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National Highway 9 (Djibouti)
RN-9 National Highway is a national highway in the center of Djibouti. At 123 km long, it is the second longest highway in Djibouti, after the National Highway 1 The following highways are numbered 1. For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads. For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads. For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads. For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads. For roads numbere .... References Roads in Djibouti {{Africa-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 1 (Djibouti)
The RN-1 National Highway is a national highway in Djibouti. It has a length of across the regions of Djibouti, Arta and Dikhil. It is part of the Ndjamena–Djibouti Highway and is the most important road link in the country. In recent years, the road has been undergoing major reconstruction works in several parts. The highway is heavily traveled by Ethiopian trucks. Route The RN-1 leads to the Djiboutian-Ethiopian border at Galafi border crossing. From Djibouti City that travels through three regions of Djibouti from the Gulf of Aden on the east to the Ethiopia to the west, it passes through Weʽa, Omar Jagaa, Mouloud, Dagguirou, Dikhil, Gorabous and Yoboki. History It was on June 28, 1974, the date of an agreement between French Territory of the Afars and the Issas and Ethiopia, that the construction of a road between Dikhil and Galafi was decided with an extension of 30 km to the Ethiopian A1 road (connecting Assab and Addis Ababa). The works were financed by France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadjoura
Tadjoura ( aa, Tagórri; ar, تاجوراء ''Tağūrah''; so, Tajuura) is one of the oldest towns in Djibouti and the capital of the Tadjourah Region. The town evolved into an early Islamic center with the arrival of Muslims shortly after the Hijra. An important port for many centuries, it was ruled by a succession of polities, including the Ifat Sultanate, Adal Sultanate, the Ottoman Empire, France until Djibouti's independence in 1977. Lying on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it is home to a population of around 45,000 inhabitants. It is the third largest city in the country after Djibouti and Ali Sabieh. Tadjoura has an airstrip and is linked by ferry with Djibouti City. It is also known for its whitewashed buildings and nearby beaches, along with its mosques. Etymology The Afar name ''Tagórri'' derives from the noun ''tágor'' or ''tógor'', (pl. ''tágar'' meaning "outre à puiser" ("goatskin flask for drawing water"). The name ''Tagórri'' is specifically derived from *''ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koussour
Koussour Koussour ( so, Kusuur, ar, كوسور) is a drinking water well in the Arta Region of Djibouti. It is located about west of the capital, Djibouti City. Overview It lies next to the RN-9 National Highway. Its population is around 221 residents, mostly Afar. Nearby towns and villages include Arta Arta, ARTA, or Artà may refer to: Places Djibouti * Arta, Djibouti, a regional capital city in southeastern Djibouti * Arta Mountains, a mountain range in Djibouti * Arta Region, Djibouti Greece * Arta, Greece, a regional capital city in northwes ... (66 km), Tadjoura (85 km) and Sagallo (52 km). References Populated places in Djibouti Arta Region {{Djibouti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagallo
Sagallo (russian: Сагалло; ar, ساغلو; french: Sagallou) was a short-lived settlement established in 1889 by a Russian monk and adventurer on the Gulf of Tadjoura in French Somaliland (modern-day Djibouti). It was located some west of Djibouti City. History Sagallo was originally a small coastal village. During antiquity Sagallo was part of the city-states that in engaged in a lucrative trade network connecting the merchants with Phoenicia, Ptolemaic Egypt, Greece, Parthian Persia, Saba, Nabataea, and the Roman Empire. French rule The Ottoman Empire had control over the area from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. From 1862 until 1894, the land to the north of the Gulf of Tadjoura was called ''Obock'' and ruled by Somali and Afar Sultans, local authorities with whom France signed various treaties between 1883 and 1887 to gain a foothold in the region.Raph Uwechue, ''Africa year book and who's who'', (Africa Journal Ltd.: 1977), p.209.''A Political Chrono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambabbo
Ambabbo ( ar, أمبابو) is a village in eastern Djibouti. It is located in the region of Tadjoura. History The missionaries Carl Wilhelm Isenberg, and Johann Ludwig Krapf spent a night at Ambabbo (which they called "Anbabo") in 1839, describing it as a resting-place, "where the caravans usually halt" on the shore of the bay Ghubbat-el Kharab. Charles Johnston, passing through this settlement about three years later, described it as "a small native village of about eight houses". Location Nearby towns and villages include Airolaf (9.6 nm), Bankouale Bankouale ( ar, بنكوالي) is a town in Tadjoura region of Djibouti. One of the distinctive features of Bankouale countryside is the widespread growing of vegetables. In the meantime there are also first approaches to establish gentle tourism ... (9.3 nm), Oue`a (8.3 nm), Tadjoura (4.6 nm) and `Arta (13.8 nm).Falling rain gazetteer References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibouti
Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area of . In antiquity, the territory, together with Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somaliland, was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila, now in Somaliland, was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Dir Somali sultans with the French, and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden. It was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the ''Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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