Djibouti
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Introduction - Djibouti: | Location - 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
land: 22,980 sq km
water: 20 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 | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 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, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum | | Land use | arable land: 0.04%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.96% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 10 sq km (2003) | | 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; limited arable land; desertification; endangered species | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | strategic location near worlds 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 | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |