Timeline of Djibouti City explained

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

Prior to 20th century

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

20th century

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

21st century

• 2006 – Kempinski Hotel in business.
• 2009 - Population: 475,322.
• 2011 – 2011 Djiboutian protests.
• 2012 – Abdourahman Mohamed Guelleh becomes mayor.^[10]
• 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.^[11]
• 2017 - Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway begins operating.

See also

• Djibouti city history
• List of localities in Djibouti

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Siegbert Uhlig . Encyclopaedia Aethiopica . 2005 . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 978-3-447-05607-6 . Djibouti City . 183 . Collette Dubois . Frederick C. Gamst . . Encyclopaedia Aethiopica .

in French

• Book: Ch. Brossard. fr. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France. Flammarion. Paris. Colonies françaises. 1906. Côte française des Somali: Villes principales: Djibouti. 2027/mdp.39015005579753. (+ table of contents)
• Cendrillon oubliée par la 'Fée électricité': Djibouti 1906-1977 . Cinderella forgotten by the 'electricity fairy': Djibouti 1906-1977 . Colette Dubois . . 89 . fr . . 2002.
• Book: Djibouti . 2012. . 978-2-7469-6435-8 . Histoire: Chronologie . 40+ . fr . .
• Moustapha Nour Ayeh . La ville de Djibouti entre intégration aux enjeux mondiaux et fragmentation urbaine . City of Djibouti, between globalization and urban fragmentation . . 27–28 . 10.4000/tem.3183 . fr . . 2015. free .

External links

• News: Djibouti Profile: Timeline . BBC News . BBC News . 28 April 2011 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Africa: French Somaliland . https://archive.org/stream/statesmansyearbo1921londuoft#page/898/mode/1up . . Statesman's Year-Book .
2. Book: Encyclopedia of African History. 2005. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-57958-245-6 . Djibouti . https://books.google.com/books?id=Ftz_gtO-pngC&pg=PA614 . K. Shillington .
3. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Djibouti . www.katolsk.no . Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) . Norway . 30 April 2015 .
4. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants .
5. Book: Daoud A. Alwan . Yohanis Mibrathu . Historical Dictionary of Djibouti. 2000. . 978-0-8108-3873-4.
6. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm . 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
7. Web site: Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2012. United Nations Statistics Division.
8. Web site: (Djibouti) . . 30 April 2015 .
9. Book: Africa South of the Sahara 2004 . Regional Surveys of the World . . 2004 . 1857431839 . Djibouti . https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC&pg=PA370 .
10. Book: Andreas Mehler. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012 . 2013 . 9 . Koninklijke Brill . 978-90-04-25600-2 . Djibouti . Rolf Hofmeier . 309–314 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Af9AAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA310 . etal.
11. Web site: Africa Internet Summit. 10times. 20 April 2015.