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$Title{Djibouti
Statistical Profile of Djibouti}
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$Date{1990}
$Log{National Anthem*55500010.aud
Map of Djibouti*0110901.scf
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Country: Djibouti
Book: CIA World Factbook
Author: Central Intelligence Agency
Affiliation: United States Government
Date: 1990
[Hear National Anthem]
[See Map of Djibouti]
[See Flag of Djibouti]
Statistical Profile of Djibouti
Geography
Total area: 22,000 km2; land area: 21,980 km2
Comparative area: slightly larger than Massachusetts
Land boundaries: 517 km total; Ethiopia 459 km, Somalia 58 km
Coastline: 314 km
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Extended economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Disputes: possible claim by Somalia based on unification of ethnic Somalis
Climate: desert; torrid, dry
Terrain: coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains
Natural resources: geothermal areas
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 9% meadows and pastures;
NEGL% forest and woodland; 91% other
Environment: vast wasteland
Note: strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes
and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia
People
Population: 328,758 (July 1989), growth rate 2.6% (1989)
Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1989)
Death rate: 17 deaths/1,000 population (1989)
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)
Infant mortality rate: 121 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)
Life expectancy at birth: 45 years male, 49 years female (1989)
Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1989)
Nationality: noun--Djiboutian(s); adjective--Djiboutian
Ethnic divisions: 60% Somali (Issa); 35% Afar, 5% French, Arab,
Ethiopian, and Italian
Religion: 94% Muslim, 6% Christian
Language: French (official); Arabic, Somali, and Afar widely used
Literacy: 20%
Labor force: NA, but a small number of semiskilled laborers at the port
and 3,000 railway workers; 52% of population of working age (1983)
Organized labor: 3,000 railway workers
Government
Long-form name: Republic of Djibouti
Type: republic
Capital: Djibouti
Administrative divisions: 5 districts (cercles, singular--cercle);
Ali Sahih, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura
Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France; formerly French Territory of
the Afars and Issas)
Constitution: partial constitution ratified January 1981 by National
Assembly
Legal system: based on French civil law system, traditional practices,
and Islamic law
National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977)
Branches: legislative--65-member parliament (National Assembly),
executive, judiciary
Leader:
Chief of State--President Hassan GOULED Aptidon (since 24 June 1977);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Barkat GOURAD Hamadou (since 30
September 1978)
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: parliament and President elected April 1987
Political party and leader: Peoples Progress Assembly (RPP), Hassan
Gouled Aptidon; sole legal party
Communists: possibly a few sympathizers
Member of: AfDB, Arab League, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB--Islamic
Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN,
UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Roble OLHAYE; Chancery
(temporary) at the Djiboutian Permanent Mission to the UN; 866 United Nations
Plaza, Suite 4011, New York, NY 10017; telephone (212) 753-3163;
US--Ambassador Robert S. BARRETT IV; Embassy at Villa Plateau du
Serpent Boulevard, Marechal Joffre, Djibouti (mailing address is B. P. 185,
Djibouti); telephone [253] 35-38-49 or 35-39-95, 35-29-16, 35-29-17
Flag: two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with
a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed
star in the center
Economy
Overview: The economy is based on service activities connected with the
country's strategic location and status as a free-trade zone. Djibouti
provides services as both a transit port for the region and an international
transshipment and refueling center. It has few natural resources and little
industry. The nation is, therefore, heavily dependent on foreign assistance
to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects.
An unemployment rate of over 50% continues to be a major problem.
GNP: $333 million, $1,070 per capita; real growth rate - 0.7% (1986)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.2% (1986)
Unemployment rate: over 50% (1987)
Budget: revenues $117 million; expenditures $163 billion, including
capital expenditures of $52 million (1987 est.)
Exports: $128 million (f.o.b., 1986); commodities--hides and skins,
coffee (in transit); partners--Middle East 50%, Africa 43%, Western Europe
7%
Imports: $198 million (f.o.b., 1986); commodities--foods, beverages,
transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products; partners--EC 36%,
Africa 21%, Bahrain 14%, Asia 12%, US 2%
External debt: $250 million (December 1988)
Industrial production: growth rate - 1.6% (1986)
Electricity: 110,000 kW capacity; 192 million kWh produced,
600 kWh per capita (1988)
Industries: limited to a few small-scale enterprises, such as
dairy products and mineral-water bottling
Agriculture: livestock; limited commercial crops, including fruits and
vegetables
Aid: NA
Currency: Djiboutian franc (plural--francs); 1 Djiboutian franc
(DF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Djiboutian francs (DF) per US$1--177.721 (fixed rate since
1973)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Railroads: the Ethiopian-Djibouti railroad extends for 97 km through
Djibouti
Highways: 2,800 km total; 279 km bituminous surface, 229 km improved
earth, 2,292 km unimproved earth (1982)
Ports: Djibouti
Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft
Airports: 12 total, 9 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with
runways 2,440-3,659 m; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fair system of urban facilities in Djibouti and radio
relay stations at outlying places; 7,300 telephones; stations--2 AM, 1 FM, 2 TV;
1 Indian Ocean satellite ground station, 1 ARABSAT station; 1 submarine cable to
Saudi Arabia
Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force; paramilitary National Security Force
Military manpower: males 15-49, 86,777; 50,457 fit for military service
Military budget: $29.9 million, 23% of central government budget (1986)