Morocco communes

    A commune, arrondissement, province or région, by name or by code. Another spelling finds it too.

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    Essaouira

    الصويرة

    Province in the région of Marrakech-Safi.

    Population, 2024
    426,719
    Since 2014
    −5.3%
    Households
    111,602
    Communes
    57
    Area
    6,551 km²
    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 RegraguiZaouiat Ben HmidaSidi M'hamed Ou MarzouqOulad M'rabetTafetachteSidi Ahmed Essayeh

    Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

    Most populous
    Essaouira 82,962
    Grew the most
    Ait Daoud +23.5%
    Shrank the most
    Adaghas −41.4%
    Densest
    Essaouira 615 people per km²

    People and homes

    What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

    Can’t read or write
    39.2%aged 10 and over48.9% in 201448.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
    Unemployment
    18.1%9.7% in 201425.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
    In the labour force
    36.9%aged 15 and over45.7% in 20148.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
    At school, aged 6 to 11
    95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
    Fertility
    2.19children per woman2.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
    Disability
    5.9%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
    Household size
    3.8people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
    Running water
    73.6%of settled households42.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

    Age

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

    Essaouira: men and women by age, as a share of each
    MenAgeWomen
    4.5%75 and over4.8%
    3.4%70–743.3%
    4.0%65–693.7%
    4.7%60–644.9%
    4.8%55–594.8%
    5.7%50–545.7%
    6.2%45–496.1%
    6.4%40–446.4%
    6.2%35–396.2%
    6.2%30–346.2%
    5.6%25–295.6%
    6.3%20–246.5%
    8.1%15–198.8%
    10.6%10–1410.4%
    9.7%5–99.3%
    7.6%0–47.3%

    Local languages used

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

    • Darija76.5%
    • Tachelhit39.1%
    • Tamazight1.6%
    • Tarifit0.2%
    • Hassania0.1%

    Languages read and written

    By those aged 10 and over who can read.

    • Arabic98.8%
    • French47.0%
    • English14.5%
    • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

    Getting to work

    How employed people get to work.

    • On foot45.1%
    • Bus9.9%
    • Bike or motorcycle9.7%
    • Taxi7.8%
    • Private car6.8%
    • Employer’s transport2.3%

    Urban dwellings

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

    Dwellings
    44,874
    Standing empty
    28.6%9.2% vacant19.4% a second home
    Precarious
    5.3%0.6% a slum or basic house
    On the sewer
    82.2%90.6% on the water mains96.6% on the electricity grid
    Housing shortfall
    8.0%households short, against the sound stock

    What kind they are

    Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

    • Modern house62.7%
    • Apartment20.5%
    • Traditional house8.6%
    • Rural-type4.0%
    • Villa2.9%
    • Other0.7%
    • Slum or basic house0.6%

    How old they are

    When the dwelling was built.

    • Under 20 years55.5%
    • 20 to 49 years35.8%
    • 50 years or more8.7%

    Business and jobs

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

    Establishments
    16,91239.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
    Businesses
    11,21066.3% of the establishments
    Permanent jobs
    22,1292.0 per business
    Public services
    5,342
    Associations
    360in premises of their own
    Weekly souks
    43counted outside the total

    Businesses by sector

    Every sector but agriculture.

    • Commerce51.4%
    • Services29.3%
    • Industry17.2%
    • Construction2.0%

    Businesses by the people they employ

    By how many people work there.

    • One person62.6%
    • 2 to 330.8%
    • 4 to 94.9%
    • 10 to 491.5%
    • 50 and over0.2%

    When the businesses were founded

    The year the business was set up.

    • 2020 or later32.2%
    • 2011–201936.1%
    • 2001–201015.8%
    • 1991–20008.8%
    • 1981–19903.6%
    • 1956–19803.1%
    • Before 19560.5%

    Communes

    CommuneTypePopulation, 2024Since 2014Per km²
    Essaouiraurban82,962+6.4%615
    Aquermoudrural15,981+2.0%103
    Ounagharural13,310+6.8%56.6
    Tamanarurban11,617+9.8%178
    Sidi Laaroussirural10,604−14.2%43.8
    Sidi Ishaqrural10,055+2.9%94.8
    Takaterural9,993−8.9%72.1
    Korimaterural9,526−3.8%48.1
    Had Drarural9,435+5.0%83.7
    Smimourural8,883+10.7%162
    Sidi Boulaalamrural7,681−5.7%114
    Ida Ou Aazzarural7,635−3.6%91.2
    Sidi Aissa Regraguirural7,567−3.9%83.7
    Tafetachterural7,342+0.7%110
    Zaouiat Ben Hmidarural7,317+5.7%108
    Imi-N'tlitrural7,179−10.9%86.4
    Bizdadrural7,077−11.1%58.8
    Lagdadrarural6,699−1.9%72.7
    Aglifrural6,499−19.1%37.1
    M'ramerrural6,488−14.5%50.6
    Mejjirural6,479−4.0%63.6
    Targanterural6,392−16.0%37.2
    Sidi Ali El Koratirural6,099−6.8%64.6
    Sidi Abdeljalilrural6,056−8.5%65.4
    Ait Saidrural6,027−11.6%53.6
    Kechoularural5,934−2.5%63.9
    Ezzaouiterural5,818−8.3%77.5
    Moulay Bouzarqtounerural5,608−7.6%39.9
    Sidi El Jazoulirural5,554−14.1%37.3
    Aguerdrural5,370−0.2%61
    Mouaridrural5,320−13.7%52.7
    El Hanchaneurban5,319+7.1%487
    Sidi Ahmed Essayehrural5,233−15.6%53
    Ida Ou Guelloulrural5,086−15.2%56.1
    M'khalifrural5,062−6.0%56
    Tafednarural4,999−11.0%48.5
    Timzguida-Ouftasrural4,952−4.6%68.5
    Lahsinaterural4,932−7.2%59
    Sidi Kaoukirural4,877+5.5%62.8
    Imgraderural4,817−25.7%19.3
    Sidi Hmad Ou M'barekrural4,726−13.8%50.4
    Talmesturban4,638+7.2%311
    Assaisrural4,442−35.8%16.3
    Meskalarural4,378+1.1%54.5
    Sidi M'hamed Ou Marzouqrural4,306−19.4%21.2
    Sidi Ghanemerural4,161−11.8%50.6
    Oulad M'rabetrural3,951−1.1%61.5
    Bouzemmourrural3,940−32.9%20.3
    Tidzirural3,770−7.1%34.5
    Ait Daoudurban3,653+23.5%184
    Mzilaterural3,573−15.1%41.8
    Sidi H'mad Ou Hamedrural3,548−12.1%42
    Ida Ou Kazzourural3,511−32.3%15
    Takouchtrural3,209−25.6%24
    Tahelouanterural2,910−25.8%26.8
    Ait Aissa Ihahanerural2,563−38.1%15.9
    Adaghasrural1,656−41.4%17.3

    In the data

    Code
    07.211
    As digits
    07211
    Record
    /api/provinces/07.211.json
    Communes
    /api/provinces/07.211/communes/page/1.json
    Boundary
    /api/provinces/07.211/boundary.geojson
    Census figures
    /api/provinces/07.211/indicators.json
    Business and jobs
    /api/provinces/07.211/economy.json
    Urban dwellings
    /api/provinces/07.211/housing.json

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