Doukkala-Abda ( (Ǧihâtu Dukkālâ - ʿAbdâ)) was formerly one of the sixteen
regions of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
from 1997 to 2015. It is situated in west-central Morocco. It covered an area of 13,285 km² and had a population of 2,173,090 (2014 census).
The capital is
Safi.
Administrative divisions
The region is made up into the following 4 provinces :
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El Jadida Province2
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Sidi Bennour Province
Sidi Bennour Province () is a province of Morocco in the Casablanca-Settat
Casablanca-Settat ( ar, الدار البيضاء - سطات, ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ - siṭṭāt; ber, ⴰⵏⴼⴰ - ⵙⵟⵟⴰⵜ, anfa - sṭṭat) is one of the ...
1, 2
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Safi Province3
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Youssoufia Province
Youssoufia Province () is a province of Morocco in the Marrakesh-Safi
Marrakesh-Safi or Marrakech-Asfi ( ar, مراكش آسفي, murrākuš āsafi; ( ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⴰⵙⴼⵉ, mṙṙakš asfi) is one of the ten Regions of Morocco. ...
1, 3
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1 - The provinces of Sidi Bennour and Youssoufia were both created in 2009: Sidi Bennour by splitting El Jadida, and Youssoufia by splitting Safi.
2 - The provinces of El Jadida and Sidi Bennour correspond to the historic region of Doukkala; now part of the
Casablanca-Settat
Casablanca-Settat ( ar, الدار البيضاء - سطات, ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ - siṭṭāt; ber, ⴰⵏⴼⴰ - ⵙⵟⵟⴰⵜ, anfa - sṭṭat) is one of the twelve administrative regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 20,166 km² ...
Region as of September 2015.
3 - The provinces of Safi and Youssoufia correspond approximately to the historic region of Abda; now part of the
Marrakesh-Safi
Marrakesh-Safi or Marrakech-Asfi ( ar, مراكش آسفي, murrākuš āsafi; ( ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⴰⵙⴼⵉ, mṙṙakš asfi) is one of the ten Regions of Morocco. Region as of September 2015.
Cities
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Jdida
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Sidi Bennour
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Azemour
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Bir Jdid
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Zmamra
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Ouled Frej
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Karia
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Moulay Abdallah
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Oualidia
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Laaounate
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Sidi Smaïl
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Oulad Ghadbane
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Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche
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Sebt Lamaarif
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Oulad Amrane
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Sidi Bouzid
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Asfi
Safi or Asfi ( ar, آسفي, ʾāsafī; ber, ⴰⵙⴼⵉ, asfi) is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of Asfi Province. It recorded a population of 308,508 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The city was occupied by ...
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Youssoufia
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Echemaia
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Jmaat Shaim
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Sebt Gzoula
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Sidi Ahmed
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Laakarta
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Bouguedra
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Ighoud
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Ahrara
Features of the region
File:Doukkala-Abda, composition tribale.PNG, Tribal composition of the Doukkala-Abda region
File:Local de la région Doukkala Abda.jpg, Doukkala-Abda region headquarters in Safi
References
Former regions of Morocco
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