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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...
- The
Obock Territory and
Dependencies was an
administrative colony belonging to the
Second French colonial empire,
between 1862 and 1896,
located in the...
- The
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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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...
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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...
- 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...
- area of the gulf is 347 km2 (900 sq mi). The
length (from the
Sagallo to
Obock) is 64 km (40 mi) and the
width varies from 26 km (16 mi).The gulf is relatively...
- him to
serve because he was soon
appointed French colonial governor of
Obock Territory in Africa, a
position he held for
fifteen years, from 1884 to...
