Tadjoura is one of the oldest towns in Djibouti and the capital of the Tadjourah Region. The town rose to prominence in the early 19th century as an alterative port to nearby Zeila. Lying on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it is home to a population of around 45,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest city in the country after Djibouti and Ali Sabieh.
The port of Tadjoura in Djibouti
Drawing landscape of Tadjoura in 1841 by Johann Martin Bernatz.
Tadjoura in 1887
Tadjoura in 1971
Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area of 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi).
Geometric design pottery found in Asa Koma
The Sultan of Adal (right) and his troops battling King Yagbea-Sion and his men
Referendum demonstration in Djibouti in 1967
General Paul Legentilhomme in French Somaliland, 1939 or 1940