Doukkala-Abda

Doukkala-Abda دكالة عبدة
Region
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 32°17′N 9°14′W / 32.283°N 9.233°WCoordinates: 32°17′N 9°14′W / 32.283°N 9.233°W
Country	Morocco
Capital	Safi
Area
• Total	13,285 km^2 (5,129 sq mi)
Population (2014 census)
• Total	2,183,090
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)

Doukkala-Abda (Arabic: دكالة عبدة‎‎ (Ǧihâtu Dukkālâ - ʿAbdâ)) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco 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).^[1] The capital is Safi.

Administrative divisions

The region is made up into the following 4 provinces :

• El Jadida Province²
• Sidi Bennour Province^{1, 2}
• Safi Province³
• Youssoufia Province^{1, 3}

Notes

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 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 Region as of September 2015.

Features of the region

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  Tribal composition of the Doukkala-Abda region

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  Modern building at Sidi Bennour, now the biggest municipality of the area

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  Doukkala-Abda region headquarters in Safi

References

1. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.