Long description

This outline colour map illustrates the location of Djibouti in relation to neighbouring states and sea channels. North is at the top of the map and Djibouti, coloured red, is in the centre. The nation is bordered by Ethiopia to the west and south, and has a short south-eastern border with Somalia. Djibouti’s eastern coastline adjoins the Gulf of Aden. The Gulf narrows at the top centre of the map into a strait of water that separates Djibouti from Yemen to its north east. The strait is labelled ‘Bab al-Mandab’, and where the strait widens at the top of the map, it is labelled ‘Red Sea’. A small square is superimposed in the top right-hand corner of the image. This shows a zoomed out outline of the African continent, with Djibouti’s location circled in red.