Timeline of Djibouti City

The following is a timeline of the history of Djibouti City, Djibouti.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1888 – Port established.[1]
• 1892 – Capital of French Somaliland relocated to Djibouti from Obock.[2]
• 1897 – Ethiopia relies on the Port of Djibouti as its official maritime outlet.[2]

20th century

• 1903 – Dire Dawa-Djibouti railway begins operating.[3]
• 1906 – Hamoudi Mosque built.
• 1914 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti established.[4]
• 1917
  • Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway begins operating.[2]
  • Population: 13,608.[1]
• 1940 – Population: 26,987.
• 1948 – Djiboutian franc (currency) introduced.[5]
• 1949 – Free port established.[6]
• 1950 – Civil Ambouli aerodrome opens near city.[7]
• 1954 – Electric power plant built.[7]
• 1963 - Population: 41,217.[8]
• 1964 – Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur de Djibouti consecrated.
• 1967
  • Radiodiffusion Télévision de Djibouti begins broadcasting.[7]
  • City becomes capital of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas.
• 1970 - Population: 62,000 (estimate).[9]
• 1977
  • 8 May: Afars and Issas independence referendum, 1977.[5]
  • City becomes capital of the Republic of Djibouti.
  • Population: 110,248.
  • Central Bank of Djibouti established.[10]
• 1981 – Grand Bara road opens.[10]
• 1986 – Tadjoura-Djibouti road opens.[10]
• 1987 – Balbala becomes part of city.
• 1993 – Stade du Ville opens.
• 1995 – Population: 383,000.[11]
• 1997 – Corrugated Iron Mosque built.[12]
• 1999 – Djibouti Telecom headquartered in city.[10]

21st century

• 2006 – Kempinski Hotel in business.
• 2009 - Population: 475,322.[13]
• 2011 – 2011 Djiboutian protests.
• 2012 – Abdourahman Mohamed Guelleh becomes mayor.[14]
• 2013
  • Parliamentary election held, with the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority winning most seats.
  • United States military drone base established at airport.
• 2014 – Africa Internet Summit held.[15]
• 2017 - Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway begins operating.

See also

• Djibouti city history
• List of localities in Djibouti

References

1. "France: Africa: French Somaliland". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Internet Archive.
2. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Djibouti", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 518, OL 6112221M
3. K. Shillington, ed. (2005). "Djibouti". Encyclopedia of African History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Djibouti". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
5. Petit Futé 2012.
6. Dubois 2005.
7. Daoud A. Alwan; Yohanis Mibrathu (2000). Historical Dictionary of Djibouti. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3873-4.
8. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
9. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
10. "Djibouti". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
11. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2012. United Nations Statistics Division.
12. "(Djibouti)". Archnet. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
13. "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
14. Rolf Hofmeier (2013). "Djibouti". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012. 9. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 309–314. ISBN 978-90-04-25600-2.
15. "Africa Internet Summit". 10times. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

Bibliography

in English

• Collette Dubois; Frederick C. Gamst (2005). "Djibouti City". In Siegbert Uhlig (ed.). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 183. ISBN 978-3-447-05607-6.

in French

• Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Côte française des Somali: Villes principales: Djibouti". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005579753. (+ table of contents)
• Colette Dubois (2002). "Cendrillon oubliée par la 'Fée électricité': Djibouti 1906-1977" [Cinderella forgotten by the 'electricity fairy': Djibouti 1906-1977]. Outre-mers (in French). 89 – via Persee.fr.
• "Histoire: Chronologie". Djibouti (in French). Petit Futé. 2012. p. 40+. ISBN 978-2-7469-6435-8.
• Moustapha Nour Ayeh (2015). "La ville de Djibouti entre intégration aux enjeux mondiaux et fragmentation urbaine" [City of Djibouti, between globalization and urban fragmentation]. Territoire en mouvement (in French) (27–28). doi:10.4000/tem.3183 – via Revues.org.

External links

• BBC News. "Djibouti Profile: Timeline".