Geography
• Djibouti lies in northeast Africa on the Gulf of Aden. at the south entrance of the red sea.
• Borders Ethiopia, Eretria, and Somalia.
• Mainly a stony desert with scattered plateaus and highlands.
History
• Immigrants from Arabia migrated to what is now Djibouti in about the third century B.C.
• Djibouti was acquired by France between 1843 and 1886.
• In 1967, the country changed its name from the territory of the afars and issas to Djibouti in 1967.
• in 1977, the French declared Djibouti an independent nation.
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Culture:
The culture of Djibouti consists of Arabs, French, Somalis, & other minority groups
The major religion of Djibouti is Islam
The current issues of Djibouti is inadequate supplies of potable water,
Limited arable land, desertification, & endangered species
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Economy of djibouti they r engaged in agriculture land is barren and the major portion of the food products need to be imported because of their location.
The country is heavily dependant on foreign aids from france and other countries for its developement.
Poetry, novels, drama, the acedemic life is lacking -no universities,
Art: sculpting literary authors publish in french
Important people:
- President- Ismail Omar Guelleh in office since 1999
- Prime Minister- Dileita Mohamed Dileita
- Foreign Affairs-Mahamoud Ali Youssouf
- Ambassador to the U.N. and the U.S.- Roble Olhaye Oudine
Food:
• fresh seafood meat and alcohol is not popular Arab and French food are a big influence
Sports
• soccer
• tennis
• Djibouti is going 10 the world cup
Music
• is practiced by Somali and the afar people and it is rich rustic folk melody
• The music of Djibouti influences them in daily life such as rock jazz and blues are apart of the music of Djibouti which they obtained through us.
• National anthem of Djibouti is called Djibouti
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Current Issues:
- Inadequate supplies of potable water;
- limited arable land;
- desertification;
- endangered species
- Dugong is an animal that is endangered and we can save them if we move them to a safer habitat and prevent or make a law so people cannot hunt them.
2-16-10
American Embassy Djibouti
B.P. 185
Plateau du Serpent, Blvd Marechal Joffre
Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti
Dear Ambassador James Swan,
Our intentions in sending you this letter are to make you aware of a solution to a current issue of major concern in your country. It has come to our attention that a species by the name of the Dugong is in serious peril of extinction. We want to provide a solution for this problem.
In our estimation if we could move them to a safer environment, we could decrease the risk of extinction. The dugong is also at the moment being poached and getting killed by other marine life. Therefore, we feel it is necessary to take action by relocating their habitat to a safer place, where they are less at risk. If this can be accomplished, the Dugongs will have a chance to reproduce and repopulate. This will provide a better habitat for both the Dugong, as well as marine life in general in Djibouti and will make environmentally anxious people happy at the same time.
Sincerely,
37,38,39 & 40
Students of WCHS
Sources:
http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Djibouti.html
http://www.mapsofworld.com/djibouti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong
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I like the fact that Djibouti has good soccer, I like the Dugong, and i'm I sad it's endangered.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you guys kept the information simple enough for us to understand. I found it interesting that the Dugong monkey who lives in Djibouti, is endangered. It would have been great to have a little bit more information on the country though, but overall a really good job!
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