21 November 2023 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 5 minutesTadjoura, the White city © Miaz85/cc-by-sa-4.0
Tadjoura (
Afar: Tagórri;
Arabic: Tajūrā’,
Somali: Tajuura) is one of the oldest towns in
Djibouti and the capital of the
Tadjourah Region. The town evolved into an early
Islamic center with the arrival of Muslims shortly after the
Hijra. An important port for many centuries, it was ruled by a succession of polities, including the
Ifat Sultanate,
Adal Sultanate, the
Ottoman Empire,
France until
Djibouti‘s independence in 1977. Lying on the
Gulf of Tadjoura, it is home to a population of around 45,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest city in the country after
Djibouti and
Ali Sabieh.
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