Djibouti (ceety)
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The Ceety o Djibouti (Arabic: جيبوتي,French: Ville de Djibouti) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Republic o Djibouti, a naition in the Horn o Africae. It lies on a peninsula that divides the Gulf o Aden frae the Gulf o Tadjoura.
Djibouti ceety haes the same status as the kintra's five regions. The metropolitan territory borders the Arta Region tae the sooth an wast, an the Gulf o Tadjourah/Gulf o Aden tae the north. Accordin tae a 2009 Census, the ceety is hame tae 475,322 fowk.
The Ethio-Djibouti Railways (umwhile the Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia) runs frae the ceety tae Addis Ababa. The ceety is an aa hame tae the Djibouti-Ambouli Internaitional Airport. Northwast o the ceety centre lies the ceety's port, uised for internaitional trade, for fishin, an for traivel bi ferry tae the ceeties o Obock an Tadjoura.
Ane traivel writer describes Djibouti as haein an identity problem, writin, "it is the sedentary caipital o a nomadic fowk, an African ceety designed like a European settlement an a kynd o French Hong Kong in the Red Sea."[1] Features o Djibouti Ceety include beaches alang its eastren shore an the lairge Central Mercat, the naitional stadium Stade du Ville, the Presidential Palace an Hamoudi Mosque.