The region "Earth of Gods" (the Republic of Djibouti) - one of the most interesting and unusual places on a planet, with numerous desert plains, lakes, volcanoes, with the most beautiful underwater world.

To Gib ́ (Arab. جيبوتي‎‎),(realty) officially the Republic of Djibouti ́ (جمهورية جيبوتي‎) — the state in the northeast of Africa near (realty) the Horn of Africa. Borders on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.

History

The territory of present Djibouti in the VII century appeared under the power of the Arab sultans. In 1862 the French armies landed in Djibouti port. In 1892 France established over it the colonial domination, having appropriated in 1896 the official name Coast French Somalia (is later since 1967 — the French territory афаров and исса). Political life in Djibouti both at the time of stay under colonial protectorate, and after independence finding in 1977, was defined substantially by fight between the largest ethnoses occupying the country — афар and исса. During action of the colonial mandate in administration dominated афар, and after finding by the independence country — исса. In 1979 splash in discontent among афаров, the beginning of guerrilla war. In 1992 — 2000 in Djibouti the civil war which has ended with the agreement on the section of powers took place.