Djibouti: Confirmation of existence of Ali-Sabieh town in or around Ali Sabieh refugee camp. Information regarding the town
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | DJI6091 |
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Ali-Sabieh is one of five principal towns in Djibouti,
[FootnoteS:
Africa South of the Sahara 1990, Nineteenth Edition, London: Europa Publications, 1990, p.433. Available at the Montreal Regional IRBDC.] corresponding to the five administrative districts of the country; Djibouti, Tadjoura, Dikhil, Ali-Sabieh and Obock. [ La Grande Encyclopédie du Monde, Vol.X, Afrique, Montreal: Editions Atlas Canada Ltd., 1984, p.4534. Attached.] According to the attached map of Djibouti, Ali-Sabieh is on the railway line in the southern part of the country, close to the Ethiopian border. [ George Thomas Kurian, Encyclopedia of the Third World, Third Edition, Vol.I, New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1987, p.538. Attached.] The railway linking Addis Abeda, Ethiopia and Djibouti (capital city) is 784 km long and was completed in 1929. [ La Grande Encyclopédie du Monde, p.4537.]
According to an official at the Djibouti Embassy in Washington DC, the town of Ali-Sabieh, with an approximate population of 20,000 is about 90 km south of Djibouti town. [ As stated by an official at the Djibouti Embassy in Washington DC during a telephone interview with a member of the IRBDC on 19 June 1990.] The source stated that Ali-Sabieh refugee camp was inside the district of the same name. [ Ibid.] The embassy official reports that the railroad runs through the centre of Ali-Sabieh town which has the amenities of the other major towns in Djibouti, including medical, educational, economic and tourist facilities. There are also many displaced persons of Ethiopian origin in Ali-Sabieh town. [ Ibid.]
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