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Djibouti
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11.5° N / 43° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Djibouti
- Population
- 1,168,722 2024
- Area
- 23,200 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic, French
- Currency
- Djiboutian franc (DJF)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Djibouti
Djibouti is in the Horn Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden. The country can be divided into three regions; the coastal plain and volcanic plateaus in the central and southern parts of the country and the mountain ranges in the north. Much of the country is wasteland with virtually no arable land.
Landscape & landmarks
Lake Assal, at 150 m below sea level, is the third-lowest point on Earth. You'll need to hire a car or ask someone who lives in Djibouti to drive you there. Expect a rough ride: the roads outside the capital are destroyed by the truck traffic between Djibouti and Ethiopia. The road passes within sight of the Devil's Island, and some impressive views.Read the see section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Calling code
- +253
- Internet domain
- .dj
- Land border codes
- ERI, ETH, SOM
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .dj. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.