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| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of Djibouti. We have nine pages of interesting Djibouti facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .Djibouti. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
| Area |
total: 23,000 sq km land: 22,980 sq km water: 20 sq km |
| Climate |
desert; torrid, dry |
| Population |
496,374 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar |
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CIA World Factbook Description of Djibouti |
| The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government. In 1999, Djibouti's first multi-party presidential elections resulted in the election of Ismail Omar GUELLEH; he was re-elected to a second and final term in 2005. Djibouti occupies a strategic geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea and serves as an important transshipment location for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands. The present leadership favors close ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country, but is also developing stronger ties with the US. Djibouti hosts the only US military base in sub-Saharan Africa and is a front-line state in the global war on terrorism. |
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