DjiboutiDjibouti is a small country in East Africa, that borders on the Red Sea, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. The French came into the area in 1862, having acquired the right to settle there from the Afar Sultans of Obock in exchange for money and other goods. Not to be outdone, the Sultan of Tadoura made a similar agreement with the French in 1884. The construction of the town and port of Djibouti began in 1888. According to the terms of a treaty signed between France and Ethiopia in 1897, Djibouti was to be “the official outlet for Ethiopian commerce” and, in consequence of this, a railway was later built. Djibouti was the last African country to gain its independence and it is still an important French base in the region...More Information on Djibouti. Full country name: Republic of Djibouti History of DjiboutiThe Republic of Djibouti gained its independence on June 27, 1977. It is the successor to French Somaliland (later called the French Territory of the Afars and Issas), which was created in the first half of the 19th century as a result of French interest in the Horn of Africa. However, the history of Djibouti, recorded in poetry and songs of its nomadic peoples, goes back thousands of years to a time when Djiboutians traded hides and skins for the perfumes and spices of ancient Egypt, India, and China. Through close contacts with the Arabian peninsula for more than 1,000 years, the Somali and Afar tribes in this region became the first on the African continent to adopt Islam...More on Djibouti's History. Overview of Djibouti's EconomyGDP: US$530 million Also Read: A short note on Economy of Djibouti Political System of Djibouti- Government
of Djibouti Climate, Vegetation and FaunaDjibouti’s climate is in general hot and humid; it is one of
the hottest countries in the world. The annual average temperature is
about 32úC (90úF), with the November to March temperature
averaging 20úC and the temperature in July averaging 41úC
(106úF). From June to August, the extreme heat can reach 45úC. Envoirnment: Djibouti is a little bigger than El Salvador but nowhere near as green...more. Culture: Djibouti’s only television and radio station, which broadcasts in French, Arabic,...more. People of Djibouti: About two-thirds of the Republic of Djibouti’s 650,000 inhabitants live in the capital city...more. Facts for the TravelerAlso Read: Public holidays in Djibouti | Events of Djibouti When to GoNovember to mid-April is the best time to visit, as it is too hot for the rest of the year. Also Read: Getting Around in Djibouti | Getting There & Away What to See in DjiboutiOther Tourist Attractions in Djibouti more...What to do in DjiboutiYou can swim, snorkel and dive at Red Sea beaches and coral reefs not far from Djibouti city, and take a walking tour of the capital. Take a 4WD expedition out to the lakes and explore the black lava fields or climb an extinct volcano or several peaks that rise to 1300m (4264ft). You can camp on deserted beaches, and you can even windsurf on wheels at the eastern end of Petit Bara, a great salty plain The earliest inhabitants of the area were Khoisan hunter-gatherers. They were largely replaced by Bantu tribes during a series of migrations. The southern part of the country was named Matabeleland after the Ndebele tribe who occupied the area in the early 1800’s under a loose confederation of Ndebele-speaking tribes headed by the Khumalo tribe under [...]
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Religion in Africa
Africans profess a wide variety of religious beliefs, with Christianity and Islam being the most widespread. Approximately 40% of all Africans are Christians and another 40% Muslims. Roughly 20% of Africans primarily follow indigenous African religions. A small number of Africans also have beliefs from the Judaic tradition, such as the Beta Israel [...]
Culture of Africa
Africa has a number of overlapping cultures. The most conventional distinction is that between sub-Saharan Africa and the northern countries from Egypt to Morocco, who largely associate themselves with Arabic culture. In this comparison, the nations to the south of the Sahara are considered to consist of many cultural areas, in particular [...]
Demographics of Africa
Africans may be grouped according to whether they live north or south of the Sahara Desert; these groups are called North Africans and Sub-Saharan Africans, respectively. Afro-Asiatic speaking peoples predominate in North Africa, while Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by a number of disparate populations grouped according to their diverse languages–Niger-Congo predominantly in West [...]
Economy of Africa
Africa is the world’s poorest inhabited continent: the United Nations’ Human Development Report 2003 (of 175 countries) found that positions 151 (Gambia) to 175 (Sierra Leone) were taken up entirely by African nations.
It has had (and in some ways is still having) a shaky and uncertain transition from colonialism, with increases in corruption [...]
Politics in Africa
Colonial Africa
Colonialism had a destabilizing effect on what had been a number of ethnic groups that is still being felt in African politics. Prior to European influence, national borders were not much of a concern, with Africans generally following the practice of other areas of the world, such as the Arabian peninsula, where [...]
History of Africa
Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human race originating from this continent. During the mid 20th century, anthropologists discovered many fossils and evidence of human occupation perhaps as early as 7 million years ago. The famous Leakey family, with ties to both Britain and Africa, discovered fossil [...]
Geography of Africa
Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earth’s surface. It includes within its remarkably regular outline an area, of c. 30,360,288 km² (11,722,173 mi²), including the islands.
Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea, it is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the [...]
Etymology of Africa
The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra - “land of the Afri” (plural, or “Afer” singular) - for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia.
The Afri were a tribe - possibly Berber [...]
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