Ambouli

Ambouli أمبولي Ambouli
Coordinates	11 ° 35 '  N , 43 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 11 ° 35 '  N , 43 ° 7'  E
Basic data
Country	Djibouti
Capital	City of Djibouti

Ambouli ( Arabic أمبولي) is a city in eastern Djibouti .

geography

The city is located in the Djibouti region as the south-eastern suburb of the capital Djibouti. To the west the place is bounded by a large open space (park) of the same name, the most important street is Aerport Road . Djibouti Airport (Djibouti – Ambouli International Airport) has been in the local area since 1948 . More recently, Camp Lemonnier has also been built south of the airport . The Wadi Ambouli Oued of the same name runs to the northwest and flows west of Djibouti Port (ميناء جيبوتي) into the Gulf of Tadjoura .

history

OGS Crawford identifies the place with "Canbala", a place that is entered on Muhammad al-Idrisi's map of 1192 on the coast of the Horn of Africa . In this map it is located southeast of the Bab al-Mandab Strait . Another identification is "Cambaleh", a city where the Venetian traveler Bragadino is said to have lived for eight years in the 13th century.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ambouli at geonames.org.
2. ^ OGS Crawford: Some Medieval Theories about the Nile. In: Geographical Journal. 1949, 114: p. 8

Web links

• Ambouli, Djibouti