Obock

Region

Obock (also Obok or Ubuk written Arabic أوبوك Awbūk, Aubūk DMG ) is a small port city on the Gulf of Tadjoura Djibouti in the north and capital of Obock region. It has an estimated 7600 inhabitants.

The original name of the place is denominated in Afar Hayyu or Hayyu ( " full" ) and refers to the formerly existing mangroves that ensured the survival of camels in times of drought. 1862 France acquired Obock of local sultans of Afar to build a Bekohlungsstation for ships in the place. Thus, the colonization of present-day Djibouti began.

The French took over the term used by Arab sailors Oboh, which is derived from 'As Ōbóki, a name for the middle portion of the Oued Dár'i. Obock was first capital of the Territoire d' Obock, but since the water supply was difficult at this place, the colonial administration made ​​1881 to Djibouti City at their new center.

Among philatelists Obock for the stamps is known to have been issued at the time of the Territoire d' Obock.

The town has an airport and ferry routes to Djibouti City. However, he remains isolated from the rest of Djibouti. In the civil war in the early 1990s, the center was damaged by Obock.

Swell

• Daoud Aboubaker Alwan, Yohanis Mibrathu: Obock, in: Historical Dictionary of Djibouti, Scarecrow Press 2000, ISBN 978-0810838734
• Didier Morin: Hayyu, in: Dictionnaire historique afar (1288-1982), Karthala Editions 2004, ISBN 9782845864924 (p. 191f. )

• Location in Djibouti
• Place in Africa