Loyada

لويادا Loyada
Coordinates	11 ° 28 ′  N , 43 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 11 ° 28 ′  N , 43 ° 15 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Djibouti
region	Arta
height	10 m
Residents	1646 (2005)
Loyada in the far east of the Arta region

Loyada ( Arabic لويادا) is a small town in the easternmost part of the Arta region in Djibouti , on the border with the Awdal region in Somalia or the de facto independent Somaliland .

France and Great Britain drew the border between British Somaliland and French Djibouti in 1888 from Loyada in the north to Jaldessa in the south. The name of the place is derived from Afar Lē-ʿádu or Lē-ʿadó , which means something like "white fresh water" and was corrupted in Somali to Loowyaʿádde "with white calves". The French colonial authorities used the spelling Loyada , the standard Somali spelling is Lawya caddo .

In 1976 armed Somali independence fighters, supported by the Somali government, took control of a bus carrying children in Loyada and took them hostage to Somalia. They wanted to extort the independence of the French colony. Two of the children perished in this hostage-taking, which was ended by the French Foreign Legion and the Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale .

Loyada is the only official border crossing between Djibouti and Somaliland / Somalia. In late 1999 and in the course of 2000, Djibouti and Somaliland made the transition several times because of political differences. In 2002 relations improved under the new President of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale Kahin , and it was agreed to reopen the border in Loyada. The UNHCR has set up a reception center for Somali refugees in Loyada.

In 2002 Loyada was spun off from the capital region of Djibouti and became part of the newly established Arta region.

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