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COUNTRY FACTS: D'JIBOUTI
Name(official): Republic of Djibouti
Name(short): Djibouti
Capital City: Djibouti
Location: The horn of Africa. Eastern Africa, bordering the gulf of Aden and the Red Sea between Eritrea and Somalia.
Coordinate: 11 30 N, 43 00 E
Independence: (From France) June 27th; 1977
President: Ismail Omar GUELLEH(President),
Mohamed Dileita DILEITA(Prime Minister)
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 23 000sq.km.
Population: 486 530
People: Somali60%, Afar35%, FRench, Arabs, Ethiopians and Italians 5%.
Religion: Muslim94%, christian 6%.
Languages: French and Arabic (official), Somali, Afar.
Literacy: 76.9%total, 78%male, 58.4%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Djiboutian franc(DJF)
GDP(per capita): $1 000 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 0.04% (2005 est.)
Agriculture: Fruits, vegetables, goats, sheep, camel, animal hides.
Natural resources: Geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Republic of Djibouti,
Chancery: 5-18-10, Shimo-Meguro, Meguro-ku.
Post Code: 153-0064 Tel. 03-5704-0682
General Info:
International Phone Code: +253

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

  • Tourism:

MAJOR CITIES

Djibouti, Dikhil.

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

6 districts(cercles, singular -cercle) Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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