Capital Djibouti
Largest city Djibouti
Official language(s) Arabic and French
Population
793,000
Currency Franc
Calling code +253

Republic of Djibouti, is a small country in easterly Africa, located in the Horn of Africa. Djibouti is surrounded by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeastern. The rest of the borderline is defined by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden

The population is divided into two primary groups, the Issa, or Somali people, who make up about 60%, and the Afar, about 35%. The remainder is defined by Europeans (mostly French and Italians), Arabs and Ethiopians. The presence of two different population groupings was the reason of the civil war in the early on 1990s.

The Somali ethnic element in Djibouti is mainly compiled of the Issas, who form the majority & rule the nation, & the Gadabuursi and Isaaq, all of whom are closely associated as Dir subclans. The Issas pattern part of the Madoobe Dir, whilst the Gadabuursi and Isaaq are part of the Mahe Dir, Mohammed Hiniftire. Other Somalis in Djibouti admit Issas from the Ethiopian Somali Area & from northern Somalia.

The bulk of Dijibouti's people are urban residents the rest are herders. Health, sanitary, & educational activity services are relatively poor in two urban and rural regions.