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Djibouti is a country located in the Horn of Africa.
Republic of Djibouti is a country in the Horn of Africa.
This article is about the demographics of Djibouti, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Djibouti is a multiethnic country.
Djibouti is a multilingual nation.
There is 6 administrative regions in Djibouti.
The right to own property is respected in Djibouti.
While there have been open elections of union leaders, the Government of Djibouti is working with the ILO to hold new elections.
Djibouti is mostly barren, with little development in the agricultural and industrial sectors.
As such, Djibouti ’ s economy is dominated by the services sector, providing services as both a transit port for the region and as an international transshipment and refuelling centre.
Despite the recent modest and stable growth, Djibouti is faced with many economic challenges, particularly job creation and poverty reduction.
There is very limited information for Djibouti ’ s current account ; the country ’ s merchandise trade deficit was estimated at US $ 737 million in 2004.
This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Djibouti at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund with figures in millions of Djiboutian francs.
Ambouli Airport, about 6 km from the city of Djibouti, is the country ’ s international air terminal.
The military of Djibouti is officially referred to as the Djibouti Armed Forces ( Forces Armees Djiboutiennes, FAD ).
Djibouti is greatly affected by events in Somalia and Ethiopia, and therefore relations are important and, at times, very delicate.
Though Djibouti is nominally neutral, it broke off relations with Eritrea in November 1998, renewing relations in 2000.
The railroad is tied to the Port of Djibouti, which provides port facilities and trade ties to landlocked Ethiopia.
Djibouti is a member of La Francophonie ( since 1977 ), the Arab League, as well as the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development ( IGAD ).
Djibouti is also a member of the International Criminal Court with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US-military ( as covered under Article 98 ).
With 33. 7 % salinity, it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, though Lake Assal ( Djibouti ), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica ( such as Don Juan Pond ) have reported higher salinities.
Together with northern Somalia, Djibouti, and the Red Sea coast of Sudan, Eritrea is considered the most likely location of the land known to the ancient Egyptians as Punt ( or " Ta Netjeru ," meaning god's land ), whose first mention dates to the 25th century BC.
Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea, on the west and northwest by Sudan, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the southeast by Djibouti.

Djibouti and capital
Around the 12th century AD, the Sultanate of Ifat was established in Djibouti and northern Somalia, eastern Ethiopia with its capital at Zeila in northern Somalia.
The city of Djibouti, which had a harbor with good access that attracted trade caravans crossing East Africa, became the new administrative capital.
In 2002, Djibouti agreed to host a U. S. military presence at Camp Lemonnier, a former French Foreign Legion base outside the capital that now houses approximately 3, 500 American personnel.
* May 2: Emperor Haile Selassie leaves the capital city of Addis Ababa for Djibouti, whence he travels to Europe to personally address the League.
* Djibouti ( city ), the capital of Djibouti
Djibouti City is the capital and largest city of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
It contains Djibouti's capital, Djibouti City.
* May 9-Completion of the 784 km-long railway line linking the port of Djibouti in French Somaliland to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
* Arta, Djibouti, capital city of Arta Region
Tadjoura (;, tağūrrah, tuğūrrah ) is the oldest town in Djibouti and the capital of the Tadjourah region.

Djibouti and city
In 1894, he established a permanent French administration in the city of Djibouti and named the region Côte française des Somalis ( French Somaliland ), a name which continued until 1967.
Car ferries ply the Gulf of Tadjoura from Djibouti city to Tadjou.
By September 1977, Somalia controlled 90 % of the Ogaden and captured strategic cities such as Jijiga and put heavy pressure on Dire Dawa, threatening the train route from the latter city to Djibouti.
Dileita was born in 1958 in the coastal eastern city of Tadjoura, Djibouti, to an Afar family.
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By September 1977, Somalia controlled 90 % of the Ogaden and captured strategic cities such as Jijiga and put heavy pressure on Dire Dawa, threatening the train route from the latter city to Djibouti.
Although Marcus states that " What actually happened will not be known until information from the French archives becomes available ," Fitawrari (" Commander of the Vanguard ") Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam, a fervent reformer and a onetime friend of Iyasu, states in his recently published autobiography that the Djibouti trip was something of a vacation for Lij Iyasu, and that he spent much of his time consorting with Muslim notables in the city and consuming large amounts of qat as well as completely depleting the funds of the Ethiopian mission in the French colony.
In 1894, Léonce Lagarde established a permanent French administration in the city of Djibouti and named the region Côte française des Somalis ( French Somaliland ), a name which continued until 1967.
The city is almost surrounded by hills and has considerable water resources, the latter of which makes it a prime destination for peoples from other parts of generally arid Somalia as well as from neighboring countries such as Djibouti and Ethiopia.
Category: People from Djibouti ( city )
Lagarde founded the port city of Djibouti in 1888 and moved his administration there from the city of Obock.
Category: People from Djibouti ( city )
With a population of under 9, 000 inhabitants, the city has a functional airstrip and offers regular ferry services to Djibouti City.
Djibouti City has the status of both a city and a state.
The French subsequently founded Djibouti city in 1888, with the area at the time uninhabited.

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