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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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    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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    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...
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    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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    signed by Afar Sultan Raieta Dini Ahmet in Paris ceded the territory of Obock for 10,000 thalaris, around 55,000 francs. Later on, that treaty was used...
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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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    north of the Gulf of Tadjoura situated in modern-day Djibouti was called Obock and was ruled by Somali and Afar Sultans, local authorities with whom France...
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  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti. US Secretary of State Blinken during an IOM mission in Obock, Djibouti. Evacuation after a tsunami in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia...
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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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  • stamp issuers page for details of the project. Dates 1892 – 1894 Capital Obock Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc Refer Djibouti Refer Arad (French Occupation)...
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    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...
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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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  • Obok may refer to one of two terms Obock Oboq This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Obok. If an internal link led you here...
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    the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the east African coastal enclave of Djibouti (Obock Territory), and the island of Madagascar. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza helped...
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    1862 until 1894, the land to the north of the Gulf of Tadjoura was called Obock and ruled by Somali and Afar Sultans, local authorities with whom France...
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    6,000 and 10,000. Ali Sabieh Infantry Regiment Dikhil Infantry Regiment Obock Infantry Regiment Tadjoura Infantry Regiment Djibouti City Rapid Reaction...
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  • Vaudreuil reported that the Egyptians were occupying the interior between Obock and Tadjoura. Emperor Johannes IV of Ethiopia signed an accord with the...
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    British Somaliland Obock Territory...
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    many adventures, eventually prospered, bought a house near the shore in Obock cove, and had a big dhow, the Altair ("Soaring Eagle"), built by a local...
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    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...
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    In 1939, the circle of Ali Sabieh is extracted from the last. In 1963, Obock's circle was created by division of that of Tadjourah region. In 1967, the...
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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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    Imamate of Aussa (16th–18th c.) Ottoman Egypt (16th–19th c.) Colonial period Obock Territory (1862-1896) French Somaliland (1896–1967) French Territory of...
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    1862 until 1894, the land to the north of the Gulf of Tadjoura was called Obock and was ruled by Issa and Afar Sultans, local authorities with whom France...
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    50 sq mi) Highest elevation 44 m (144 ft) Administration  Djibouti Regions Obock Sub-prefecture Moulhoule Claimed by  Eritrea Regions Southern Red Sea Subregions...
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    deserted but spacious bay about half-way between Annesley Bay to the north and Obock to the South. However, the area, — which had been long dominated by the...
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