Chinese People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti
The People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti is a military base operated by China's People's Liberation Army Navy, located in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: China’s first overseas military base
- Also known as: “Chinese naval base in Djibouti” and “People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balbala.
Balbala
Town
Balbala is a southern suburb of Djibouti City, located west of the river Ambouli. The name is from the "Flashing" from the nearby lighthouse. The suburb has formed since 1966 when access to the city was restricted. Balbala is situated 7 km southeast of Chinese People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti.
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti
- Category: naval base
- Location: Djibouti, Djibouti, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.59265° or 11° 35′ 34″ northLongitude
43.06049° or 43° 3′ 38″ eastInception
July 11th, 2017Open location code
7H35H3V6+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 512417624OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q30693574
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Chinese People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القاعدة البحرية الصينية”
- Arabic: “قاعدة دعم جيش التحرير الشعبي الصيني في جيبوتي”
- Catalan: “base militar de la Xina a Djibouti”
- Catalan: “Base militar de la Xina a Djibouti”
- Catalan: “Base Militar de la Xina a Djibouti”
- Chinese: “中国人民解放军驻吉布提保障基地”
- Chinese: “中国吉布提军事基地”
- Chinese: “中国吉布提基地”
- Finnish: “Kansan vapautusarmeijan huoltotukikohta”
- Finnish: “Kiinan sotilastukikohta Djiboutissa”
- French: “base chinoise de Doraleh”
- French: “Base chinoise de Doraleh”
- French: “Base Navale Chinoise”
- German: “Chinesische Militärbasis in Dschibuti”
- Hebrew: “בסיס חיל הים הסיני בג’יבוטי”
- Italian: “Base Navale Cinese”
- Japanese: “ジブチ保障基地”
- Japanese: “駐ジブチ保障基地”
- Portuguese: “Base de Apoio do Exército de Libertação Popular da China em Djibouti”
- Portuguese: “Base de Apoio do Exército de Libertação Popular da China no Djibuti”
- Turkish: “Cibuti’deki Çin Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu Deniz Üssü”
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