title: Doukkala-Abda
text: # Doukkala-Abda
  
  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). The capital is Safi.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  The region is made up into the following 4 provinces :
  
  * El Jadida $Province^2$
  * Sidi Bennour $Province^{1,}$ $^2$
  * Safi $Province^3$
  * 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.
  
  ## Cities
  
  * Jdida
  * Sidi Bennour
  * Azemour
  * Bir Jdid
  * Zmamra
  * Oulad Frej
  * Karia
  * Moulay Abdallah
  * Oualidia
  * Laaounate
  * Sidi Smail
  * Oulad Ghadbane
  * Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche
  * Sebt Lamaarif
  * Oulad Amrane
  * Sidi Bouzid
  * Asfi
  * Youssoufia
  * Echemaia
  * Jmaat Shaim
  * Sebt Gzoula
  * Sidi Ahmed
  * Laakarta
  * Bouguedra
  * Ighoud
  * Ahrara
  
  ## Features of the region
  
  * Tribal composition of the Doukkala-Abda region
  * Doukkala-Abda region headquarters in Safi
  