Djibouti [City] (English spelling)

Japanese: ジブチ[市]（英語表記）Djibouti

Djibouti is the capital and port city of the small country of Djibouti, located in northeastern Africa on the Gulf of Aden. Its population was 317,000 (1991). The city's importance lies in its strategic location controlling the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea, and in the fact that it is the starting point of a railway line to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Its international airport is just as important as its port. Its main industries include shipbuilding, ship repair, construction materials, food processing, and salt production. There are also economic activities appropriate to a desert region, such as a camel market.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アフリカ北東部，アデン湾に面した小国ジブチ共和国の首都で，港湾都市でもある。人口31万7000(1991)。この都市の重要性はアデン湾と紅海を結ぶバーブ･アルマンデブ海峡を制する戦略的な立地条件にあることと，エチオピアの首都アジス･アベバに通ずる鉄道の起点である点に求められる。国際空港も港湾とならんで重要である。造船，船舶修理，建設資材，食品加工，製塩などが主要な工業となっている。ラクダ市場など砂漠地帯にふさわしい経済活動もある。

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