Djibouti
Coordinates: 11°30′N 43°00′E / 11.500°N 43.000°E
Djibouti (Arabic: جيبوتي Jībūtī), offeecially the Republic o Djibouti, is a wee kintra in the Horn o Africae. It is bordered bi Eritrea in the north, Ethiopie in the wast an sooth, an Somalie in the sootheast. The remainder o the border is formed bi the Red Sea an the Gulf o Aden. Djibouti, wi 865,000 citizens (2009), is ane o the least populous kintras in Africae.[4] The predominant releegion in Djibouti, wi a 94% majority, is Muslim, wi the remainin sax percent claimin Christianity. In the 1800s, Djibouti, then French Somaliland, wis acquired bi Fraunce through sindry treaties wi Somali sultans.[5] It wis declared an independent naition in 1977, an chynged its name tae the present day Republic o Djibouti. Djibouti joined the Unitit Nations on September 20, 1977.[6][7] While Djibouti is an independent state, it maintains deep French relations, an through sindry military an economic agreements wi Fraunce, it receives continued security an economic assistance.[8]
Republic o Djibouti | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Djibouti 11°36′N 43°10′E / 11.600°N 43.167°E |
| Offeecial leids | |
| Recognised naitional leids | |
| Releegion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Djiboutian |
| Govrenment | Unitar dominant-pairty presidential republic |
• Preses | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh |
| Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed | |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
| Unthirldom | |
• frae Fraunce | 27 June 1977[1] |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 23,200 km2 (9,000 sq mi)[1] (150t) |
• Water (%) | 0.09 (20 km² / 7.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2016[1] estimate | 846,687 |
• Density | 37.2/km2 (96.3/sq mi) (168t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $3.658 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $3,584[2] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $2.088 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $2,045[2] |
| Gini (2009) | 40.0 medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.473[3]law · 172nt |
| Currency | Djiboutian franc (DJF) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +253 |
| ISO 3166 code | DJ |
| Internet TLD | .dj |
References
eedit- ↑ a b c d e "Djibouti". The World Factbook. CIA. 5 Februar 2013. Archived frae the original on 2 Julie 2014. Retrieved 26 Februar 2013.
- ↑ a b c d "Djibouti". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ World Bank country data Djibouti (2009) (number rounded)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ United Nations member states
- ↑ [3]
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