Djibouti - The historical urban landscape of the city of Djibouti and its specific buildings

"Due to its geographical location, at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean, Djibouti was, since the Middle Ages, an important commercial hub between the Arabs and Africa, especially for the traffic slaves or the aromatics trade. It is through historical facts that the city was built. In 1862, France returned to the region of Obock and acquired it by a treaty with the chiefs of this region. In 1890, the French governor Lagarde decided to transfer the seat of the government located in Obock to Djibouti cape, a peninsula which opens widely on the Gulf of Aden. On this marshy site the Governor Lagarde undertakes to establish the bases of an urban fabric, Djibouti-city, which will become in 1896 the chief town of the colony called French Coast of Somalis."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

Place Mahmoud Harbi of Djibouti City is named after a fervent Somalian who wanted merger of Djibouti with Somalia. Thanks to Ronald of Sweden.