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World Gazetteer Results for Jībūtī:
NameJībūtī
Alternate NamesDjibouti
Original Namesجيب�?تي
Geographical TypeCercle
Population629916
CountryDjibouti
Dictionary Results for Djibouti:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Djibouti
    n 1: port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city
         of Djibouti [syn: Djibouti, capital of Djibouti]
    2: a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula;
       formerly under French control but became independent in 1997
       [syn: Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, Afars and Issas]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Djibouti \Djibouti\ prop. n. (Geography)
   The capital city of Djibouti. Population (2000) = 395,000.
   [PJC]

3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Djibouti

   Introduction Djibouti
   ---------------------
                            Background: The French Territory of the Afars
                                        and the Issas became Djibouti in
                                        1977. A peace accord in 1994 ended a
                                        three-year uprising by Afars rebels.
  
   Geography Djibouti
   ------------------
                              Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf
                                        of Aden and the Red Sea, between
                                        Eritrea and Somalia
                Geographic coordinates: 11 30 N, 43 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 23,000 sq km
                                        water: 20 sq km
                                        land: 22,980 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Massachusetts
                       Land boundaries: total: 516 km
                                        border countries: Eritrea 109 km,
                                        Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km
                             Coastline: 314 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: desert; torrid, dry
                               Terrain: coastal plain and plateau separated
                                        by central mountains
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
                                        highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m
                     Natural resources: geothermal areas
                              Land use: arable land: 0%
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        other: 100% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: earthquakes; droughts; occasional
                                        cyclonic disturbances from the
                                        Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and
                                        flash floods
          Environment - current issues: inadequate supplies of potable
                                        water; desertification; endangered
                                        species
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Ship Pollution
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: strategic location near world's
                                        busiest shipping lanes and close to
                                        Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail
                                        traffic into Ethiopia; mostly
                                        wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is
                                        the lowest point in Africa
  
   People Djibouti
   ---------------
                            Population: 472,810 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.6% (male 100,903;
                                        female 100,420)
                                        15-64 years: 54.5% (male 135,409;
                                        female 122,209)
                                        65 years and over: 2.9% (male 7,220;
                                        female 6,649) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.59% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 40.33 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 14.43 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1.09 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.06 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 99.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.6 years
                                        female: 53.52 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 49.73 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.64 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 11.75% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 37,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,400 (2002 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Djiboutian(s)
                                        adjective: Djiboutian
                         Ethnic groups: Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab,
                                        Ethiopian, and Italian 5%
                             Religions: Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
                             Languages: French (official), Arabic
                                        (official), Somali, Afar
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 46.2%
                                        male: 60.3%
                                        female: 32.7% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Djibouti
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Djibouti
                                        conventional short form: Djibouti
                                        former: French Territory of the
                                        Afars and Issas, French Somaliland
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Djibouti
              Administrative divisions: 5 districts (cercles, singular -
                                        cercle); 'Ali Sabih, Dikhil,
                                        Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura
                          Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977)
                          Constitution: multiparty constitution approved by
                                        referendum 4 September 1992
                          Legal system: based on French civil law system,
                                        traditional practices, and Islamic
                                        law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal adult
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Ismail
                                        Omar GUELLEH (since 8 May 1999)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        DILEITA Mohamed Dileita (since 4
                                        March 2001)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        responsible to the president
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a six-year term;
                                        election last held 9 April 1999
                                        (next to be held December 2002);
                                        prime minister appointed by the
                                        president
                                        election results: Ismail Omar
                                        GUELLEH elected president; percent
                                        of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH 74.4%,
                                        IDRIS Moussa Ahmed 25.6%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Chamber of Deputies or
                                        Chambre des Deputes (65 seats;
                                        members elected by popular vote for
                                        five-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 19 December
                                        1997 (next to be held NA December
                                        2002)
                                        election results: percent of vote -
                                        NA%; seats - RPP 64, FRUD 11; note -
                                        RPP (the ruling party) dominated the
                                        election
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
         Political parties and leaders: Democratic National Party or PND
                                        [ADEN Robleh Awaleh]; Democratic
                                        Renewal Party or PRD [Abdillahi
                                        HAMARITEH]; Front pour la
                                        Restauration de l'Unite Democratique
                                        or FRUD [Ali Mohamed DAOUD];
                                        People's Progress Assembly or RPP
                                        (governing party) [Ismail Omar
                                        GUELLEH]
          Political pressure groups and Movement for Unity and Democracy or
                               leaders: MUD
             International organization ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF,
                         participation: ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
                                        ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
                                        IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC,
                                        ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW
                                        (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
                                        UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WToO,
                                        WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador ROBLE
                                        Olhaye Oudine
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 331-0302
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 331-0270
                                        chancery: Suite 515, 1156 15th
                                        Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Donald
                                    US: YAMAMOTO
                                        embassy: Plateau du Serpent,
                                        Boulevard Marechal Joffre, Djibouti
                                        mailing address: B. P. 185, Djibouti
  
