Arta (region)

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عرتا
Arta
Somalia Äthiopien Eritrea Jemen Arta (Region) Dschibuti (Stadt) Ali Sabieh (Region) Dikhil (Region) Obock (Region) Tadjoura (Region)location
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Basic data
Country Djibouti
Capital Arta
surface 1800 km²
Residents 42,380 (2009)
density 24 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 DJ-AR

Coordinates: 11 ° 31 '  N , 42 ° 47'  E

Map of the Arta region

The Arta region ( Arabic عرتا) is a region in southwestern Djibouti . The main town of the region is the city of the same name, Arta , another town is Loyada on the border with Somaliland / Somalia .

population

The region had exactly 42,380 inhabitants at the census on May 29, 2009. Of these, 11,043 were urban, 11,345 rural, 17,775 nomadic and 2,217 other.

history

The Arta region was under the law on decentralization and the status of the regions of 2002 from parts of the capital Djibouti City (400 km² in the south and west of today's urban area) and the then districts of Dikhil (1400 km² on the Gulf of Tadjoura with hinterland ), Tadjoura and Ali Sabieh . This step should officially serve the purpose of decentralization . The Afar opposition politician Ahmed Dini criticized, however, that the creation of the Arta region primarily served to strengthen the Issa - Somali ethnic group against the Afar.

Cities and villages

Arta region
City / village population
Arta 13.010
Oueah 3.167
Loyada 1.267
Chabelley 723
Ladies jog 600
Koussour 170

Before the establishment of the Arta region in 2002, only Koussour belonged to the Dikhil region, the other cities and towns listed in the table belonged to the capital district of Djibouti City.

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  1. ↑ http://www.ministere-finances.dj/Nouveau%20dossier%20(8)/SITE%20OFFICIEL%20DE%20LA%20REPUBLIQUE%20DE%20DJIBOUTI.mht Décret n ° 2010-0038 / PR / MEFPCP portant publication des Results of the 2nd Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat de 2009
  2. ↑ Amina Saïd Chiré: Recompositions politiques et territoriales, la decentralization en République de Djibouti: un processus avorté? In: Amina Saïd Chiré (ed.): Djibouti contemporain . 1st edition. Éditions Khartala, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-8111-0824-3 , pp. 110 (French).
  3. ↑ Interview with Ahmed Dini in Les Nouvelles d'Addis , June 18, 2002 (French)

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