Doukkala

This article is about the natural region. For the administrative region, see Doukkala-Abda.

Doukkala
Natural region
The "Green Mountain", the only visible hill, east of the region
The "Green Mountain", the only visible hill, east of the region
Location of the Doukkala natural region in Morocco
Location of the Doukkala natural region in Morocco
CountryMorocco
A "tazota", typical old architecture only found in the region

Doukkala (Arabic: دكالة, romanized: Dukkālah) is a natural region of Morocco made of fertile plains and forests. Nowadays it is part of the Casablanca-Settat administrative region.[1]

It is a plain stretching from the Atlantic Ocean south of Sidi Rahal Chatai up to some 50 km further southward and the same distance eastward.

The main urban centers are Sidi Smail, Sidi Bennour, Had Ouled Frej, and Zemamra. Sidi Bennour is the fastest developing center of the four.

It is mainly an agricultural region, with few tourist attractions.

  1. ^ Shabeeny, El Hage Abd Salam; Jackson, James Grey (1820). Account of Timbuctoo and Housa; with Notes ...