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Sub Saharan Africa

Djibouti
Last reviewed: 07 March 2012

Country information

Area: 23,200 sq km
Population: 774,389 (CIA World Fact Book, 2012)
Capital city: Djibouti
People: Somalis (Issa) 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian and Italian 5%
Language(s): French, (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
Religion(s): Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
Currency: Djiboutian Franc
Major political parties: People's Rally for Progress (RPP); National Democratic Party (PND); Front For The Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD); Djibouti Development Party (PDD); People’s Social Democratic Party (PPSD); Republican Alliance for Democracy (ARD); Union for Democracy and Justice (UDJ); Union of Reform Partisans (UPR).
Government: RPP
Head of State: President Ismail Omar Guelleh
Prime Minister/Premier: Dileita Mohamed Dileita
Foreign Minister: Mahamoud Ali Youssouf
Membership of international groupings/organisations: United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), League of Arab States (LAS), Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
 

HEALTH

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Travel Advice

Travel Advice: Djibouti

See also

Useful links

• BBC News: Africa
• International Monetary Fund - Djibouti
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Hansard website