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The city is located on the north shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura where it opens on the Gulf of Aden, and is served by a local use airport and a ferry that connects the capital of Djibouti on the south shore of the Gulf.
The March 11, 1869 Obock became the site of the first French colony in the region, which later became "French Coast of the Somalis" or French Somaliland.
Administrative center of the French possession, after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, Obock became home to a gas station for ships traveling along the Red Sea. But, because the anchorage was too exposed to the winds, in 1896 the main port of the colony Djibouti became the town further south, elected new colonial capital.
Even after independence Obock remained one of the main centers of the northern part of Djibouti with the city of Tadjoura. With 21,200 inhabitants, in 2012 it appeared the fifth most populous city in the state.
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