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Djibouti
presidential republic
Present-day Djibouti was the site of the medieval Ifat and Adal Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the Afar sultans signed treaties with the French that allowed the latter to establish the colony of French Somaliland in 1862. The French signed additional treaties with the ethnic Somali in 1885.
Profile
CapitalDjibouti
Population1.0M
GDP$8.0B
Area23,200 km²
CurrencyDjiboutian francs (DJF) per US dollar -
Leadership
Head of State
Ismail Omar Guelleh
Since 1999
Head of Government
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Since 2013
At a Glance
Population
1.0M
GDP (PPP)
$8B
