Obock

Obock is a small port town in . It is located on the Northern shore of the , where it opens out into the Gulf of Aden. The town is home to and has ferries to .
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  • Type: Town with 8,500 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Hayyou”, “Obock أبخ”, “Obok أوبوك”, “Ūbūk”, “Ubukh”, and “أوبوك”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Obock Airport.

Aerodrome
is an serving Obock, a city in the of .

Obock

Latitude
11.96402° or 11° 57′ 51″ north
Longitude
43.29223° or 43° 17′ 32″ east
Population
8,500
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
OBC
United Nations Location Code
DJ OBC
Open location code
7H35X77R+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316841441
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
221527
Wiki­data ID
Q860179
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Satellite Map

Discover Obock from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Obock” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦቦክ”
  • Arabic: “أبخ”
  • Arabic: “أوبوك”
  • Arabic: “اوبوك”
  • Asturian: “Obock”
  • Azerbaijani: “Obock”
  • Basque: “Obock”
  • Belarusian: “Абок”
  • Bengali: “ওবক”
  • Catalan: “Obock”
  • Cebuano: “Obock”
  • Chinese: “奥博克”
  • Chinese: “奧博克”
  • Czech: “Obock”
  • Danish: “Obock”
  • Dutch: “Obock”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوبوك”
  • Estonian: “Obock”
  • Estonian: “Obok”
  • Estonian: “Ubuk”
  • Finnish: “Obock”
  • French: “Obock”
  • Georgian: “ობოკი”
  • German: “Aubuk”
  • German: “Awbuk”
  • German: “Obock”
  • Greek: “Ομπόκ”
  • Hausa: “Obock”
  • Hebrew: “אובוק”
  • Hindi: “ओबॉक”
  • Indonesian: “Obock”
  • Italian: “Obock”
  • Japanese: “オボック”
  • Javanese: “Obock”
  • Kazakh: “Обок”
  • Kirghiz: “Обок”
  • Korean: “오보크”
  • Lithuanian: “Obokas”
  • Malay: “Obock”
  • Mingrelian: “ობოკი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Obock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Obock”
  • Norwegian: “Obock”
  • Oromo: “Obock”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਬੌਕ”
  • Persian: “اوبوک”
  • Polish: “Obock”
  • Polish: “Obok”
  • Portuguese: “Obock”
  • Pushto: “اوبوک”
  • Romanian: “Obock”
  • Russian: “Обок”
  • Somali: “Obock”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوبوک”
  • Spanish: “Obock”
  • Spanish: “Obok”
  • Swahili: “Obock”
  • Swedish: “Obock”
  • Tajik: “Обок”
  • Tatar: “Обок”
  • Turkish: “Obock”
  • Turkish: “Obuk”
  • Ukrainian: “Обок”
  • Urdu: “اوبوک”
  • Uzbek: “Obock”
  • Vietnamese: “Obock”
  • Zulu: “Obock”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rond-Point d’Obock دوار أوبوك and Obock أبخ.

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