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
Next door in Sidi Ali El Korati, 14.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 49.6%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 25.6% to 49.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Sbit. Darija: 99.5% here, 99.3% there; can’t read or write: 38.8% here, 42.7% there; running water: 49.6% here, 36.9% there.
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 Zaouiat Ben Hmida.
Zaouiat Ben Hmida +5.7%
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.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2% | 75 and over | 4.3% | ||
| 3.1% | 70–74 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.8% | 65–69 | 3.3% | ||
| 5.1% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 55–59 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.1% | 50–54 | 4.3% | ||
| 6.8% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.7% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 5.7% | ||
| 4.7% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.4% | 20–24 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 11.1% | 10–14 | 11.2% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 10.0% | ||
| 8.4% | 0–4 | 8.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 49.2%aged 10 and over38.8% in 202459.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.0%21.0% in 202415.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.3%aged 15 and over37.8% in 20246.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.86children per woman2.23 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.3%of people7.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 25.6%of settled households49.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.2% | 40–44 | 5.3% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.9% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.8% | 25–29 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 20–24 | 7.9% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.3% | 10–14 | 10.6% | ||
| 10.1% | 5–9 | 11.0% | ||
| 11.2% | 0–4 | 10.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
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
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Zaouiat Ben Hmida’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,302 people. 15 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| ايت بعزيAit Bazi7 douars · 3,307 people | ||||||
| ايت الحاج مسعودAit El Haj Massaoud | In parts | 173 | 685 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 11.1 |
| البرجةAl Borj | In parts | 87 | 344 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| الخيارنةEl Khyarna | In parts | 111 | 438 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 6.8 |
| ايت مسعودAit Massaoud | In parts | 188 | 784 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 6.6 |
| ايت احميدةAit Hmida | In parts | 74 | 270 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| ايت حموAit Hammou | In parts | 148 | 626 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
| ايت اليمنيAit Lyamani | Grouped | 39 | 160 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| الزاويةZaouia6 douars · 3,979 people | ||||||
| القواسمةLakouasma | In parts | 117 | 486 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| الزاويةZaouia | In parts | 96 | 399 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| مركز بير كواتCentre Bir Kouat | Grouped | 239 | 855 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| المعاطلةEl Maatla | In parts | 262 | 1,070 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| تݣانةTouggana | In parts | 129 | 522 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| الزعيتراتEzzaitrat | Grouped | 144 | 647 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 16 people | ||||||
| اولاد محندOulad Mhand | Grouped | 4 | 16 | — | — | — |
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
07.211.03.51- As digits
072110351- Slug
zaouiat-ben-hmida- 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
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zaouiat-ben-hmida");