Djibouti (city)
Capital
Djibouti ( Djibouti French, Arabic جيبوتي, DMG Ǧībūtī ) is the capital of the African country of Djibouti. The port city is located at the entrance to the Gulf of Tadjoura, part of the Gulf of Aden, south of the Strait of Bab al Mandab -.
The city was founded in 1888 by the French. In 1892 it broke from Obock as the capital of French Somaliland. The original district Djibouti had an area of 630 km ². With the administrative reform of 7 July 2002, a new region, Arta, built from parts of the district Dikhil, but also the capital district gave territory to Arta from and shrank in area from 600 to 200 sq km, but closed the island of Musha and the entire archipelago with a.
Djibouti is the terminus of the railway line from Addis Ababa and free port for Ethiopia, which has no independent access to the sea.
As pronounced rural exodus lives a majority of the population of Djibouti in the capital. About half of the urban population lives in slums like Arhiba, where unemployment is high and widespread malnutrition.
The only seasonal water-bearing river Ambouli flows through the town and separates the older neighborhoods of the Balbala district. The international airport is the airport of Djibouti Djibouti Ambouli.
The Bundeswehr has in Djibouti a liaison and support group especially with forces of the Navy and the military police to support the German interests in EU NAVFOR Somalia ("Operation Atalanta " ) and formerly of Operation Enduring Freedom stationed. At times, also maritime patrol aircraft from the airport of Djibouti from be used.
By a bomb attack in Djibouti on 18 March 1987, 13 people were killed, including scientists from the research vessel Meteor.
Administrative boundaries of the city of Djibouti
Boroughs
The town consists of three communes, which further divided into six arrondissements. The arrondissements in turn consist of quarters.
- Ras Dika Sixth arrondissement ( arrondissement du plateau or plateau - marabout Heron Park ) (plateau, marabout, Heron Park, Serpent, Paid)
- First Arrondissement ( quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4)
- Second Arrondissement ( quarters 5, 6, 7, 7 bis, Arhiba and Stade )
- Third Arrondissement ( Ambouli )
- Fourth Arrondissement ( quartiers PK20, PK12 and Balbala 04 )
- Fifth Arrondissement ( quartiers Balabala 05, Hablayeh and Doraleh )
The third, situated in the west commune, immersed in a more recent (2013 ) publication under the name Balbala. Balbala was previously a refugee camp.
In the sixth arrondissement ( arrondissement du Plateau ), which was established in 2003 coincides with the commune Ras - Dika, including the Îles Moucha.