Galafi
Sign in to saveGalafi (), also known as Gâlâfi, is a village in western Djibouti. Galafi is the official border crossing from Djibouti into Ethiopia. Situated on the border with Ethiopia, it is in the north west of Dikhil. It lies on the National Highway 1. It is located some west of the national capital, Djibouti City. Nearby towns and villages include Yoboki (40 km), Dikhil (98 km), Semera (114 km), Bure (157 km) and Elidar (70 km).
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Place details
- Locality
- Galafi غالافي
- Region
- Yoboki يوبوكي
- Country
- Djibouti جيبوتي
- Population
- 1,849
- Timezone
- Africa/Djibouti
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Galafiغالافي
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Galafi.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- 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_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Djibouti
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Dikhil
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Djibouti
- Located in
- Yoboki
- Population
- +1849
- Elevation
- +161
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Galafi (), also known as Gâlâfi, is a village in western Djibouti. Galafi is the official border crossing from Djibouti into Ethiopia. Situated on the border with Ethiopia, it is in the north west of Dikhil. It lies on the National Highway 1. It is located some west of the national capital, Djibouti City. Nearby towns and villages include Yoboki (40 km), Dikhil (98 km), Semera (114 km), Bure (157 km) and Elidar (70 km).
==History== Since 1975, an all-weather road combines Galafi with Djibouti City and neighboring Ethiopia and Eritrea. This road, part of the trade between Ethiopia and Djibouti, is handled, but it plays a minor role compared with the railway link Addis Ababa and Djibouti City. In 1978 she came briefly to the more important in the rail route was suspended due to the Ogaden War. On 27 May 1991, 30,000 men from the Ethiopian army forcing the way to the West boundary to Galafi during the Ethiopian Civil War.