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<\/a>In antiquity, the territory together with Somaliland was part of the Land of Punt<\/a>. Nearby Zeila<\/a>, now in Somaliland, was the seat of the medieval Adal<\/a> and Ifat Sultanates<\/a>. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland<\/a> was established following treaties signed by the ruling Somali and Afar sultans with the French and its railroad<\/a> to Dire Dawa<\/a> (and later Addis Ababa<\/a>) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden<\/a>. It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas<\/a> in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city. The sovereign state joined the United Nations the same year, on 20 September 1977. In the early 1990s, tensions over government representation led to armed conflict<\/a>, which ended in a power-sharing agreement in 2000 between the ruling party and the opposition.<\/p>\n Djibouti is a multi-ethnic nation with a population of over 1,007,457 inhabitants (the smallest in mainland Africa). French and Arabic are the country’s two official languages. About 94% of residents adhere to Islam, which is the official religion and has been predominant in the region for more than a thousand years. The Somali (Issa clan<\/a>) and Afar make up the two largest ethnic groups. Both speak the Cushitic<\/a> branch of the Afroasiatic languages<\/a>.<\/p>\n Djibouti is strategically located near some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, controlling access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. It serves as a key refuelling and transshipment center, and is the principal maritime port for imports from and exports to neighboring Ethiopia. A burgeoning commercial hub, the nation is the site of various foreign military bases, including Camp Lemonnier<\/a>. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)<\/a> regional body also has its headquarters in Djibouti City.<\/p>\n Djibouti is officially known as the Republic of Djibouti. In local languages it is known as Yibuuti (in Afar), \u062c\u064a\u0628\u0648\u062a\u064a, J\u012bb\u016bt\u012b (in Arabic), and Jabuuti (in Somali).<\/p>\n The name of the country is derived from the city of Djibouti<\/a>, the country’s eponymous capital. The etymology of the city of Djibouti is disputed. Several theories and legends exist regarding its origin, varying based on ethnicity. One theory derives it from the Afar word gabouti, meaning “plate”, possibly referring to the geographical features of the area. Another connects it to gabood, meaning “upland\/plateau”.<\/p>\n From 1862 until 1894, the land to the north of the Gulf of Tadjoura was called “Obock<\/a>“. Under French administration, from 1883 to 1967 the area was known as French Somaliland (French: C\u00f4te fran\u00e7aise des Somalis), and from 1967 to 1977 as the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (French: Territoire fran\u00e7ais des Afars et des Issas).<\/p>\n Djibouti area has been inhabited since the Neolithic<\/a>. According to linguists, the first Afroasiatic-speaking populations arrived in the region during this period from the family’s proposed urheimat<\/a> (“original homeland”) in the Nile Valley<\/a>, or the Near East<\/a>. Other scholars propose that the Afroasiatic family developed in situ in the Horn, with its speakers subsequently dispersing from there.<\/p>\n Pottery predating the mid-2nd millennium has been found at Asa Koma<\/a>, an inland lake area on the Gobaad Plain. The site’s ware is characterized by punctate and incision geometric designs, which bear a similarity to the Sabir culture phase 1 ceramics from Ma’layba in Southern Arabia.<\/p>\n Long-horned humpless cattle bones have likewise been discovered at Asa Koma, suggesting that domesticated cattle were present by around 3,500 years ago. Rock art of what appear to be antelopes and a giraffe are also found at Dorra<\/a> and Balho<\/a>. Handoga<\/a>, dated to the fourth millennium BP, has in turn yielded obsidian microliths and plain ceramics used by early nomadic pastoralists with domesticated cattle.<\/p>\n Together with northern Somalia, Eritrea and the Red Sea coast of Sudan<\/a>, Djibouti is considered the most likely location of the territory known to the Ancient Egyptians as Punt<\/a> (or Ta Netjeru, meaning “God’s Land”).<\/p>\n The first mention of the Land of Punt dates to the 25th century BC. The Puntites were a nation of people who had close relations with Ancient Egypt during the reign of the 5th dynasty Pharaoh Sahure<\/a> and the 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut<\/a>. According to the temple murals at Deir el-Bahari<\/a>, the Land of Punt was ruled at that time by King Parahu and Queen Ati.<\/p>\n Through close contacts with the adjacent Arabian Peninsula for more than 1,000 years, the Somali and Afar ethnic groups in the region became among the first populations on the continent to embrace Islam.