Djibouti, also Jibuti, city, northeastern Africa, capital of Djibouti. The city is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Aden and is the terminus of a railroad to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Djibouti is an important container shipment and transshipment point on the shipping lanes of the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. The city's principal exports are coffee, hides, and salt. Djibouti became the capital of French Somaliland in 1892. Population (1995 estimate) 383,000.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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