Obock

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Obock is a coastal town in northeastern Djibouti, situated on the Gulf of Tadjoura and known historically as one of the country’s earliest French colonial settlements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Obock canonical 3
Obock District 1
Obock, Djibouti 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
town
administrativeDivisionLevel regional capital
capitalEndDate 1890s
capitalOf French Somaliland
Obock Region
capitalStartDate 1880s
climate hot desert climate
coast Gulf of Tadjoura
colonialStatus first French settlement in present-day Djibouti
commonlySpokenLanguage Afar
Somali
country Djibouti
countryCallingCode +253
countryCapitalType regional capital
distanceToDjiboutiCity about 300 km by road
elevation sea level
ethnicGroup Afar people
Somali people
feature natural harbor
port
formerColonialPower France
formerName Obok
hasCoastline yes
hasPortFunction minor seaport
historicalEvent French protectorate treaties with local chiefs
historicalRole early French colonial settlement in Djibouti
KöppenClimateClassification BWh
locatedIn Obock Region
northeastern Djibouti
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInSubregion Horn of Africa
locatedOn African shore of the Red Sea
Bab-el-Mandeb strait vicinity
Gulf of Tadjoura
Red Sea
nearbyCity Djibouti City
officialLanguage Arabic
French
partOf Obock District
linked to: Obock
regionType coastal town
religionMajority Islam
servedAs capital of French Somaliland
strategicImportance control of entrance to Red Sea via Bab-el-Mandeb
timezone UTC+3
transportFacility Obock Airport
waterBody Gulf of Aden vicinity

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Obock Region hasCapital Obock
Obock partOf Obock District
linked to: Obock
Port of Obock locatedIn Obock, Djibouti
linked to: Obock
Port of Obock servesCity Obock