Phipps+Djibouti

__** Republic of Djibouti **__

LOCATION
Djibouti is 12° north and 42° east. It is located on the eastern shores of Africa. The relative location is near Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and to the north is the Red Sea, and to the east is the Gulf of Aden. __PLACE __ In Djibouti it is very hot. In January it is about 84°f and 106°f in July!!! That's hot! Djibouti has a large forest called the Day Forest National Park. It is the largest forest in Djibouti. This forest is 1,390,000 acres. Now that's large!! Also there is the Mouchg Island it is only 3 kilometers wide!! This island is a made from coral.



__ HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS __ Some natural resources that are mined are gold, clay, garnet, limestone, marble, salt, grampus, pumice and petroleum. They also make dynamite. In Djibouti they grow very limited crops because of the lack of water in this area. The few crops that they grow are dates, plums and. Few animals are raised as livestock. Most animals consist of goats, camels and sheep.

The port of Djibouti is located at the southern entrance of the Red Sea. This port is 2,000 acres and is non changing but is very busy and very large. It works with 19 different countries and 380 million people!! .   __ MOVEMENT __ About 60% of Djibouti's goods are shipped out of Djibouti by trains and railroads. Some of the goods are shipped by boat from the Port of Djibouti. They ship to other countries that are located near them and some other countries as well. Djibouti also gets imports from other countries including China!

__ REGIONS & COMPARE AND CONTRAST __ Djibouti is about the size of Massachusetts. Some may think that it might remind us of Arizona or New Mexico because Djibouti is known for having very hot, dry weather. The difference between Djibouti and Wisconsin is that Djibouti is hot and dry and Wisconsin summers are mostly at a cool or comfortable 75°F. Djibouti is also fairly small compared to many states in the U.S.



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