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Dorra
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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.

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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
2024 census

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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.

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