Morocco communes

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

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    Souss-Massa

    سوس-ماسة

    One of Morocco’s 12 régions.

    Population, 2024
    3,020,431
    Since 2014
    +12.8%
    Households
    785,208
    Communes
    175
    Provinces and préfectures
    6
    Area
    53,930 km²
    AgadirInezganeAit MelloulAourirTaghazoutTamriImsouaneAmskroudDrarguaAqsriImouzzerLqliaaTemsiaOulad DahouIdmineTiqqiTadrartAziarSidi BibiOued EssafaBiougraAit AmiraInchadenSidi OuassayMassaBelfaâAit MilkSidi Abdallah El BouchouariSidi BoushabAit OuadrimTargua-NtouchkaImi-MqournAit BahaAit MzalTassegdeltHilalaIda-OugnidifAouguenzTanaltTizi NtakouchtBigoudineArganaLamnizlaEddirSidi Moussa LhamriIssenSidi BoumoussaOulad TeimaSidi Ahmed Ou AmarEl Koudia El BeidaLagfifatAhl RamelTidsi-NissendaleneLakhnafifEl GuerdaneTaroudanntAhmar LaglalchaMachraa El AinSidi BorjaTazemmourtLamhadiToufelaaztAssadsTabiaSidi MzalAit AbdallahToumlilineImaouenSidi BoaalIrhermZaouia Sidi TaharIda Ou MoumenTamaloukteAit MakhloufTafraoutenTalmakanteAllougoumTliteFoum ZguidTissintAkka-IghaneIbn YacoubTagmoutTigzmerteTataIssafenTizaghteKasbat Sidi Abdellah Ben M'barekAkkaAdisOum El GuerdaneTizounineAit OuabelliFam El HisnTamanarteArbaa SahelSidi BouabdelliBounaamaneTnine AglouReggadaTiznitEl Maader El KabirArbaa RasmoukaOuijjaneTighmiTnine AdayAnziArbaa Ait AhmedTizoughraneIrigh N'tahalaAmmelneTafraout El MouloudTafraoutTassrirtTarsouatAfella IghirAit OuafqaAit IssafenIda Ou GougmarSidi Ahmed Ou MoussaAhl TifnouteToubkalIguidiTaouyalteAskaouenAssaisseSidi HsaineTassousfiTaliouineZagmouzenAssakiOuziouaAoulouzIda-OugoummadAdarAzaghar N'irsOualqadiImi N'tayartToughmartTizgzaouineAgadir MelloulAzrarImoulassImilmaissSidi Abdellah Ou SaidTigougaTalgjountIda Ou GailalAit IgasAit IaazaSidi DahmaneFreijaTioutIgliArazaneOulad AissaAmalouBounrarTindineTisfaneTataouteTizi N'testTafingoultOulad BerhilIgoudar MnabhaLamharaSidi OuaazizEl FaidTinzartTisrasseOuneineNihitSidi Ahmed Ou AbdallahAguinaneDcheira El Jihadia

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

    Most populous
    Oulad Teima 100,284
    Grew the most
    Sidi Bibi +86.8%
    Shrank the most
    Tabia −44.3%
    Densest
    Inezgane 10,574 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
    26.2%aged 10 and over33.1% in 201435.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
    Unemployment
    19.7%14.4% in 201427.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
    In the labour force
    41.1%aged 15 and over44.3% in 201415.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
    At school, aged 6 to 11
    96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
    Fertility
    1.86children per woman2.18 in 20141.97 across Morocco
    Disability
    4.5%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
    Household size
    3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
    Running water
    94.2%of settled households83.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

    Age

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

    Souss-Massa: men and women by age, as a share of each
    MenAgeWomen
    3.2%75 and over3.5%
    2.5%70–742.4%
    3.2%65–693.0%
    4.3%60–644.5%
    4.7%55–594.8%
    5.9%50–546.0%
    6.3%45–496.6%
    6.9%40–447.3%
    6.9%35–397.3%
    6.9%30–347.3%
    6.4%25–296.8%
    7.2%20–247.4%
    8.5%15–198.1%
    10.0%10–149.3%
    9.4%5–98.7%
    7.6%0–46.9%

    Local languages used

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

    • Darija79.2%
    • Tachelhit63.2%
    • Tamazight3.2%
    • Hassania0.5%
    • Tarifit0.2%

    Languages read and written

    By those aged 10 and over who can read.

