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Djibouti Geography 1996

Location:

Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

22,000 sq km

land area:

21,980 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than Massachusetts

Land boundaries:

total 508 km, Eritrea 113 km, Ethiopia 337 km, Somalia 58 km

Coastline:

314 km

Maritime claims:

contiguous zone:

24 nm

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

desert; torrid, dry

Terrain:

coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains

Natural resources:

geothermal areas

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

other:

91%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification

natural hazards:

earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Climate Change, Desertification

Note:

strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; a vast wasteland

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