Obock
Obock is a small port town in Djibouti. It is located on the Northern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, where it opens out into the Gulf of Aden. The town is home to an airstrip and has ferries to Djibouti City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,500 residents
- Description: city
- Also known as: “Hayyou”, “Obok أوبوك”, “Ūbūk”, “Ubukh”, and “أوبوك”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Obock Airport.
Obock Airport
Aerodrome
Obock Airport is an airport serving Obock, a city in the Obock Region of Djibouti.
Obock
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Obock Region, Djibouti, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.96402° or 11° 57′ 51″ northLongitude
43.29223° or 43° 17′ 32″ eastPopulation
8,500Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)IATA airport code
OBCUnited Nations Location Code
DJ OBCOpen location code
7H35X77R+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 316841441OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
221527Wikidata ID
Q860179
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Obock” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبخ”
- Arabic: “أوبوك”
- Arabic: “اوبوك”
- Asturian: “Obock”
- Basque: “Obock”
- Belarusian: “Абок”
- 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”
- Hebrew: “אובוק”
- Hindi: “ओबॉक”
- Indonesian: “Obock”
- Italian: “Obock”
- Japanese: “オボック”
- Korean: “오보크”
- Lithuanian: “Obokas”
- Malay: “Obock”
- Mingrelian: “ობოკი”
- Northern Frisian: “Obock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Obock”
- Norwegian: “Obock”
- Persian: “اوبوک”
- Polish: “Obock”
- Polish: “Obok”
- Portuguese: “Obock”
- Romanian: “Obock”
- Russian: “Обок”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوبوک”
- Spanish: “Obock”
- Spanish: “Obok”
- Swahili: “Obock”
- Swedish: “Obock”
- Turkish: “Obock”
- Turkish: “Obuk”
- Ukrainian: “Обок”
- Urdu: “اوبوک”
- Vietnamese: “Obock”
- Zulu: “Obock”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rond-Point d’Obock دوار أوبوك and Obock أبخ.
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