Djibouti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east. Djibouti occupies a total area of just 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi).
In antiquity, the territory was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila (now in Somalia) was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Somali and Afar sultans with the French and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden.
It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city. Djibouti joined the United Nations the same year, on September 20, 1977.
In the early 1990s, tensions over government representation led to armed conflict, which ended in a power sharing agreement in 2000 between the ruling party and the opposition.
However, Denmark still kept a union over Norway which lasted until its dissolution in 1814. Denmark inherited an expansive colonial empire from this union, of which the Faroe Islands and Greenland are remnants. Beginning in the 17th century, there were several cessions of territory; these culminated in the 1830s with a surge of nationalist movements, which were defeated in the 1864 Second Schleswig War. Denmark remained neutral during World War I.
In April 1940, a German invasion saw brief military skirmishes while the Danish resistance movement was active from 1943 until the German surrender in May 1945. An industrialized exporter of agricultural produce in the second half of the 19th century, Denmark introduced social and labour-market reforms in the early 20th century, making the basis for the present welfare state model with a highly developed mixed economy.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1977.01
27.06.1977
Overprint REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI on Fr Afars and Issas 1976.02
100f
69
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
300f
25
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
1977.02
11.08.1977
Birds
90f
2
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
100f
225
Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
1978.01
13.12.1978
Philexafrique
1977.01
90f
163
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
90f
25
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
1979.01
08.06.1979
Philexafrique 2
2v set
1977.01
55f
69
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
1982.01
10.05.1982
Philexfrance
2v set
80f
22
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
1984.01
29.04.1984
Landscapes
8v set
55f
65
White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
125f
25
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
1985.01
27.01.1985
Audubon
5f
91
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
15f
68
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
20f
102
Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
25f
86
European Roller Coracias garrulus
1985.02
27.01.1985
Audubon
200f
36
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
MS
1989.01
25.04.1989
Birds
35f
14
Djibouti Francolin Pternistis ochropectus
1991.01
12.02.1991
Birds
10f
29
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
15f
26
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
20f
26
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
25f
25
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
1991.02
27.03.1991
Birds
200f
36
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
1993.01
10.03.1993
Birds
300f
65
White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
1994.01
16.06.1994
Birds
10f
38
White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
1995.01
25.02.1995
Centenary of volleyball
70f
2
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
1995.02
05.04.1995
Birds
30f
22
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
50f
25
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
1996.01
23.04.1996
Wildlife
120f
2
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
1998.01
20.04.1998
International year of the ocean
12v sheet
75c
238
Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis
1998.02
06.12.1998
Maskali Island
500f
65
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
2000.01
13.04.2000
Wildlife
8v sheet
100f
22
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
100f
2
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
100f
24
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
and
47
Whooping Crane Grus americana
100f
108
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
100f
100
Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
100f
47
Whooping Crane Grus americana
2000.02
23.08.2000
Birds
Strip
5f
157
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
10f
22
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
15f
38
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
40f
37
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
50f
68
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
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