Ethiopia–Djibouti border

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The Ethiopia–Djibouti border is an international boundary in the Horn of Africa that cuts across the traditional homeland of the Afar people and connects landlocked Ethiopia to the port facilities of Djibouti.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
political boundary
approximateLength_km 375
borderType land border
colonialPowerInvolvedInDelimitation Ethiopian Empire NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
connectsLandlockedCountryToSeaAccess Ethiopia NERFINISHED
connectsToPortFacilitiesIn Djibouti NERFINISHED
continent Africa
countryOnSide1 Ethiopia NERFINISHED
countryOnSide2 Djibouti NERFINISHED
crossesHomelandOf Afar people NERFINISHED
ethnicRegionAffected Afar Region NERFINISHED
givesSeaAccessVia Gulf of Aden NERFINISHED
Port of Djibouti NERFINISHED
hasBorderCrossing Dewele border crossing NERFINISHED
Galafi border crossing NERFINISHED
hasBorderSecurityFor Djibouti NERFINISHED
Ethiopia NERFINISHED
hasCheckpoint Dewele NERFINISHED
Galafi NERFINISHED
hasFunction customs control
migration control
security control
isCriticalFor Ethiopian exports
Ethiopian imports
isPartOf Ethiopia–Djibouti relations NERFINISHED
landlocksSide Ethiopia NERFINISHED
languageRegionsAffected Afar language NERFINISHED
Amharic NERFINISHED
Arabic
legalStatus internationally recognized boundary
mainTransitDirection Addis Ababa to Djibouti City
nearbyWaterBody Gulf of Tadjoura NERFINISHED
passesThrough Afar Depression NERFINISHED
Danakil Desert NERFINISHED
region Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Issa Somali NERFINISHED
relatedInfrastructure Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway NERFINISHED
Ethiopia–Djibouti Highway NERFINISHED
separates Djibouti NERFINISHED
Ethiopia NERFINISHED
usedFor international trade
rail transport
road transport
transit of goods

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Afar people borderStraddlingGroup Ethiopia–Djibouti border