                                        telephone: [253] 35 39 95
                                        FAX: [253] 35 39 40
                      Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of light
                                        blue (top) and light green with a
                                        white isosceles triangle based on
                                        the hoist side bearing a red five-
                                        pointed star in the center
  
   Economy Djibouti
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: The economy is based on service
                                        activities connected with the
                                        country's strategic location and
                                        status as a free trade zone in
                                        northeast Africa. Two-thirds of the
                                        inhabitants live in the capital
                                        city, the remainder being mostly
                                        nomadic herders. Scanty rainfall
                                        limits crop production to fruits and
                                        vegetables, and most food must be
                                        imported. Djibouti provides services
                                        as both a transit port for the
                                        region and an international
                                        transshipment and refueling center.
                                        It has few natural resources and
                                        little industry. The nation is,
                                        therefore, heavily dependent on
                                        foreign assistance to help support
                                        its balance of payments and to
                                        finance development projects. An
                                        unemployment rate of 50% continues
                                        to be a major problem. Inflation is
                                        not a concern, however, because of
                                        the fixed tie of the franc to the US
                                        dollar. Per capita consumption
                                        dropped an estimated 35% over the
                                        last seven years because of
                                        recession, civil war, and a high
                                        population growth rate (including
                                        immigrants and refugees). Faced with
                                        a multitude of economic
                                        difficulties, the government has
                                        fallen in arrears on long-term
                                        external debt and has been
                                        struggling to meet the stipulations
                                        of foreign aid donors. Another
                                        factor limiting growth is the
                                        negative impact on port activity now
                                        that Ethiopia has more trade route
                                        options.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $586
                                        million (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 0% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,400
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3%
                                        industry: 10%
                                        services: 87% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 50% (2001 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 282,000
           Labor force - by occupation: NA%
                     Unemployment rate: 50% (2000 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $135 million
                                        expenditures: $182 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (1999 est.)
                            Industries: construction, agricultural
                                        processing
     Industrial production growth rate: 3% (1996 est.)
              Electricity - production: 180 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 167.4 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep,
                                        camels
                               Exports: $260 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: reexports, hides and skins, coffee
                                        (in transit)
                    Exports - partners: Somalia 53%, Yemen 23%, Ethiopia 5%
                                        (1998)
                               Imports: $440 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: foods, beverages, transport
                                        equipment, chemicals, petroleum
                                        products
                    Imports - partners: France 13%, Ethiopia 12%, Italy 9%,
                                        Saudi Arabia 6%, UK 6% (1998)
                       Debt - external: $366 million (2002 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $36 million (2001)
                              Currency: Djiboutian franc (DJF)
                         Currency code: DJF
                        Exchange rates: Djiboutian francs per US dollar -
                                        177.721 (fixed rate since 1973)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Djibouti
   -----------------------
         Telephones - main lines in use: 10,000 (2002)
           Telephones - mobile cellular: NA (2002)
                       Telephone system: general assessment: telephone
                                         facilities in the city of Djibouti
                                         are adequate as are the microwave
                                         radio relay connections to outlying
                                         areas of the country
                                         domestic: microwave radio relay
                                         network
                                         international: submarine cable to
                                         Jiddah, Suez, Sicily, Marseilles,
                                         Colombo, and Singapore; satellite
                                         earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian
                                         Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; Medarabtel
                                         regional microwave radio relay
                                         telephone network
               Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)
                                 Radios: 52,000 (1997)
          Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002)
                            Televisions: 28,000 (1997)
                  Internet country code: .dj
      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                         Internet users: 1,400 (2000)
  
   Transportation Djibouti
   -----------------------
                               Railways: total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of
                                         the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
                                         narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
                                         note: Djibouti and Ethiopia plan to
                                         revitalize the century-old railroad
                                         that links their capitals by 2003
                                         (2001 est.)
                               Highways: total: 2,890 km
                                         paved: 364 km
                                         unpaved: 2,526 km (1996)
                              Waterways: none
                      Ports and harbors: Djibouti
                               Airports: 12 (2001)
          Airports - with paved runways: total: 2
                                         over 3,047 m: 1
                                         2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2001)
        Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 10
                                         1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
                                         914 to 1,523 m: 5
                                         under 914 m: 3 (2001)
  
   Military Djibouti
   -----------------
                     Military branches: Djibouti National Army (including
                                        Navy and Air Force)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 110,221 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 64,940 (2002 est.)
                               service:
         Military expenditures - dollar $26.5 million (FY01)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 4.4% (FY01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Djibouti
   -----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Djibouti maintains economic ties and
                                        border accords with "Somaliland"
                                        leadership while politically
                                        supporting the Somali Transitional
                                        National Government in Mogadishu
  
                                       



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