Yoboki
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يوبوكي
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Yoboki ({{langx|ar|يوبوكي}}) is a town located in the western Dikhil Region of Djibouti. It is situated approximately {{convert|179|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the nation's capital city of Djibouti, and roughly {{convert|59|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Dikhil, the regional capital.
History
Yoboki was established as a French military post in 1946,{{cite book|last=Chiré|first=Amina Saïd|title=Djibouti contemporain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jlo8scsrSIYC&pg=PA58|year=2013|publisher=KARTHALA Editions|isbn=978-2-8111-0824-3|page=58}} and buildings were constructed between July and November 1947 at the location of a well. The first meeting between the French soldiers, who began to occupy the territory, and representatives of the Sultan of Awsa, including Mahammad Yayyó, took place here. In 1958, a school was opened for the nomads.{{cite book|last=Kitchen|first=Helen A.|title=The Educated African: A Country by Country Survey of Educational Development in Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=02kXAAAAIAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Praeger|page=111}} In 1979 a French teacher was kidnapped in Yoboki.{{cite book|last1=Alwan|first1=Daoud Aboubaker|last2=Mibrathu|first2=Yohanis|title=Historical Dictionary of Djibouti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9drQ9YeLxcC&pg=PA51|year=2000|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-3873-4|page=51}}
Bomb attacks by an unknown perpetrator were reported in mid-May 1990, which affected electric and military installations in the town.{{cite book|author=Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain)|title=Country report: Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wt80AQAAIAAJ|access-date=8 March 2011|year=1990|publisher=The Unit}} Due to conflict in the area between rebels and the government, since March 28, 1992{{cite book|title=Country Report: Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-A0AQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=The Unit|page=40}} troops from the 5th Interarm Regiment of the French Overseas Navy have been deployed in Yoboki, Obock, and Tadjoura.{{cite book|title=Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPVw4E9qBGIC&pg=PA357|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-39822-0|page=357}} The rebels were driven out to Gorabous.{{cite book|title=Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fGMOAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Blackwell|page=10428}} According to an October 1993 Amnesty International publication, "50 civilians were reportedly extrajudicially executed by government troops after a FRUD force withdrew from the village."{{cite book|page=32|title=Getting away with murder: political killings and d̀isappearances' in the 1990s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4YwuAQAAIAAJ|date=1 October 1993|publisher=Amnesty International|isbn=978-0-939994-82-3}}
Demographics
In 1968, Yoboki had a population of around 200 residents, mostly Afar.{{cite book|last1=Thompson|first1=Virginia|author2=Richard Adloff|title=Djibouti and the Horn of Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohakAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA47|access-date=8 March 2011|year=1968|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-0650-6|page=47}} More recent estimates indicate that the town has a population of 644.
Overview
Geography and climate
Yoboki is located at an altitude of 250 meters above sea level in the hills, rising to 972 meters at Babba Alou.{{cite book|last1=Auzias|first1=Dominique|last2=Labourdette|first2=Jean-Paul|title=Petit Futé Djibouti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQ7nD39Hth4C&pg=PA123|date=9 September 2006|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=978-2-7469-1763-7|page=123|language=fr}} Yoboki National Park surrounds the town and Hanle Valley is in the vicinity.{{cite book|title=Muslim & Arab Perspectives: International Islamic Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLTXAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies|page=12}} The area is prone to earthquakes and landslides.{{cite book|title=Earthquakes & Volcanoes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hg6AQAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Geological Survey|page=160}}
{{Weather box|location = Yoboki
|metric first = yes
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|temperature colour=pastel
|Jan high C = 29.9
|Feb high C = 30.2
|Mar high C = 32.3
|Apr high C = 34.4
|May high C = 37.6
|Jun high C = 40.4
|Jul high C = 40.3
|Aug high C = 39.2
|Sep high C = 37.6
|Oct high C = 34.6
|Nov high C = 31.8
|Dec high C = 30.2
|Jan low C = 19.0
|Feb low C = 20.5
|Mar low C = 21.6
|Apr low C = 23.3
|May low C = 25.0
|Jun low C = 27.2
|Jul low C = 29.4
|Aug low C = 28.8
|Sep low C = 27.2
|Oct low C = 23.8
|Nov low C = 21.1
|Dec low C = 19.4
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm = 6
|Feb rain mm = 6
|Mar rain mm = 3
|Apr rain mm = 10
|May rain mm = 4
|Jun rain mm = 3
|Jul rain mm = 45
|Aug rain mm = 55
|Sep rain mm = 26
|Oct rain mm = 2
|Nov rain mm = 4
|Dec rain mm = 4
| source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web|title=Climate: Yoboki - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table|url=https://en.climate-data.org/location/31640/|publisher=Climate-Data.org|access-date=25 September 2013}}
|source 2= Levoyageur{{cite web|title=DJIBOUTI - YOBOKI : Climate, weather, temperatures|url=http://www.levoyageur.net/weather-city-YOBOKI.html|publisher=Levoyageur|access-date=25 September 2016}}
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Transport
Yoboki is well connected, linked by National Highway 1, National Highway 7 and National Highway 8; these roads lead to other cities such as Dikhil, Galafi, Dobi{{cite book|last1=Development|first1=Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and|last2=Africa|first2=United Nations. Economic Commission for|title=Economic integration in the IGAD sub-region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xOO1AAAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=EIIPD|page=19}} and Djibouti city.{{cite book|last=Inc|first=Gale Research|title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Africa|url=https://archive.org/details/worldmarkencyclo02gale|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-9880-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldmarkencyclo02gale/page/112 112]}}
Notable people
References
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External links
- [http://www.maplandia.com/djibouti/dikhil/yoboki/yoboki/ Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725013450/http://ard-djibouti.org/Edition%20En%20Ligne%20Janvier%202011/img3B.jpg Photograph]
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