Obock Region

The Obock Region is a region in northern . Covering an area of 4,700 square kilometres, it had an estimated population of 37,856 as of 2009.The region borders the Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb, Gulf of Aden, , and includes the , Doumeira Islands, and the coastal city of .
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  • Type: State with 55,000 residents
  • Description: region of Djibouti
  • Also known as: “DJ-OB”, “Iqlīm Ūbūk”, “Iqlīm Ubukh”, “Obock”, “Obock (region)”, “Obock (región)”, “Obock Bölgesi”, “Region de Obock”, “Օբոք”, “أبخ Obock”, and “اوبوک ریجن”

Obock Region

Latitude
12.2111° or 12° 12′ 40″ north
Longitude
43.1686° or 43° 10′ 7″ east
Population
55,000
Elevation
773 metres (2,536 feet)
Open location code
7H456569+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2208260978
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
221525
Wiki­data ID
Q844929
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Obock Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦቦክ”
  • Arabic: “أبخ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم أبخ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم أوبوك”
  • Armenian: “Օբոքի երկրամաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Obok regionu”
  • Basque: “Obock eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Абок”
  • Belarusian: “Рэгіён Абок”
  • Bengali: “ওবাক অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Obock (regija)”
  • Bosnian: “Obock”
  • Breton: “Obock”
  • Bulgarian: “Обок”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Obock”
  • Cebuano: “Obock”
  • Chinese: “奥博克地区”
  • Chinese: “奥博克州”
  • Chinese: “奧博克州”
  • Danish: “Obock Region”
  • Dutch: “Obock”
  • Estonian: “Obocki piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Obockin alue”
  • Finnish: “Obockin maakunta”
  • French: “Cercle d’Obock”
  • French: “Obock”
  • French: “Région d’Obock”
  • French: “Région dObock”
  • Georgian: “ობოკის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Obock”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ομπόκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઓબોક પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Obock”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אובוק”
  • Hindi: “ओबॉक क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Region Obock”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Obock”
  • Italian: “regione di Obock”
  • Italian: “Regione di Obock”
  • Japanese: “オボック州”
  • Javanese: “Obock”
  • Kannada: “ಒಬಾಕ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Обок”
  • Kirghiz: “Обок”
  • Korean: “오보크주”
  • Latvian: “Ubukas reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Oboko regionas”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Obock”
  • Malay: “Obock Region”
  • Marathi: “ओबॉक प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Obock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Obock”
  • Norwegian: “Obock”
  • Oromo: “Obok”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਬੋਕ”
  • Persian: “منطقه اوبوک”
  • Polish: “Region Obock”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Obock”
  • Pushto: “اوبوک”
  • Romanian: “regiunea Obock”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Obock”
  • Russian: “Обок”
  • Sinhala: “ඔබොක් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Somali: “Obok”
  • Spanish: “Región de Obock”
  • Swahili: “Obock”
  • Swedish: “Obock”
  • Tajik: “Обок”
  • Tamil: “ஒபோக் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Обок”
  • Telugu: “ఓబాక్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “โอบ๊อค”
  • Turkish: “Obuk Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Обок”
  • Urdu: “اوبوک علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Obok”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Obock”
  • Zulu: “Obock Region”

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