<\/p>\n The Ifat Sultanate<\/a> was a Muslim medieval kingdom in the Horn of Africa. Founded in 1285 by the Walashma<\/a> dynasty, it was centered in Zeila. Ifat established bases in Djibouti and northern Somalia, and from there expanded southward to the Ahmar Mountains<\/a>. Its Sultan Umar Walashma (or his son Ali, according to another source) is recorded as having conquered the Sultanate of Shewa<\/a> in 1285. Taddesse Tamrat explains Sultan Umar’s military expedition as an effort to consolidate the Muslim territories in the Horn, in much the same way as Emperor Yekuno Amlak<\/a> was attempting to unite the Christian territories in the highlands during the same period. These two states inevitably came into conflict over Shewa and territories further south. A lengthy war ensued, but the Muslim sultanates of the time were not strongly unified. Ifat was finally defeated by Emperor Amda Seyon I<\/a> of Ethiopia in 1332, and withdrew from Shewa.<\/p>\n Islam was introduced to the area early on from the Arabian peninsula, shortly after the hijra<\/a>. Zeila’s two-mihrab<\/a> Masjid al-Qiblatayn<\/a> dates to the 7th century, and is the oldest mosque in the city. In the late 9th century, Al-Yaqubi<\/a> wrote that Muslims were living along the northern Horn seaboard. He also mentioned that the Adal kingdom had its capital in Zeila, a port city in the northwestern Awdal<\/a> region abutting Djibouti.<\/p>\n This suggests that the Adal Sultanate with Zeila as its headquarters dates back to at least the 9th or 10th century. According to I.M. Lewis, the polity was governed by local dynasties consisting of Afarized Arabs or Arabized Somalis, who also ruled over the similarly-established Sultanate of Mogadishu<\/a> in the Benadir<\/a> region to the south. Adal’s history from this founding period forth would be characterized by a succession of battles with neighboring Abyssinia<\/a>. At its height, the Adal kingdom controlled large parts of modern-day Djibouti, Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Between Djibouti City and Loyada<\/a> are a number of anthropomorphic and phallic stelae<\/a>. The structures are associated with graves of rectangular shape flanked by vertical slabs, as also found in Tiya<\/a>, central Ethiopia. The Djibouti-Loyada stelae are of uncertain age, and some of them are adorned with a T-shaped symbol. Additionally, archaeological excavations at Tiya have yielded tombs. As of 1997, 118 stelae were reported in the area. Along with the stelae in the Hadiya Zone<\/a>, the structures are identified by local residents as Yegragn Dingay or “Gran’s stone”, in reference to Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Ahmad “Gurey” or “Gran”), ruler of the Adal Sultanate<\/a>.<\/p>\n Governor Abou Baker ordered the Egyptian garrison at Sagallo<\/a> to retire to Zeila. The cruiser Seignelay reached Sagallo shortly after the Egyptians had departed. French troops occupied the fort despite protests from the British Agent in Aden<\/a>, Major Frederick Mercer Hunter, who dispatched troops to safeguard British and Egyptian interests in Zeila and prevent further extension of French influence in that direction.<\/p>\n On 14 April 1884 the Commander of the patrol sloop L’Inferent reported on the Egyptian occupation in the Gulf of Tadjoura. The Commander of the patrol sloop Le Vaudreuil reported that the Egyptians were occupying the interior between Obock<\/a> and Tadjoura<\/a>. Emperor Yohannes IV<\/a> of Ethiopia signed an accord with Great Britain to cease fighting the Egyptians and to allow the evacuation of Egyptian forces from Ethiopia and the Somalia littoral. The Egyptian garrison was withdrawn from Tadjoura. L\u00e9once Lagarde deployed a patrol sloop to Tadjoura the following night.<\/p>\n From 1862 until 1894, the land to the north of the Gulf of Tadjoura<\/a> was called Obock and was ruled by Somali and Afar Sultans, local authorities with whom France signed various treaties between 1883 and 1887 to first gain a foothold in the region. In 1894, L\u00e9once Lagarde<\/a> established a permanent French administration in the city of Djibouti and named the region French Somaliland. It lasted from 1896 until 1967, when it was renamed the Territoire Fran\u00e7ais des Afars et des Issas (TFAI) (“French Territory of the Afars and the Issas”).<\/p>\n In 1958, on the eve of neighboring Somalia’s independence in 1960, a referendum<\/a> was held in Djibouti to decide whether to remain with France or to join the Somali Republic. The referendum turned out in favor of a continued association with France, partly due to a combined yes vote by the sizable Afar ethnic group and resident Europeans. There were also allegations of widespread vote rigging. The majority of those who had voted no were Somalis who were strongly in favor of joining a united Somalia as had been proposed by Mahmoud Harbi<\/a>, Vice President of the Government Council. Harbi was killed in a plane crash two years later.<\/p>\n In 1967, a second plebiscite<\/a> was held to determine the fate of the territory. Initial results supported a continued but looser relationship with France.