Dikhil
Dikhil Location in Djibouti
Coordinates: 11°07′N 42°22′E / 11.117°N 42.367°E / 11.117; 42.367
Country	Djibouti
Region	Dikhil Region
Elevation	484 m (1,588 ft)
Population
- Total	12,043

Dikhil is a town in western Djibouti in the Dikhil Region, lying east of Lake Abbe. Located on the paved highway that runs east from Djibouti City, this town is home to a population of around 12,043 people.

When Wilfred Thesiger visited Dikhil in May 1934, he was struck by "a most impregnable fort here" recently constructed by the French colonial authorities. "The walls are twenty feet high, loop-holed, and topped with broken glass and a barbed-wire entanglement. There are two large observation towers." He believed that garrison stationed there provided its only economic support, for had "the site any real value it would have been used before this by the natives."^[1]

[edit] Twinning

Dikhil is twinned with:

• Littlehampton, England

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Satellite map at Maplandia.com

Coordinates: 11°07′N 42°22′E / 11.117°N 42.367°E / 11.117; 42.367

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