Arta (Djibouti)
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أرتا Arta |
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| Coordinates | 11 ° 31 ' N , 42 ° 47' E | ||
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| Country | Djibouti | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | DJ-AR | ||
| height | 716 m | ||
| surface | 750 km² | ||
| Residents | 6200 (2007) | ||
| density | 8.3 Ew. / km² | ||
Arta ( Arabic أرتا, DMG Artā ) is a place in Djibouti with around 6,200 inhabitants and the capital of the Arta region of the same name .
The place is located at an altitude of around 750 meters in the Ougoul massif above the Gulf of Tadjoura . A new building area was built under French colonial rule in 1946. Because of the mostly dry and comparatively cool weather, Arta served as a summer residence for French military personnel. Today, many members of Djibouti's elite have a second home in Arta.
In 1963 representatives of the two ethnic groups of Djibouti - the Afar and the Issa - formulated the "Declaration of Arta", in which they declared themselves to be united under the protection of France. They spoke out against the influence of the large independent neighboring countries Ethiopia and Somalia and against the connection to one of these countries. However, the Issa in particular increasingly strove to be integrated into a Greater Somalia and in 1977 they achieved Djibouti's independence from France.
In 2000 peace negotiations between different warring parties in the civil war in Somalia took place in Arta , as a result of which Somalia's interim government was formed.
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- ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2007)
- ↑ Daoud Aboubaker Alwan, Yohanis Mibrathu: Arta , in: Historical Dictionary of Djibouti , Scarecrow Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-8108-3873-4
- ^ Virginia Thompson, Richard Adloff: Djibouti and the Horn of Africa , Stanford University Press 1968, ISBN 978-0-8047-0650-6 , (pp. 81, 84)
- ↑ Somali Peace Conference in Arta ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Somali)