<\/p>\n Voting was also divided along ethnic lines, with the resident Somalis generally voting for independence, with the goal of eventual union with Somalia, and the Afars largely opting to remain associated with France. The referendum was again marred by reports of vote rigging on the part of the French authorities. In 1976, members of the Front de Lib\u00e9ration de la C\u00f4te des Somalis<\/a> also clashed with the Gendarmerie Nationale Intervention Group over a bus hijacking en route to Loyada. Shortly after the plebiscite was held, the former C\u00f4te fran\u00e7aise des Somalis (French Somaliland) was renamed to Territoire fran\u00e7ais des Afars et des Issas.<\/p>\n In 1977, a third referendum<\/a> took place. A landslide 98.8% of the electorate supported disengagement from France, officially marking Djibouti’s independence. Hassan Gouled Aptidon<\/a>, a Somali politician who had campaigned for a yes vote in the referendum of 1958, became the nation’s first president (1977\u20131999).<\/p>\n During its first year, Djibouti joined the Organization of African Unity<\/a> (now the African Union), the Arab League<\/a> and United Nations. In 1986, the nascent republic was also among the founding members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development regional development organization.<\/p>\n In the early 1990s, tensions over government representation led to armed conflict between Djibouti’s ruling People’s Rally for Progress (PRP)<\/a> party and the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD)<\/a> opposition group. The impasse ended in a power-sharing agreement in 2000.<\/p>\n Djibouti is situated in the Horn of Africa<\/a> on the Gulf of Aden<\/a> and the Bab-el-Mandeb<\/a>, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea<\/a>. It is here in Djibouti that the rift between the African Plate<\/a> and the Somali Plate<\/a> meet the Arabian Plate<\/a>, forming a geologic tripoint. The tectonic interaction at this tripoint has created the lowest elevation of any place in Africa, and indeed, the second lowest depression on dry land found anywhere on earth (surpassed only by the depression along the border of Jordan<\/a> and Israel<\/a>).<\/p>\n The country’s coastline stretches 314 kilometres (195 miles), with terrain consisting mainly of plateau, plains and highlands. Djibouti has a total area of 23,200 square kilometres (9,000 sq mi). Its borders extend 575 km (357 mi), 125 km (78 mi) of which are shared with Eritrea<\/a>, 390 km (242 mi) with Ethiopia<\/a>, and 60 km (37 mi) with the disputed territory of Somaliland<\/a>, which is claimed by Somalia<\/a>. Djibouti is the southernmost country on the Arabian Plate.<\/p>\n Djibouti has eight mountain ranges with peaks of over 1,000 metres (3,300 feet). The Mousa Ali<\/a> range is considered the country’s highest mountain range, with the tallest peak on the border with Ethiopia and Eritrea. It has an elevation of 2,028 metres (6,654 feet). The Grand Bara<\/a> desert covers parts of southern Djibouti in the Arta, Ali Sabieh and Dikhil regions. The majority of it sits at a relatively low elevation, below 1,700 feet (520 metres).<\/p>\n Most of Djibouti is part of the Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands ecoregion<\/a>. The exception is an eastern strip located along the Red Sea coast, which is part of the Eritrean coastal desert<\/a>.<\/p>\n Djibouti’s economy is largely concentrated in the service sector. Commercial activities revolve around the country’s free trade policies and strategic location as a Red Sea transit point. Due to limited rainfall, vegetables and fruits are the principal production crops, and other food items require importation. Per capita income is around $2,874 (PPP). The services sector constituted around 79.7% of the GDP, followed by industry at 17.3%, and agriculture at 3%.<\/p>\n As of 2013, the container terminal at the Port of Djibouti<\/a> handles the bulk of the nation’s trade. About 70% of the seaport’s activity consists of imports to and exports from neighboring Ethiopia, which depends on the harbor as its main maritime outlet. As of 2018, 95% of Ethiopian transit cargo was handled by the Port of Djibouti. The port also serves as an international refueling center and transshipment hub. In 2012, the Djiboutian government in collaboration with DP World started construction of the Doraleh Container Terminal, a third major seaport intended to further develop the national transit capacity. A $396 million project, it has the capacity to accommodate 1.5 million twenty foot container units annually.<\/p>\n Additionally, efforts have been made to lower the estimated 60% urban unemployment rate by creating more job opportunities through investment in diversified sectors. Funds have especially gone toward building telecommunications infrastructure and increasing disposable income by supporting small businesses. Owing to its growth potential, the fishing and agro-processing sector, which represents around 15% of GDP, has also enjoyed rising investment since 2008.