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Djibouti City
About Djibouti City
Djibouti City is the capital and largest city of Djibouti. It lies on the Gulf of Tadjoura and has a sea port. The city is home to two-thirds of the population of Chad, not a particularly attractive city but with some good bars and excellent restaurants.
Local highlights
Explore the city
- Visit the large Central Market
- Beaches on the eastern shore
- Presidential Palace
- Hamouli Mosque
Highlights in the vicinity
- Tadjoura near the green Goda Mountains with peaks above 1300m. It is also a great place for divers and snorkellers with beautifull coral reefs accessible from the shore
- The Ghoubbet el Kharab or 'Devil's Cauldron'-a 200m deep almost circular sea home to whalesharks and mantas
- Lac Assal-150m below sea level the starting point of the African Rift Valley surrounded by old volcanoes and the world's hottest place
- Lac Abbé with its pink flamingo troops, limestone chimneys and sulfuric atmosphere
Good to know
- No. of inhabitants: 400 Thousand (estimation)
- Timezone: UTC +3
- Weather: one of the hottest places on earth-desert climate
Local transport
- Taxi
- Buses
Inbound transport
- Nearest airport: Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport
- Trains connection to Addis Ababa
- Ferries to Obock and Tadjoura
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