Geographicals

Djibouti

A republic in eastern Africa, on the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea. Djibouti is also the name of its capital.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A republic in eastern Africa, on the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea. Djibouti is also the name of its capital.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • French Somaliland
  • Republic of Djibouti
  • Somaliland, French

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

a republic in eastern Africa; the name of the country & the capital

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Africa, Eastern (1966-1989)

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  1. Z01w.058w.290w.120w.275w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Djibouti. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015730. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015730
  2. Djibouti. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti
  3. Djibouti. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977