Chiadma

Chiadma carpet, 18th century.

Chiadma is an Arabian tribe of the larger Maqil tribe. The tribe settled in Morocco between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. They are lolocated at the Atlantic coast in the region between Safi and Essaouira. Part of the tribe is integrated in the Arabian Doukkala tribe and settled north of the territory of Doukkala around the city of Azemmour.

The Chiadma celebrate every year a pilgrimage known as Regraga which lasts 40 days.

Demographics of Morocco

Religions	Islam Sunni Shia Christianity Orthodoxy Catholicism Protestantism Judaism

Ethnic groups	Arabized Berber Arab-Berber Arab Berber Jewish Roma (Gypsy)

Languages	Arabic Modern Standard Arabic Dialectal Hilalian Pre-Hilalian Maghrebi Arabic Berber Standard Moroccan Berber Atlas Zenatic

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