Djibouti Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Djibouti Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Djibouti and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Republic of Djibouti.

Etymology: The country name derives from the capital city of Djibouti. The word origin is unclear but it is beleived to derive from the Afar "gabouti" for plateau.

Capital: Djibouti.

Independence / foundation: The region of present-day Djibouti was the site of the medieval Ifat and Adal Sultanates. In the late 19th century, treaties signed by the Afar sultans with the French allowed the latter to establish the colony of French Somaliland in 1862.

The French signed additional treaties with the ethnic Somali in 1885. A final referendum in 1977 established Djibouti as an independent nation and granted ethnic Somalis Djiboutian nationality, formally resetting the balance of power between the majority ethnic Somali and minority ethnic Afar residents.

Population: 976,143.

Currency: Djiboutian Franc (DJF)
1 USD = 177 - 179 DJF
1 EUR = 191 - 195 DJF

Time zone: UTC+3

Languages spoken: French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar.

Religions: Sunni Muslim 94% (nearly all Djiboutians), other 6% (mainly foreign-born residents - Shia Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Baha'i, and atheist).

Climate: Desert climate that is torrid and dry all year round.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $5.5 billion.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $5,000.

Main airports: Djibouti-Ambouli Airport.

World heritage sites in Djibouti

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 0.

Top world heritage sites:

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Interesting facts about Djibouti

- Djibouti is home to Lake Assal, the second saltiest body of water on Earth after Don Juan Pond in Antarctica. It's saltier than the Dead sea.

- Several nations have military bases in Djibouti including France, the US, Spain and China.

- Djibouti's Lake Abbe is full of quick sands, limestone chimneys created by bacteria sealing mangroves and flamingos feeding on the lake's algae, an incredible natural formation.

Further reading: https://www.onceinalifetimejourney.com/reviews/everything-else/en-route-to-an-otherworldly-creation-in-lake-abbe/

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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