Tadjoura

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تاجورة
Tadjoura
Tadjoura (Djibouti)
Red pog.svg
Coordinates 11 ° 47 '  N , 42 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 11 ° 47 '  N , 42 ° 53'  E
Basic data
Country Djibouti

region

Tadjoura
ISO 3166-2 DJ-TA
height 10 m
Residents 22,000 (2007)

Tadjoura ( Arabic تاجورة, also written Tadjourah or Tajura ; Arabic تجورة Tajūrra , DMG Taǧūrra ; Somali Tajuura ; Afar Tagórri ) is a city in Djibouti with about 22,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Gulf of Tadjoura and is the capital of the Tadjoura region .

Origin of name

The local name Tagórri is derived from the Afar word tágor or tógor for "water container made of goatskin ". * tagór-li means something like “has goatskin containers for fetching water” and thus refers to a “water-rich place”.

history

Tadjoura waterfront

Tadjoura is the oldest city in Djibouti. Tadjoura was the capital of one of the four Afar Sultanates (Tadjoura, Raheita , Awsa and Goba'ad ), which emerged from the Adal Sultanate , and as a port for goods from Shewa and Awsa ( Ethiopia ). Every year in September a big bazaar started in the city. The trade with the Afar depression was mainly carried out by women who brought their goods to Tadjoura on camels, while the men stayed at home, as tribal feuds were not uncommon. In the middle of the 19th century the city was an important slave trading center ( see also : East African slave trade ). Another important commodity was ivory, brought in from Aliu Amba by caravans . After the French colonization, the slave trade was banned by decree of October 26, 1889 and from then on only existed covertly and on a much smaller scale. After the opening of the railway line from Dire Dawa to Djibouti City , Tadjoura continued to lose importance.

sons and daughters of the town

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  1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2007)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  2. ↑ Didier Morin: Tadjoura , in: Dictionnaire historique afar (1288-1982) , France 2004, ISBN 2-84586-492-2 (p. 250)
  3. ^ Richard RK Pankhurst: Economic History of Ethiopia , Addis Abeba: Haile Selassie University Press, 1968

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