Zaouiat Sidi Hamza

زاوية سيدي حمزة

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

Population, 2024
5,248
Since 2014
−3.8%from 5,454 in 2014
Density
14.2people per km², 369.9 km²
Households
934
Rank
1,1731,173rd most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 29 in its province

Next door in Tounfite, 65.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 5.0% to 90.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tighedouine. Darija: 54.2% here, 45.6% there; can’t read or write: 43.7% here, 42.6% there; running water: 90.9% here, 88.3% there.

Compare it with Tighedouine

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 Zaouiat Sidi Hamza.

Zaouiat Sidi Hamza −3.8%

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
43.7%aged 10 and over55.3% in 201458.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.0%9.8% in 201419.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.5%aged 15 and over44.7% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.34children per woman3.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.6people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.9%of settled households5.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouiat Sidi Hamza: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.0%
2.1%70–742.5%
2.5%65–693.1%
2.9%60–644.6%
3.4%55–594.2%
4.8%50–544.6%
5.7%45–495.1%
5.4%40–445.1%
6.7%35–396.8%
7.9%30–346.4%
8.3%25–297.9%
6.5%20–247.1%
10.2%15–198.7%
10.4%10–1410.5%
10.3%5–910.1%
9.8%0–410.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight96.2%
  • Darija54.2%
  • Tachelhit2.7%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French55.1%
  • English13.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.0%
  • Animal12.0%
  • Bus10.8%
  • Employer’s transport4.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.3%
  • Private car0.7%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Taxi0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
8516.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4856.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
801.7 per business
Public services
35
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce91.7%
  • Industry4.2%
  • Construction2.1%
  • Services2.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person95.8%
  • 2 to 32.1%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 492.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.5%
  • 2011–201947.9%
  • 2001–201010.4%
  • 1991–20002.1%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Zaouiat Sidi Hamza’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,849 people. 399 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
رحالة ايت حديدوRahhala Ait Hadidou2 douars · 658 people
أيت عزوAït AzzouIn parts894860.52.45.1
تابنيحتTabanniyhtDispersed24172———
زاوية سيدي حمزةZaouia Sidi Hamza6 douars · 4,191 people
زاوية سيدي حمزةZaouia Sidi HamzaGrouped1889780.32.73.7
تازروفتTazrouftGrouped3191,8240.72.57.6
أندAndGrouped934291.21.77.1
إيداليونIydaliouneGrouped795910.10.630.4
تانغريفتTannghiftGrouped422250.10.512.4
أݣاوزAgaouzGrouped25144———

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
08.363.09.13
As digits
083630913
Slug
zaouiat-sidi-hamza
OpenStreetMap
2827131
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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