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ID: 7000584
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000584
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Djibouti (inhabited place)  Djibouti (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 11 33 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 11.5500  decimal degrees
Long: 043 10 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 43.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Built on three plateaus linked by jetties; economy depends on port as entrepôt between Ethiopia & Red Sea trade; trade declined during closure of Suez Canal 1967-1975; Ethiopian-Somali conflict caused influx of refugees creating strain on economy.

Names:
Djibouti (preferred,C,V)
Jibuti (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Djibouti (nation)  ........  Djibouti (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Djibouti (region (administrative division))  ............  Djibouti (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Djibouti (inhabited place)  ................  Djibouti (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by French 1888
city (C)
national capital (C)  ............  since 1892
district capital (C)
free port (C)  ............  since 1949
transportation center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Djibouti .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Africa) [7001644]

Sources and Contributors:
Djibouti..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IV, 139
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 335
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 335
Jibuti..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IV, 139
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 335
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 335
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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