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Djibouti (city)
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Djibouti

Chief port and capital of the Republic of Djibouti, on a peninsula 240 km/149 mi southwest of Aden, Yemen, and 565 km/351 mi northeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; population (2002 est) 534,700. Industries include petroleum refining, textiles, and rail freighting. The city is an important regional bunkering and supply centre for the export trade in petroleum, and is the main export route for Ethiopian coffee; other exports include hides and salt.

The city succeeded Obock as capital of French Somaliland in 1892 and was the official port of Ethiopia from 1897 to 1949. The closure of the Suez Canal (1967-75) hit the port's trade badly. Djibouti is the terminus of the rail link from Addis Ababa.



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