    • Arabic98.7%
    • French60.1%
    • English22.5%
    • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.0%

    Getting to work

    How employed people get to work.

    • On foot26.0%
    • Bike or motorcycle20.6%
    • Private car15.0%
    • Employer’s transport14.1%
    • Taxi7.6%
    • Bus6.8%

    Urban dwellings

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

    Dwellings
    630,848
    Standing empty
    27.5%12.8% vacant14.8% a second home
    Precarious
    1.4%0.5% a slum or basic house
    On the sewer
    83.8%96.2% on the water mains96.2% on the electricity grid
    Housing shortfall
    2.1%households short, against the sound stock

    What kind they are

    Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

    • Modern house74.2%
    • Apartment20.5%
    • Villa2.1%
    • Traditional house1.8%
    • Slum or basic house0.5%
    • Other0.5%
    • Rural-type0.4%

    How old they are

    When the dwelling was built.

    • Under 20 years64.1%
    • 20 to 49 years33.7%
    • 50 years or more2.1%

    Business and jobs

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

    Establishments
    123,92841.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
    Businesses
    100,57781.2% of the establishments
    Permanent jobs
    255,2172.5 per business
    Public services
    19,039
    Associations
    4,312in premises of their own
    Weekly souks
    138counted outside the total

    Businesses by sector

    Every sector but agriculture.

    • Commerce54.8%
    • Services28.8%
    • Industry13.2%
    • Construction3.3%

    Businesses by the people they employ

    By how many people work there.

    • One person65.2%
    • 2 to 326.6%
    • 4 to 95.8%
    • 10 to 492.0%
    • 50 and over0.4%

    When the businesses were founded

    The year the business was set up.

    • 2020 or later40.4%
    • 2011–201932.5%
    • 2001–201014.3%
    • 1991–20007.6%
    • 1981–19902.9%
    • 1956–19802.1%
    • Before 19560.1%

    Provinces and préfectures

    Province or préfectureTypePopulation, 2024Communes
    Taroudanntprovince858,16289
    Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tananepréfecture721,43113
    Inezgane-Aït Melloulpréfecture636,9166
    Chtouka-Aït Bahaprovince493,62322
    Tiznitprovince198,54225
    Tataprovince111,75720

