Arta, Djibouti

Region

Arta (Arabic أرتا, Artà DMG ) is a place in Djibouti with about 6,200 inhabitants and capital of the same region of Arta.

The place is located at about 750 meters altitude in Ougoul massif overlooking the Gulf of Tadjoura. Under French colonial rule a new housing estate was built in 1946. Because of the usually dry and relatively cool weather Arta served as a summer residence for French military personnel. Today, several members of the elite Djibouti have a second home in Arta.

Formulated in 1963 representatives of the two communities in Djibouti - the Afar and Issa - the "Declaration of Arta " in which they professed to hold together under the protection of France. Thus they spoke out against the influence of the largest independent neighboring countries Ethiopia and Somalia and against the connection to one of these countries. However, especially the Issa increasingly sought after incorporation into a Greater Somalia and translated in 1977 the independence of Djibouti from France by.

In 2000, peace talks between the warring parties of the civil war in Somalia were held in Arta, as the result of the transitional government of Somalia was formed.

Swell

• Location in Djibouti
• Place in Africa