Geography of Djibouti

Geography of Djibouti

Continent	Africa
Region	Horn of Africa
Area	Ranked 146th
• Total	23,200 km2 (9,000 sq mi)
Coastline	314 km (195 mi)
Borders	575 km (357 mi) *  Ethiopia: 390 km (242 mi) *  Eritrea: 125 km (78 mi) *  Somalia: 60 km (37 mi) *  Yemen: (maritime boundary, Bab el Mandeb)
Highest point	Mousa Ali 2,028 m (6,654 ft)
Lowest point	Lac Assal −155 m (−509 ft)
Largest lake	Lake Abbe
Terrain	Mostly mountainous and volcanic

Djibouti is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. To the east is its coastline on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Rainfall is sparse, and most of the territory has a semi-arid to arid environment. Lake Assal is a saline lake which lies 155 m (509 ft) below sea level, making it the lowest point on land in Africa and the third-lowest point on Earth after the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. Djibouti has the fifth smallest population in Africa. Djibouti's major 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 by area in Africa and 147st largest country in the world by land area, covering a total of 23,200 km² (9,000 sq mi), of which 23,180 km² (8,950 sq mi) is land and 20 km² (7.7 sq mi) is water.^[1]