Regions of Djibouti
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Djibouti
Djibouti
Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

is divided into five region
Region
Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences also an area, notably among the different sub-disciplines of geography, studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity...

s and one city:
Ali Sabieh Region
Ali Sabieh Region
The Ali Sabieh Region is one of the six Regions of Djibouti. The Region borders the Arta Region to the north, the Dikhil Region to the west, the Ethiopia to the south, and Somalia to the east....

(Region d'Ali Sabieh)
Arta Region
Arta Region
The Arta Region is one of the six Regions of Djibouti. The Region borders the Gulf of Tadjoura, Tadjoura Region, and Djibouti Region to the north, Dikhil Region to the west and south-west, the Ali Sabieh region to the south, and Somalia to the east....

 
(Region d'Arta)
Dikhil Region
Dikhil Region
The Dikhil Region is one of the six Regions of Djibouti. The Region borders the Tadjoura Region to the north-west, the Arta Region to the north-east, the Ali Sabieh Region to the east, and Ethiopia to the west and south....

 
(Region de Dikhil)
Djibouti (city)
Djibouti (city)
The City of Djibouti is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Djibouti, a nation in the Horn of Africa. The biggest settlement on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it lies on a peninsula that separates that basin from the Gulf of Aden.-History:...

 
(Ville de Djibouti)
Obock Region
Obock Region
The Obock Region is one of the six Regions of Djibouti. The Region borders the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to the east and south, Eritrea to the north, and the Tadjoura Region to the west....

 
(Region d'Obock)
Tadjourah Region
Tadjourah Region
The Tadjourah Region is one of the six Regions of Djibouti. The Region borders the Obock Region and Eritrea to the north-east, Ethiopia to the north-west, the Dikhil Region to the south-west, and the Gulf of Tadjourah to the south-east....

 
(Region de Tadjourah)

The regions are further subdivided into 11 districts
Districts of Djibouti
||The regions of Djibouti are divided into 11 districts:*Alaili Dadda District*Ali Sabieh District*As Eyla District*Balha District*Dikhil District*Djibouti District*Dorra District*Obock District*Randa District*Tadjourah District*Yoboki District...

, some of which span multiple regions.

Article 2 in the constitution of Djibouti states that all Djibouti people may exercise the law. Each region and even each district and any other smaller government are autonomous before the law, and regions and districts get their borders by higher government(s).


See also

  • ISO 3166-2:DJ
    ISO 3166-2:DJ
    ISO 3166-2:DJ is the entry for Djibouti in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Djibouti, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

  • statoid site
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