See soorce fer Djibouti (ceety)

[[File:Dj-map.png|220px|thumb|Location o Djibouti Ceety in Djibouti]]

The '''Ceety o Djibouti''' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}},{{lang-fr|Ville de Djibouti}}) is the [[Caipital ceety|caipital]] an lairgest ceety o the [[Djibouti|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 o Djibouti|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 [[Port o Djibouti|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]]."<ref>''Africa on a Shoestring'' (London: Lonely Planet, 2004), p. 698.</ref> Features o Djibouti Ceety include beaches alang its eastren shore an the lairge [[Central Mercat (Djibouti Ceety)|Central Mercat]], the naitional [[stadium]] [[Stade du Ville]], the [[Presidential Palace, Djibouti (Ceety)|Presidential Palace]] an [[Hamoudi Mosque]].

== History ==
Foondit as a seaport in 1888 bi the [[Spain|Spaniard]] [[Eloi Pino]], Djibouti became the caipital o [[French Somaliland]] in 1891, replacin [[Tadjourah]]. It remained the caipital for the succeedin colonial govrenment o [[French Territory o the Afars an the Issas]], as well as for the independent kintra o Djibouti.

==Climate==
Djibouti is generally vera het an dry throughoot the course o the year. Featurin an [[arid climate]], the ceety sees on average 131&nbsp;mm (5.16&nbsp;in) o precipitation per year. Temperatures range frae vera warm durin the months o December, Januar an Februar tae extremely het in Julie, whaur temperatures routinely exceed 49&nbsp;°C (120&nbsp;°F).

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