Zaouiat Ben Hmida

زاوية بن احميدة

Rural commune in the cercle of Essaouira, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
7,317
Since 2014
+5.7%from 6,922 in 2014
Density
108people per km², 67.4 km²
Households
1,811
Foreign residents
5
Rank
974974th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 57 in its province

Where it is

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

Timzguida-OuftasIda Ou GuelloulSidi Hmad Ou M'barekIda Ou KazzouAit Aissa IhahaneTamanarTarganteTafednaIda Ou AazzaSmimouImgradeImi-N'tlitTakouchtAglifAit DaoudAdaghasAssaisBouzemmourTahelouanteBizdadSidi GhanemeSidi El JazouliTidziSidi H'mad Ou HamedSidi KaoukiEzzaouiteMeskalaKorimateMouaridAit SaidAguerdKechoulaMejjiLagdadraEl HanchaneLahsinateOunaghaEssaouiraHad DraMoulay BouzarqtouneTakateAquermoudSidi IshaqSidi Ali El KoratiSidi AbdeljalilTalmestM'khalifSidi LaaroussiMzilateM'ramerSidi BoulaalamSidi Aissa RegraguiSidi M'hamed Ou MarzouqOulad M'rabetTafetachteSidi Ahmed Essayeh

How it changed

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

Zaouiat Ben Hmida +5.7%

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
38.8%aged 10 and over49.2% in 201446.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.0%4.0% in 201430.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.8%aged 15 and over44.3% in 20147.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.23children per woman2.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.3%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
49.6%of settled households25.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouiat Ben Hmida: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over4.3%
3.1%70–742.7%
3.8%65–693.3%
5.1%60–644.5%
4.6%55–594.5%
5.1%50–544.3%
6.8%45–496.0%
6.0%40–446.7%
5.7%35–396.6%
6.3%30–345.7%
4.7%25–296.3%
6.4%20–246.7%
8.4%15–199.4%
11.1%10–1411.2%
10.3%5–910.0%
8.4%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French47.5%
  • English15.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.5%
  • Taxi8.8%
  • Private car7.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.8%
  • Bus4.3%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
36249.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
26071.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3941.5 per business
Public services
99
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.0%
  • Services24.6%
  • Industry11.5%
  • Construction3.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.3%
  • 2 to 323.8%
  • 4 to 92.7%
  • 10 to 491.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.3%
  • 2011–201944.2%
  • 2001–201011.5%
  • 1991–20002.7%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19802.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.211.03.51
As digits
072110351
Slug
zaouiat-ben-hmida
Record
/api/communes/07.211.03.51.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.211.03.51/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.03.51/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.03.51/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.03.51/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2821100
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zaouiat-ben-hmida");

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