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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Area > Land	22,980 sq km		[147th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	23,000 sq km		[155th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Djibouti - 395,000
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate	desert; torrid, dry
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	0.3%		[187th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	11 30 N, 43 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	0.04%		[211st of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Djibouti
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	493,000		[116th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Djibouti - 395,000
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Africa
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	20.36 people per sqkm		[182nd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	34.21 people/m²		[148th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	163 mm		[89th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	23,200 km²		[146th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Moussa Ali
Source: World Development Indicators database

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