Zaida

زايدة

Rural commune in the cercle of Midelt, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
14,454
Since 2014
+9.7%from 13,181 in 2014
Density
28.9people per km², 500 km²
Households
3,696
Foreign residents
2
Rank
475475th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 29 in its province

Next door in Enjil, 0.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 60.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 59.5% to 92.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Boubidmane. Aged 65 and over: 7.5% here, 7.6% there; running water: 92.5% here, 85.6% there; household size: 3.9 here, 4.0 there.

Compare it with Ait Boubidmane

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 Zaida.

Zaida +9.7%

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
34.2%aged 10 and over39.2% in 201441.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.8%11.1% in 201430.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.8%aged 15 and over48.0% in 20149.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.00children per woman2.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.5%of settled households59.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaida: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over2.7%
2.2%70–742.0%
2.9%65–692.9%
4.0%60–644.0%
4.6%55–594.0%
6.5%50–545.6%
6.7%45–497.7%
6.8%40–447.6%
5.9%35–397.5%
6.3%30–347.0%
5.9%25–296.3%
6.2%20–246.8%
9.5%15–198.6%
11.6%10–1410.7%
10.3%5–99.5%
8.2%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija90.8%
  • Tamazight61.9%
  • Tachelhit6.7%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French48.6%
  • English9.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot61.3%
  • Employer’s transport12.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.4%
  • Private car4.8%
  • Informal transport4.7%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Taxi1.0%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Zaida’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
2,943
Standing empty
27.8%17.4% vacant10.4% a second home
Precarious
1.9%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.4%97.4% on the water mains96.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house95.5%
  • Apartment1.5%
  • Rural-type1.3%
  • Traditional house0.6%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years88.5%
  • 20 to 49 years9.9%
  • 50 years or more1.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
54437.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
46685.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9702.1 per business
Public services
65
Associations
13in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.9%
  • Services29.2%
  • Industry7.7%
  • Construction2.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.3%
  • 2 to 318.0%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 491.1%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later49.6%
  • 2011–201930.0%
  • 2001–201012.9%
  • 1991–20004.7%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19800.9%
  • Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Zaida8,503

Douars

Zaida’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 6 fractions, with 5,932 people. Another 8,503 live in Zaida, its urban centre, which has no douars. 19 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
إيغربينIyghrbine7 douars · 1,163 people
ايت منصورAit MansourGrouped1984———
أيت بوهراسAit BouharrasDispersed341190.51.18.6
إيزاتيمنIzatimeneDispersed2176———
أيت حمو اويوسفAit Hammou Ou YoussefDispersed1959———
بلالBlalIn parts1405953.60.83.7
تانسلمتTanslemtDispersed321331.11.84.7
تارشلاوتTarechlawtGrouped2097———
ايت رحو او عليAit Rahou Ou Ali3 douars · 1,162 people
بو لعجولBoulaajouleIn parts1907910.51.58.9
ايت غياتAït GhiatGrouped642650.21.314.8
ايت يعقوبAït YaqoubGrouped26106———
أيت موليAit Mouli2 douars · 1,617 people
ايت داوود أو رحوAit Daoud Ou RahouIn parts2108151.71.63.8
إيشعيرنIychairnDispersed2048021.11.91.3
أيت إيلوسانAït Iloussane3 douars · 1,001 people
أيت إيلوسانAït IloussaneGrouped1154590.00.04.0
دوار بن خالدDouar Ben KhaledDispersed727———
دوار أنفكو (دوار جديد)Douar Anefgou (Douar Jdid)Grouped1125152.01.04.0
اكضاينAkdaine3 douars · 498 people
ايت بن يشوAit Ben IchouDispersed2394———
أيت عزوزAït AzzouzGrouped2383———
ايت علا أو ميمونAït Alla Ou MimounGrouped773210.11.04.1
زايدةZaida1 douar · 491 people
دوار حسيني(دوار جديد)Douar Hasini (Douar Jdid)Grouped1214911.11.03.3

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
08.363.07.29
As digits
083630729
Slug
zaida
OpenStreetMap
2826588
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zaida");

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