    Communes

    CommuneTypePopulation, 2024Since 2014Per km²
    Oulad Teimaurban100,284+12.2%3,582
    Taroudannturban83,496+4.2%1,115
    Oulad Berhilurban30,330+24.9%1,355
    El Koudia El Beidarural23,666+8.2%243
    Sidi Boumoussarural23,160+37.1%478
    Ahmar Laglalcharural21,659+20.7%199
    Aoulouzurban21,502+23.5%201
    Lagfifatrural19,471+3.5%237
    Sidi Ahmed Ou Amarrural17,914+12.1%236
    Sidi Moussa Lhamrirural17,673+18.0%193
    Ait Iaazaurban17,339+21.6%1,406
    Sidi Dahmanerural14,878+24.5%290
    Iglirural13,832+23.5%155
    El Guerdaneurban13,747+11.7%698
    Zaouia Sidi Taharrural13,479+15.4%128
    Issenrural13,254+9.4%168
    Machraa El Ainrural12,243+7.6%158
    Lamhadirural11,927+7.1%109
    Oulad Aissarural11,732−4.9%156
    Lamhararural11,622+2.2%121
    Igoudar Mnabharural10,974+25.2%88.3
    Sidi Borjarural10,736+7.4%155
    Lakhnafifrural10,706+7.8%153
    El Faidrural10,559−12.1%21.7
    Ait Igasrural10,378+1.2%63
    Sidi Ouaazizrural9,241+11.1%60.2
    Freijarural9,005+2.4%103
    Toubkalrural8,538+0.6%26
    Ouziouarural8,141+5.8%77.2
    Assakirural8,048−1.6%21.7
    Iguidirural7,949−12.7%22.9
    Arazanerural7,883−1.5%41.6
    Eddirrural7,781+2.9%56.5
    Ida-Ougoummadrural7,543−4.3%74.1
    Agadir Melloulrural7,518−15.0%9.2
    Ahl Ramelrural7,496−7.8%82.4
    Zagmouzenrural7,480−9.0%30.3
    Taouyalterural7,097−4.9%29
    Askaouenrural7,046−5.5%17.9
    Ouneinerural7,042−10.5%26.3
    Taliouineurban7,040+4.7%230
    Tafraoutenrural7,026−12.2%74.1
    Imoulassrural6,889−17.9%50.5
    Tazemmourtrural6,856+12.9%39
    Sidi Hsainerural6,716−9.5%22.2
    Tinzartrural6,127+3.8%88.1
    Ida Ou Gailalrural6,036−6.2%32.5
    Tassousfirural5,998−10.8%32.5
    Assaisserural5,934−13.2%26.6
    Ida Ou Moumenrural5,833−4.5%51.5
    Tafingoultrural5,670−14.5%37.4
    Tisrasserural5,608−26.8%26.1
    Talgjountrural5,234−10.0%34.5
    Ahl Tifnouterural5,196−12.1%36.8
    Toughmartrural5,035−25.4%16.7
    Bounrarrural4,995−20.8%35.6
    Imilmaissrural4,967−24.6%27
    Tizgzaouinerural4,653−11.7%12.7
    Tidsi-Nissendalenerural4,395−19.0%20.8
    Azrarrural4,242−15.8%9
    Tamaloukterural4,241−10.5%26
    Bigoudinerural4,174−18.7%18
    Ait Makhloufrural4,135−13.0%30.2
    Irhermurban4,127+0.5%29.9
    Arganarural4,123−14.2%14
    Sidi Ahmed Ou Abdallahrural4,038+5.4%28.3
    Azaghar N'irsrural4,009−15.6%5.1
    Tigougarural3,867−15.1%27
    Tataouterural3,767−20.6%24.7
    Assadsrural3,592−22.8%21.3
    Tizi N'testrural3,588−30.8%30.6
    Lamnizlarural3,427−18.9%15.9
    Talmakanterural3,336−16.7%16.2
    Adarrural3,043−30.0%8
    Tioutrural3,017+3.3%19.4
    Sidi Abdellah Ou Saidrural3,003−13.3%41.5
    Amalourural2,188−32.8%14.8
    Sidi Boaalrural2,180−27.8%6.9
    Imaouenrural1,969−20.2%11.7
    Tindinerural1,853−36.8%9.6
    Ait Abdallahrural1,635−21.6%6
    Oualqadirural1,477−31.2%13.1
    Toumlilinerural1,463−31.4%9.4
    Nihitrural1,456−22.7%10.7
    Tisfanerural1,414−39.5%11
    Sidi Mzalrural1,373−19.3%7
    Toufelaaztrural1,061−34.3%13.5
    Imi N'tayartrural973−16.4%4.7
    Tabiarural814−44.3%4.8
    Agadirurban504,768+19.7%4,479
    Drarguarural107,621+52.0%511
    Aourirrural46,032+24.6%436
    Tamrirural19,790+6.5%55.5
    Amskroudrural9,648+3.2%46.7
