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The Djiboutians (French: Djiboutiens, Arabic: جيبوتيون) are the native inhabitants of Djibouti, as well as the global diaspora of Djibouti. The country is mainly composed of two ethnic groups, the Somali and the Afar .
Djiboutians have had expansive relations with the Arab world, as is manifested in its adoption of Arabic as an official language, [2] its location within the Arabian Plate, [3] its membership with the Arab League, its millennia-old trade relations with the peninsula's Arabs, [4] and more recently, initiatives for a transcontinental crossing that would permanently link Djiboutians to the ...
After much war, Ifat's troops were defeated in 1403 on the Harar plateau, Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din subsequently fled to Zeila where Ethiopian soldiers pursued him. [69] [71] [72] Al-Maqrizi narrates: the Amhara pursued Sa'd al-Din as far as the peninsula of Zeila, in the ocean, where he took refuge. The Amhara besieged him there, and deprived him of ...
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Djibouti is a country in the Horn of Africa bordered by Somalia to the east, Eritrea to west and the Red Sea to the north, Ethiopia to the west and south, and the Gulf of Aden to the east.
Djibouti is a multiethnic country. As of 2018, it has a population of around 884,017 inhabitants [2] [3].Djibouti's population grew rapidly during the latter half of the 20th century, increasing from about 69,589 in 1955 to around 869,099 by 2015.
Nationally, the Latin script is the most widely used orthography for all languages. The Somali alphabet, a modified form of the script, is used to write Somali. [5] In the early 1970s, two Afar intellectuals and nationalists, Dimis and Redo, formalized a similar Afar alphabet.
The People's Palace Square contains the Monument of Martyrs who died for the freedom of the Djiboutians. Numerous masts in the square marking the perimeter and all of them are hoisted flags of the Republic of Djibouti are located. it hoisted larger than those in the above waving masts. [citation needed]