn parts401650.31.35.3
أسولAssoulGrouped672770.01.16.7
بو يعلىBou YaalaIn parts522415.01.59.9
تفروانTiferouaneIn parts1355———
أزغار السفلىAzaghar es SefliDispersed1593———
أزغار العلياAzghar El OuliaDispersed624———

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
01.151.07.07
As digits
011510707
Slug
steha
OpenStreetMap
2533868
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("steha");

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