Djibouti (
Arabic
:
جيبوتي
Jībūtī,
Somali
: Jabuuti), officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in
eastern Africa
. Djibouti is bordered by
Eritrea
in the north,
Ethiopia
in the west and south, and
Somalia
in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the
Red Sea
and the
Gulf of Aden
. On the other side of the Red Sea, on the
Arabian Peninsula
, kilometres (
mi
) from the coast of Djibouti, is
Yemen
. The capital of Djibouti is the city of Djibouti. |