Djibouti (city)

جيبوتي Djibouti
Djibouti
Coordinates	11 ° 36 '  N , 43 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 11 ° 36 '  N , 43 ° 9'  E
City center (city map)
Basic data
Country	Djibouti
Capital	City of Djibouti
height	5 m
surface	200 km²
Residents	475,322 (2009)
density	2,376.6  Ew. / km²
founding	1888

Djibouti ( French Djibouti ; Arabic جيبوتي, DMG Ǧībūtī ) is the capital of the African state of the same name, Djibouti . The port city is located at the entrance to the Gulf of Tadjoura , part of the Gulf of Aden , south of the Bab al-Mandab Strait .

The city was founded by the French in 1888. In 1892 it replaced Obock as the capital of French Somaliland . The original Djibouti district had an area of ​​630 km². With the administrative reform of July 7, 2002, a new region, Arta , was established from parts of the Dikhil district , but also the capital district gave up territory to Arta and shrank from 600 to 200 km², but closed the island of Musha and the entire archipelago with a.

Expansion of the urban area of ​​Djibouti before and after the administrative reform of July 7, 2002 (establishment of the Arta region )

Djibouti is the end point of the railway line from Addis Ababa and a free port for Ethiopia , which does not have its own access to the sea .

As a result of pronounced rural exodus , a large part of Djibouti's population lives in the capital. Around half of city dwellers live in slums like Arhiba , where the unemployment rate is high and malnutrition is widespread.

The Ambouli River, which is only seasonal, flows through the city, separating the older parts of the city from the Balbala district . The international airport of Djibouti is Djibouti-Ambouli Airport .

The Bundeswehr has stationed a liaison and support group in Djibouti , primarily with forces from the navy and military police, to support the German shares in EU NAVFOR Somalia (" Operation Atalanta ") and formerly Operation Enduring Freedom . At times, maritime patrols are also deployed from Djibouti's airport.

A bomb attack in Djibouti on March 18, 1987 killed 13 people, including scientists from the research vessel Meteor .

In a ranking of cities according to their quality of life, Djibouti ranked 190th out of 231 cities worldwide in 2018.

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  Mahamoud Harbi Square also serves as a bus station for intercity buses

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  Administrative boundaries of the city of Djibouti

City structure

The city consists of three communes , which are further divided into six arrondissements . The arrondissements in turn consist of quarters .

• Ras-Dika
  • Sixth Arrondissement ( Arrondissement du Plateau or Plateau-Marabout-Héron ) (Plateau, Marabout, Héron, Serpent, Paid)
• Boulaos
  • First arrondissement ( quartiers 1, 2, 3 and 4)
  • Second arrondissement ( quartiers 5, 6, 7, 7 bis, Arhiba and Stade)
  • Third Arrondissement (Ambouli)
• Hayableh
  • Fourth arrondissement ( quartiers PK20, Balbala 04 and PK12)
  • Fifth Arrondissement ( quartiers Balabala 05, Hablayeh and Doraleh)

The third commune , located in the west , appears in a more recent (2013) publication under the name Balbala . Balbala used to be a refugee camp.

The Îles Moucha also belong to the Sixth Arrondissement ( Arrondissement du Plateau ), which was established in 2003 and coincides with the commune Ras-Dika .

climate

Djibouti
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     10   29 22nd     19th   29 23     20th   30th 24     29   32 25th     17th   35 27     0   39 29     6th   42 31     6th   41 31     3   37 29     20th   33 26th     22nd   31 23     11   29 22nd Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Djibouti Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 28.7 29.0 30.2 32.0 34.9 39.0 41.7 41.2 37.2 33.1 30.8 29.3 O 34 Min. Temperature (° C) 21.5 22.5 23.8 25.3 27.0 29.3 31.1 30.6 28.9 25.6 23.1 21.6 O 25.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 10 19th 20th 29 17th 0 6th 6th 3 20th 22nd 11 Σ 163 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 7.9 7.7 8.5 9.1 10.2 9.5 8.4 8.9 9.3 9.6 9.5 8.8 O 9 Rainy days ( d ) 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 Σ 16 Water temperature (° C) 25th 25th 27 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 27 27 O 27.8 Humidity ( % ) 74 73 73 75 70 57 43 46 60 67 71 71 O 64.9 Source: wetterkontor.de

sons and daughters of the town

• Mohamed Barkat Abdillahi (* 1947), politician
• Ali Abdi Farah (* 1947), politician
• Ali Mohamed Daoud (* 1950), politician
• Abdourahman Waberi (* 1965), writer

Web links

Commons : Djibouti (city)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Djibouti  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• City outline map with five arrondissements and Ras Dikka
• City map with some quartiers
• City structure map with some quarters
• Official website of the University of Djibouti (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Djibouti: Rags despite riches , in: IRIN News, July 5, 2005
2. ↑ Djibouti: High malnutrition rates in slums “alarming” , in: IRIN News, February 17, 2009
3. ↑ Joint use of the support forces of OEF and Operation Atalanta: Application for the participation of German armed forces in the EU Operation Atalanta, Bundestag printed paper 16/11337 of December 10, 2008 (PDF, 72 kB)
4. ↑ "Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF)" on the homepage of the German Navy; Accessed December 31, 2008
5. ↑ "The Operation Enduring Freedom" on the homepage of the Bundeswehr; Accessed December 31, 2008
6. ↑ "First foreign deployment of a P-3C ORION in Africa ended" on the homepage of the German Navy; Accessed December 31, 2008
7. ↑ In their memory, the Annette Barthelt Foundation , founded by the bereaved, has been awarding the “Annette Barthelt Prize for Marine Research” once a year.
8. ↑ Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Rankings. Retrieved August 18, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Projet de loi portant sur le statut de la Ville de Djibouti , Article 2
10. ↑ Région Djibouti ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Result of the elections legislative du 22 February 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.