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Djibouti officially the Republic
of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Djibouti is
bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and
Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the
Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. On the other side of the Red Sea, on the
Arabian Peninsula, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the coast of Djibouti, is
Yemen. The capital of Djibouti is the city of Djibouti.
The history of Djibouti as recorded in
poetry and songs of its nomadic people, goes back thousands of years to
a time when Djiboutians traded hides and skins for the perfumes and
spices of ancient Egypt, India, and China. Through close contacts with
the Arabian peninsula for more than 1,000 years, the Somali and Afar
tribes in this region became among the first on the African continent to
accept Islam.
French interest developed in the nineteenth century when the area was
ruled by the sultan of Raheita, Tadjoura and Gobaad. The French
purchased the anchorage of Obock in 1862 and expanded it eventually to a
colony called French Somaliland with essentially the current boundaries.
In 1967 the area became the French overseas territory of the Afars and
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- Ali Sabieh
Region
- Arta
Region
- Dikhil
Region
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- Djibouti
- Obock
Region
- Tadjourah
Region
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