<\/p>\n To expand the modest industrial sector, a 56 megawatt geothermal power plant slated to be completed by 2018 is being constructed with the help of OPEC<\/a>, the World Bank<\/a> and the Global Environmental Facility<\/a>. The facility is expected to solve the recurring electricity shortages, decrease the nation’s reliance on Ethiopia for energy, reduce costly oil imports for diesel-generated electricity, and thereby buttress the GDP and lower debt.<\/p>\n The Djibouti firm Salt Investment (SIS) began a large-scale operation to industrialize the plentiful salt in Djibouti’s Lake Assal<\/a> region. Operating at an annual capacity of 4 million tons, the desalination project has lifted export revenues, created more job opportunities, and provided more fresh water for the area’s residents. In 2012, the Djibouti government also enlisted the services of the China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd for the construction of an ore terminal. Worth $64 million, the project is scheduled to be completed within two years and will enable Djibouti to export a further 5,000 tons of salt per year to markets in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n The Djiboutian franc<\/a> is the currency of Djibouti. It is issued by the Central Bank of Djibouti<\/a>, the country’s monetary authority. Since the Djiboutian franc is pegged to the U.S. dollar, it is generally stable and inflation is not a problem. This has contributed to the growing interest in investment in the country.<\/p>\n The Djibouti\u2013Ambouli International Airport<\/a> in Djibouti City<\/a>, the country’s only international airport, serves many intercontinental routes with scheduled and chartered flights. Air Djibouti<\/a> is the flag carrier of Djibouti and is the country’s largest airline.<\/p>\n The new and electrified standard gauge Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway<\/a> started operation in January 2018. Its main purpose is to facilitate freight services between the Ethiopian hinterland and the Djiboutian Port of Doraleh<\/a>.<\/p>\n Car ferries pass the Gulf of Tadjoura<\/a> from Djibouti City to Tadjoura<\/a>. There is the Port of Doraleh west of Djibouti City, which is the main port of Djibouti. The Port of Doraleh is the terminal of the new Addis Ababa\u2013Djibouti Railway. In addition to the Port of Doraleh, which handles general cargo and oil imports, Djibouti currently (2018) has three other major ports for the import and export of bulk goods and livestock, the Port of Tadjourah (potash), the Damerjog Port<\/a> (livestock) and the Port of Goubet (salt). Almost 95% of Ethiopia’s imports and exports move through Djiboutian ports.<\/p>\n The Djiboutian highway system is named according to the road classification. Roads that are considered primary roads are those that are fully asphalted (throughout their entire length) and in general they carry traffic between all the major towns in Djibouti.<\/p>\n The national flag of Djibouti was adopted on 27 June 1977, following the country’s independence from France. The light blue represents the sky and the sea, as well as the Issa Somalis, green represents the everlasting green of the earth, as well as the Afar people, white represents the colour of peace and the red star represents the unity and the blood shed by the martyrs of independence.<\/p>\n Before the establishment of French Somaliland<\/a>, the flag of the Sultanate of Tajoura<\/a> was the only ensign used in the territory. The flag of Djibouti was later created in 1970. Adopted in 1977, the national flag was an adaptation of the flag of the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast (FLCS)<\/a>, a guerrilla group that led Djibouti with the Ligue Populaire Africaine pour l’Independence (LPAI) to independence. The FLCS flag had a red triangle with a white star. For the national flag, the star was placed in an upright rather than a slanted position, and the proportions of the flag were lengthened. White, green, and light blue are the colors of the FLCS. The flag of Djibouti was raised for the first time upon independence on 27 June 1977, by the head of police Yacine Yabeh Galab. It is today flown on many governmental buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The national flag of Djibouti was adopted on 27 June 1977, following the country’s independence from France. 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<\/a>Etymology:<\/h2>\n
History:<\/h2>\n
Prehistory:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Punt:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Ifat Sultanate (1285\u20131415):<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Adal Sultanate (1415\u20131577):<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Ottoman Eyalet (1577\u20131867):<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>French Somaliland (1894\u20131977):<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Djibouti Republic:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Geography:<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Economy:<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Transportation:<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Flag of Djibouti:<\/h2>\n
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