    Imsouanerural7,246−18.3%57.2
    Tiqqirural6,378−27.3%22.8
    Taghazoutrural4,861−7.6%43.7
    Imouzzerrural4,087−24.3%20.1
    Aqsrirural3,333−19.3%17.5
    Tadrartrural2,899−36.0%13.8
    Idminerural2,715−14.6%15.8
    Aziarrural2,053−30.4%14.7
    Ait Melloulurban210,870+22.7%7,345
    Inezganeurban137,512+5.5%10,574
    Dcheira El Jihadiaurban113,041+12.7%10,275
    Lqliaaurban107,133+28.7%1,032
    Temsiarural52,663+29.1%863
    Oulad Dahourural15,697+7.6%230
    Ait Amiraurban113,236+47.7%641
    Oued Essafarural83,442+47.6%307
    Sidi Bibiurban72,929+86.8%415
    Biougraurban50,626+33.5%4,746
    Inchadenrural42,724+48.3%298
    Belfaârural36,774+32.8%160
    Massarural17,946+2.1%107
    Imi-Mqournrural10,365−3.6%46.3
    Sidi Ouassayrural10,050+10.6%116
    Ait Milkrural8,706−16.1%42
    Sidi Boushabrural8,386−11.6%48.6
    Sidi Abdallah El Bouchouarirural6,604−18.8%35.1
    Ait Bahaurban6,007+6.0%3,088
    Ait Ouadrimrural4,976−14.5%32.3
    Tassegdeltrural4,046−20.8%17.7
    Targua-Ntouchkarural3,371−30.9%20.9
    Ait Mzalrural3,305−13.4%34.4
    Aouguenzrural2,941−38.7%14.4
    Tanaltrural2,138−22.1%14.4
    Ida-Ougnidifrural2,095−2.5%9.5
    Hilalarural1,858−30.8%10.9
    Tizi Ntakouchtrural1,098−19.7%13.9
    Tizniturban86,595+15.9%1,265
    Reggadarural12,521−5.7%34.4
    Tnine Aglourural9,950−2.8%30.1
    Bounaamanerural8,932−13.4%47.2
    Arbaa Sahelrural8,820−17.6%38.9
    Anzirural6,199−19.1%55.5
    Tafraouturban6,124−3.5%93.5
    El Maader El Kabirrural6,009−12.7%22.9
    Tighmirural5,492−14.1%34.5
    Arbaa Rasmoukarural4,620−22.5%15.3
    Sidi Bouabdellirural4,610−19.9%42.8
    Ida Ou Gougmarrural4,250−26.6%37.7
    Ouijjanerural4,079−17.4%17.1
    Arbaa Ait Ahmedrural3,918−25.5%19.4
    Tizoughranerural3,725−21.9%16.4
    Ait Ouafqarural3,376−19.8%11.2
    Sidi Ahmed Ou Moussarural3,339−9.2%19.7
    Ammelnerural2,782−22.8%11.9
    Ait Issafenrural2,497−24.2%22.2
    Afella Ighirrural2,446−17.7%4.2
    Tafraout El Mouloudrural2,014−37.1%35.3
    Tarsouatrural2,001−15.8%9.9
    Tnine Adayrural1,696−10.9%27
    Irigh N'tahalarural1,417−10.2%12.4
    Tassrirtrural1,130−27.3%3.9
    Tataurban19,544+5.0%1,296
    Tissintrural8,797−6.8%3.4
    Foum Zguidurban8,660−3.6%7.1
    Allougoumrural8,251−2.0%1.8
    Kasbat Sidi Abdellah Ben M'barekrural6,840+10.4%19.4
    Adisrural6,468−0.7%11.6
    Akka-Ighanerural6,045−6.3%5.6
    Fam El Hisnurban5,908−7.0%2.1
    Akkaurban5,575−18.9%12.8
    Tamanarterural4,999−19.3%2.6
    Tagmoutrural4,300−6.1%9.4
    Tliterural4,166−3.7%3.8
    Tigzmerterural3,600−8.1%2.4
    Tizaghterural3,356−14.4%2.7
    Oum El Guerdanerural3,143−6.7%1.4
    Issafenrural3,031−12.4%6.2
    Ibn Yacoubrural2,530−13.3%3.6
    Aguinanerural2,396−14.5%5.3
    Ait Ouabellirural2,140−10.9%1.5
    Tizouninerural2,008−5.2%1.3

    In the data

    Code
    09
    As digits
    09
    Record
    /api/regions/09.json
    Communes
    /api/regions/09/communes/page/1.json
    Boundary
    /api/regions/09/boundary.geojson
    Census figures
    /api/regions/09/indicators.json
    Business and jobs
    /api/regions/09/economy.json
    Urban dwellings
    /api/regions/09/housing.json

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