Djibouti
Salt lakes and a gateway to the sea
Passport card
Republic of Djibouti
Djibouti
- Capital
- Djibouti City
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Djiboutian franc
- Languages
- French and Arabic
- People
- About 11 lakh
- Size
- About 23,200 km²
- Leader
- President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
- Free since
- 27 June 1977
- Time
- 2½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Djibouti City
⭐ Lake Assal in Djibouti, white with salt, is the lowest point in Africa.
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Djibouti
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Djibouti
Turn the globe with your finger. Djibouti has 3 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Djibouti and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 140 times the size of Djibouti.
- PeopleIndia has about 1,300 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 11 lakh in Djibouti.
- DistanceDjibouti City is about 4,000 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeDjibouti is 2½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Djibouti City.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Djibouti, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Djibouti
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Djibouti's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Djibouti back on the map
Djibouti and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 4 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Djibouti worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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