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Obock (also Obok, Arabic: أبخ, Hayyú) is a
small port town in Djibouti. It is
located on the
northern s**** of the Gulf of Tadjoura,
where it
opens out...
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Obock Territory and
Dependencies was an
administrative colony belonging to the
Second French colonial empire,
between 1862 and 1896,
located in the...
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Obock Region (Afar:
Rakaakay Obock, Arabic: إقليم أوبوخ, Somali:
Gobolka Obokh) is a
region in
northern Djibouti. It has a land area of 4,700 square...
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Obock Airport (IATA: OBC, ICAO: HDOB) is an
airport serving Obock, a city in the
Obock Region of Djibouti. The
airport resides at an
elevation of 69 feet...
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settlements include the
capital Djibouti City, the port
towns of
Tadjoura and
Obock, and the
southern cities of Ali
Sabieh and Dikhil. It is the forty-six country...
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During its time as a
French colony,
Obock issued its own
postage stamps. At
first the
inhabitants used the
general stamps of the
French Colonies, but...
- 1862
until 1894, the land to the
north of the Gulf of
Tadjoura was
called "
Obock".
While 1897 to 1967 the area was
known as
French Somaliland (French: Côte...
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agreement with the Afar
Sultan Raieta Dini Ahmet.
Ahmet sold his
territory of
Obock for 10,000 thalers,
around F55,000. This was the
start of the
French colonisation...
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stamp issuers page for
details of the project.
Dates 1892 – 1894
Capital Obock Currency 100
centimes = 1
franc Refer Djibouti Refer Arad (French Occupation)...
- 6,000 and 10,000. Ali
Sabieh Infantry Regiment Dikhil Infantry Regiment Obock Infantry Regiment Tadjoura Infantry Regiment Djibouti City
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