Djibouti

Zhingoora Books

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300293330
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Djibouti

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Djibouti (Africa)

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Introduction ::Djibouti

Background:

The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government. In 1999, Djibouti's first multi-party presidential elections resulted in the election of Ismail Omar GUELLEH; he was re-elected to a second term in 2005. Djibouti occupies a strategic geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea and serves as an important transshipment location for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands. The present leadership favors close ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country but also has strong ties with the US. Djibouti hosts the only US military base in sub-Saharan Africa and is a front-line state in the global war on terrorism.

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Geography ::Djibouti

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

Geographic coordinates:11 30 N, 43 00 E

Map references:Africa

Area:

Total:23,200 sq km

Country comparison to the world:150

Land:23,180 sq km

Water:20 sq km

Area - comparative:Slightly smaller than Massachusetts

Land boundaries:

Total:516 km

Border countries:Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

Coastline:314 km

Maritime claims:

Territorial sea:12 nm

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Contiguous zone:24 nm

Exclusive economic zone:200 nm

Climate:Desert; torrid, dry

Terrain:Coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point:Lac Assal -155 m

Highest point:Moussa Ali 2,028 m

Natural resources:Potential geothermal power, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum

Land use:

Arable land:0.04%

Permanent crops:0%

Other:99.96% (2005)

Irrigated land:10 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:0.3 cu km (1997)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

Total:0.02 cu km/yr (84%/0%/16%)

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Per capita:25 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:Earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods

Volcanism:Djibouti experiences limited volcanic activity; Ardoukoba (elev. 298 m, 978 ft) last erupted in 1978; Manda-Inakir, located along the Ethiopian border, is also historically active

Environment - current issues:Inadequate supplies of potable water; limited arable land; desertification; endangered species

Environment - international agreements:

Party to:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:Strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa

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People ::Djibouti

Population:740,528 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:162

Age structure:

0-14 years:36.3% (male 131,878/female 131,449)

15-64 years:60.4% (male 194,503/female 243,495)

65 years and over:3.2% (male 10,462/female 12,835) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total:21.4 years

Male:19.8 years

Female:22.8 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate:2.181% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:40

Birth rate:25.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:61

Death rate:8.37 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:92 8

Net migration rate:4.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Country comparison to the world:20

Urbanization:

Urban population:87% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:2.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth:1.03 male(s)/female

Under 15 years:1 male(s)/female

15-64 years:0.8 male(s)/female

65 years and over:0.81 male(s)/female

Total population:0.86 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

Total:56.65 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world:39

Male:64.55 deaths/1,000 live births

Female:48.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

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Total population:60.73 years

Country comparison to the world:186

Male:58.31 years

Female:63.22 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate:2.79 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:75

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:3.1% (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 22

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:(2007 est.) 16,000

Country comparison to the world:83

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,100 (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:71

Major infectious diseases:

Degree of risk:High

Food or waterborne diseases:Bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

Vector borne disease:Malaria

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