History of the Jews in Djibouti

In the history of the Jews in Djibouti, the Jews of Djibouti are classified as part of the wider Yemenite Jewish community similar to those in Eritrea and Aden. Originally settling in Obock, and finally Djibouti City, in the wake of the British succession of the Gulf of Tadjoura to the French in 1884.^[1] The vast majority of the community made aliyah to Israel in 1949.

^ Rouaud, Alain (1997). "Pour une histoire des Arabes de Djibouti, 1896-1977". Cahiers d'études africaines. 37 (146): 319–334. doi:10.3406/cea.1997.3516.

[1] Rouaud, Alain (1997). "Pour une histoire des Arabes de Djibouti, 1896-1977". Cahiers d'études africaines. 37 (146): 319–334. doi:10.3406/cea.1997.3516.

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History of Djibouti

Prehistory
Asa Koma (3,000~2,500 BC) Handoga (4,000~3,000 BC)
Antiquity
Kingdom of Punt (2500~2000 BC) Macrobians (525 BC) Kingdom of Axum (100~940 AD)
Middle Ages
Kingdom of Adal (9th–12th c.) Ifat Sultanate (12th–15th c.) Adal Sultanate (15th–16th c.) Imamate of Aussa (16th–18th c.) Ottoman Egypt (16th–19th c.)
Colonial period
Obock Territory (1862-1896) French Somaliland (1896–1967) French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (1967–1977) Colonial governors
Modern period

Republic of Djibouti

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