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Doukkala or Idukalen (Arabic: دكالة, Berber: ''idukalen'', ⵉⴷⵓⴽⴰⵍⴻⵏ) is a natural region of Morocco made of fertile plains and forests. It is now part of the province of El Jadida and in the Abda-Doukkala administrative region. It is a plain stretching from the Atlantic Ocean south of Oum Er-Rbia River 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 Khemis Zemamra. Sidi Bennour is the fastest developing center of the four. It is mainly an agricultural region, with few tourist attractions. == History == The name is derived from the Berber ''adu'' (under) and ''akal'' (land), thus meaning "low land", i.e. 'the plain'. Historically, "Doukkala" (''idukalen'') referred to a Berber tribe which occupied the territory from Anfa (Casablanca) to Asfi. They revolted against Almohad kings in the 12th century. About 1160, the Almohad ruler Abd al-Mu'min settled Arab bedouin tribes there, a coalition of whom he had defeated earlier in Tunisia.〔''Guide bleu Hachette du Maroc'', 1978 ed., p. 302.〕 At the end of the French protectorate (ca 1950), there lived in Doukkala 372,269 Muslims, 2,680 Europeans and 3,933 Jews. 〔''Guide bleu Hachette du Maroc'', 7th ed., 1950, p. 178.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doukkala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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