Dorra
Sign in to saveDorra () is a village in Djibouti in the mid-north of Tadjoura Region, the largest region. It is located about 237 kilometers north-west of Djibouti City and 65 km (40 mi) south of the border with Eritrea and east of the border with Ethiopia. At Dorra rock paintings have been found.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dorra درة
- Region
- Tadjourah تجرة
- Country
- Djibouti جيبوتي
- Population
- 1,873
- Timezone
- Africa/Djibouti
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Dorraدرة
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Djibouti
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Djibouti
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Djibouti
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tadjoura
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 294
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,021
- Settlement.population_as_of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Djibouti
- Located in
- Tadjourah Region
- Elevation
- +294
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Dorra () is a village in Djibouti in the mid-north of Tadjoura Region, the largest region. It is located about 237 kilometers north-west of Djibouti City and 65 km (40 mi) south of the border with Eritrea and east of the border with Ethiopia. At Dorra rock paintings have been found.
==Climate== The average annual temperature in Dorra is . About of precipitation falls annually. The driest month is June with , and nine months of the year tend to be virtually rainless, with on average no more than of rain per month. Average precipitation in August, accounting for years when the rains in this area arrive or do not arrive, is – the three months when typically quantities of rain supporting grassland means there is significant herding in this eastern extreme of a huge escarpment reaching beyond the border and rising to the central parts of the Ethiopian Highlands.