Timeline_of_Djibouti_City Knowpia

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

Prior to 20th century edit

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 edit

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 [fr] 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 edit

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.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "France: Africa: French Somaliland". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Internet Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Djibouti", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 518, OL 6112221M
^ K. Shillington, ed. (2005). "Djibouti". Encyclopedia of African History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Djibouti". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b Petit Futé 2012.
^ Dubois 2005.
^ ^a ^b ^c Daoud A. Alwan; Yohanis Mibrathu (2000). Historical Dictionary of Djibouti. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3873-4.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Djibouti". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2012. United Nations Statistics Division.
^ "(Djibouti)". Archnet. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
^ Rolf Hofmeier (2013). "Djibouti". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012. Vol. 9. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 309–314. ISBN 978-90-04-25600-2.
^ "Africa Internet Summit". 10times. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

Bibliography edit

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 [fr] (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.