
Balbala is a southern suburb of Djibouti city. The name is from the `Flashing` (on Somali bal-bal be derived) from the nearby lighthouse. Balbala is a neighborhood in the city of Djibouti, located west of the river Ambouli. The origin of the name is disputed. ==History== After riots in 1966 a checkpoint was erected in front of the capital of the.....
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(from the article `Djibouti, history of`) ...Issa enmity; signs of the serious problems facing the young nation were also to be found in the urban demography of its capital. On the outskirts ...
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