Holhol
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حلحول Holhol |
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| Coordinates | 11 ° 19 ′ N , 42 ° 56 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Djibouti | ||
| Ali Sabieh | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | DJ-AS | ||
| height | 470 m | ||
| Residents | 5501 | ||
 Railway bridge at Holhol (1898)
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Holhol ( Arabic حلحول, also: Hol Hol , Holl-Holl ) is the second largest city in the Ali Sabieh region in Djibouti with around 5500 inhabitants . It lies on the railway line from Addis Ababa to Djibouti City .
At Holhol there was a refugee camp until 2006, in which mainly people from Somalia lived. In June 2006 the camp was closed and the approximately 2,500 remaining refugees were relocated to Ali Adde .
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- Laura Bisaillon: Living in Limbo. A Profile of Djibouti's Somali Refugee Women , in: African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD): Conflict Trends 2004/1 (English)
- UNHCR : Global Report 2006 - East and Horn of Africa Subregional Overview