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    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 (also Obok, Arabic: أبخ, Hayyú) is a small port town in Djibouti. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, where it opens out...
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    The 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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    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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    Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (category People from Obock Region)
    to 2013. Mohamed was born in 1952 in Souali, situated in the northern Obock region of present-day Djibouti. He studied at the University of Limoges in France...
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    the west of Tadjourah Region. It has an elevation of 1,680 metres (5,510 feet). The Mabla Mountains are located in Obock Region. At 1,780 m (5,840 ft)...
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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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    Ahmed Dini Ahmed (category People from Obock Region)
    Ahmed Dini Ahmed (Afar: Acmad Diini Acmad, Arabic: أحمد ديني أحمد; 1932 – 12 September 2004) was a Djiboutian politician who served as the second Prime...
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  • Moulhoule (Arabic: مول هولة) is a town in the northern Obock region of Djibouti. It is situated on the west coast of the Red Sea, at its southern entrance...
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  • Dadda'to (category Obock Region)
    Dadda'to (Arabic: دادتو) is a village in Djibouti, located in the region of Obock. The town lies near the border with Eritrea. Nearby towns and villages...
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  • Ribta (Arabic: ريتبا) is a town in the northern Obock region of Djibouti. The area was marred by conflict in the 1990s. A "Bonfire for Peace" was held...
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  • Laʼassa (Arabic: لأسا), also known as Lahassa, is a town in the northern Obock region of Djibouti. Sedorre Satellite map at Maplandia.com v t e...
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    Moulhoule is an Administrative sub-prefecture in the Obock Region of Djibouti. Sub-prefectures of Djibouti "Districts". GeoPostCodes. Retrieved 6 June...
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    Djiboutian Civil War (category History of the Afar Region)
    sold his territory of Obock for 10,000 thalers, around F55,000. This was the start of the French colonisation era in the region, the treaty was used by...
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    children often took refuge in the Mabla Mountains in the hinterland of Obock Region, which offered a little coolness. In the early twenties, he built a small...
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    is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia to the northwest, the Obock Region to the northeast, the Dikhil and Arta regions and Lake Asal to the south...
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  • ʽAlaili Dadda (category Obock Region)
    Dadda sub-prefecture of the Obock region. N16 road is located on. to the nearest settlements, Khor Angar, Dadda'to and Obock. The capital city Djibouti...
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    Sabieh is extracted from the last. In 1963, Obock's circle was created by division of that of Tadjourah region. In 1967, the circle of Djibouti is transformed...
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    Khôr ʽAngar (category Obock Region)
    Khôr ʽAngar (Arabic: خور عنجر) is a town in the northern Obock Region of Djibouti. It is situated on the west coast of the Bab el Mandeb Strait. The town...
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    Medeho (Arabic: مديهو) is a town in the northeastern Obock Region of Djibouti. Medeho has one of the mildest climates in Djibouti, which is not always...
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    the point at which the border with Eritrea enters the Red Sea in the Obock Region; to the east, a section of the Red Sea coast north of Ras Bir; to the...
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  •  Djibouti Coast to the northeast of Obock, Obock Region 43°25′E 67  Eritrea Border with Djibouti, Southern Red Sea Region 43°7′E 68  Syria Border with Iraq...
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  • Berenice Epideires Deirê Shown within Djibouti Location Djibouti Region Obock Region Coordinates 12°28′N 43°18′E / 12.467°N 43.300°E / 12.467; 43.300...
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  • Waddi (Arabic: وادي) is a town in the northern Obock region of Djibouti. Waddi, Djibouti v t e...
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  • Sedorre (Arabic: سيدور) is a town in the northern Obock region of Djibouti. Satellite map at Maplandia.com 12°22′N 43°11′E / 12.367°N 43.183°E / 12...
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  • Bissidiro (Arabic: بيسيديرو) is a town in the northern Obock region of Djibouti. It is situated on the border with Eritrea about 351 km (218 mi) (by road)...
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    Arabic: الجزيرة الكبرى), is an uninhabited rocky island off the coast of Obock Region of Djibouti in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (between the Red Sea and the...
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    Ras Siyyan or Ras Siyan (Arabic: رأس سيان) is a peninsula in the Obock Region of Djibouti, on the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (between the Red Sea and the Gulf...
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  • Egahlou (category Obock Region)
    Egahlou (also Ouaddi, Arabic: إغالو) is a town located in central Obock Region of Djibouti. Although there is sparse vegetation in the vicinity, there...
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    the Zeila and Obock region. With French citizenship, Abu Bakr solidified his status as the most influential leader of the Zeila region in the eyes of...
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