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Districts in Djibouti : Ali Sabih, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura 

Djibouti is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the south east. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, on the Arabian Peninsula, is only 20 km from the coast of Djibouti.

Djibouti is a developing African country located on the shore of the Red Sea. It gained independence from France in 1977 and is governed by an elected president and parliament. Approximately two-thirds of its population of 650,000 reside in the capital, also called Djibouti (or Djibouti City). Modern tourist facilities and communications links are limited and are virtually non-existent outside the capital. Although there is no formal dress code, travelers should dress modestly in deference to local custom and culture, especially when visiting remote areas 

National Capital City: Djibouti


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Car Rental Djibouti

 Europcar - Djibouti Downtown and Djibouti Airport
Only new rental cars [ average age only 6 months ], All inclusive prices, 24 hours roadside assistance, 24/7 service most airports.

Hotels in Djibouti

 Sheraton Hotel in Djibouti City
 La Palmeraie in Dikhil
 La Palmeraie in Ali-Sabieh
 Corto Maltese in Tadjoura
 Hotel du Golfe in Tadjoura

Travel Agents / Tour Operator

 Itinérances 26, rue Botzaris - 75019 PARIS - Tél : 01 40 40 75 15
 Club Aventure 18, rue Seguier - 75006 PARIS - Tél : 01 44 32 69 44
 Aquareve 52, bd Sébastopol - 75003 PARIS - Tél : 01 48 87 55 78 (plongées sous-marine)
 Blue Lagon 9, rue de Maubeuge - 75009 PARIS - Tél : 01 42 82 95 40 (plongées sous-marine)



Travel Guides Djibouti / Related Books

 Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti - Lonely Planet Country Guide 
Frances Linzee Gordon
This guide explores the region's national parks, historical sites, tribal villages, modern cities and old monasteries. It contains practical advice for independent travellers, covering getting around and where to stay. It also offers details of the region's tribes and languages.
Paperback 496 pages (November 2000); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 086442292X
 Rebuilding Somaliland: Issues and Possibilities 
Paperback 402 pages (June 1, 2005); Publisher: Red Sea Press; Language: English; ISBN: 1569022291.

Transport / How do I travel to Djibouti

 Djibouti Airport - Ambouli Airport [ JIB , 5km south of the city of Djibouti

 Air Francc US 

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights - price comparison possible

 Daallo Airlines [D3] - local airline

 Djibouti - Ethiopian Railway - connection between Addis Abeba and Dire Dawa [ border ? ]

The only two means of public intercity travel are by bus and by ferry operating between Djibouti City and the towns of Tadjoureh and Obock.

The two main international routes to Djibouti City via Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, and Yoboki, Djibouti, are in poor condition due to heavy truck traffic on both roads.

 Map of Djibouti [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Bibliotheek - Map Collection ]


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 Travel Insurance

 Tourist Board Djibouti

 Government Djibouti

 City of Djibouti - Port on the Gulf of Tadjoura [ an inlet of the Gulf of Aden ]

 Al-Sabieh - Guestir - Holl-Holl
 Dikhil en region
 Maskali Island
 Musha Island,
 Obock en region - many salt-lakes around the districts coast.
 Tadjoura

 ADI - Agence Djiboutienne d'Information
 Aeroclub - Aéroport d'Ambouili
 Club des Cheminots
 Club Nautique
 Jeune Afrique - L'intelligent.com - Le devoir d'informer, la liberté d'écrire
News from different African zones: Politique & Economie, Société & Culture, Sports, Science & Santé
 La Nation.dj - Bi-hebdomadaire djiboutien d'informations générales
Actualités, Archives, Media Centre, Régionale, société, religion, sports, sciences.

 Lake Assal - Salt Mining - the lowest point in Africa at 155m below sea level
Lake Assal sits at the top of the Great Rift Valley in the Danakil Desert.. As there are no rivers flowing out of the lake, it is ten times saltier than the ocean and is the most saline body of water in the world. The Afar people of Sudan make their living by mining and trading this valuable commodity
 Lake Abbé

Cuisine - Djibouti Foods / Recipes

The Best of African Cooking 
By Manjase Banda (Author), Esanjam (Producer)
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Esanjam; 2 Revised edition (March 14, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0954682130; ISBN-13: 978-0954682132

 African Recipes

History of Djibouti

Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France)

Former French Territory of the Afars and Issas and before French Somaliland in the 'Horn of Africa'.

The area of Djibouti has been occupied by several tribes, currently the Afar and the Somali Isa. These tribes had regular trade contacts with the Arabs, and adopted Islam as their religion.
In the 19th century, France established a protectorate in the area, named French Somaliland, governed by Léonce Lagarde.

 Djibouti's History - Wikipedia
 Historical Dictionary of Djibouti 
Daoud A. Alwan, Yohanis Mibrathu
Established as a country a little more than a century ago, born as an independent republic in June 1977, Djibouti is among the youngest as well as the smallest states in Africa. Yet its strategic location at the crossroads of the maritime trade routes between Africa, Asia and Europe turned this tiny spot on the world map into a vital player in twentieth century geopolitics. This historical dictionary has been conceived not as a history book but as a reading grid for the major historical items that are still molding the country's social, political and economic life.
Hardcover 240 pages (December 28, 2000); Publisher: Scarecrow Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0810838737

Music, Culture & Entertainment

Djibouti is made up of two main ethnic groups: the Afar and the Issas, along with French, Yemeni, Arab and Somali citizens. Issa are culturally related to Somalis. Their oral traditions include an array of poetry and proverbs, much of it devoted to the lives of Sufi saints.

 Horn and Crescent: Cultural Change and Traditional Islam on the East African Coast, 800-1900 
Randall L. Pouwels
In this first major historical study of Islam among the Swahili, Randall Pouwels shows how Islam and other aspects of coastal civilization have evolved since about AD 1000 as an organic whole. Coastal Africans, he argues, simply adopted Islam as the spiritual vehicle best suited to their expanding intellectual needs and to meeting the opportunities presented by their physical and cultural environment. The culture and religion that developed were strong, rich, supple, self-assured. yet capable of accommodating change where it was unavoidable or preferable. All these characteristics were put to the test in the nineteenth century, when coastal peoples were subjected to intense Arabizing and Westernizing influences. Pouwels demonstrates how local people went on asserting their own traditions while assimilating what they chose from both worlds. East African Muslims, therefore faced the twentieth century divided on issues of local cultural autonomy and the need to conform to external cultural pressures.
Paperback 287 pages (June 6, 2002); Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0521523095
 Afar People
The Afar people live primarily in Ethiopia and the areas of Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somaliacan in the Horn of Africa. Their land is mainly rocky and desert terrain. The Afar people also live in the Awash Valley and the forests located in northern Djibouti. There are approximately 3 million people that make up the Afar culture.
 Among the Pastoral Afar in Ethiopia: Tradition, Continuity and Socio-economic Change 
Kassa Negussie Getachew
Paperback 208 pages (February 28, 2002); Publisher: International Books; Language: English; ISBN: 9057270390

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