Tadjoura
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/78652
- Note
- "Tadjoura (Afar: Tagórri; Arabic: تاجوراء Tağūrah; Somali: Tajuura) is one of the oldest towns in Djibouti and the capital of the Tadjourah Region. The town evolved into an early Islamic center with the arrival of Muslims shortly after the Hijra. An important port for many centuries, it was ruled by a succession of polities, including the Ifat Sultanate, Adal Sultanate, the Ottoman Empire, France until Djibouti´s independence in 1977. Lying on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it is home to a population of around 45,000 inhabitants. It is the third largest city in the country after Djibouti City and Ali Sabieh." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.11.2021)
- Latitude
- 11.783333778381
- Longitude
- 42.883335113525
- Population
- 22,193
- Time zone
- Africa/Djibouti
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