Ambabbo (Arabic: أمبابو) is a village in eastern Djibouti. It is located in the region of Tadjoura.
Ambabbo أمبابو | |
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  Ambabbo أمبابو Location in Djibouti | |
| Coordinates: 11°45′N 42°49′E / 11.750°N 42.817°E | |
| Country |  Djibouti |
| Region | Tadjoura |
History
editThe missionaries Carl Wilhelm Isenberg, and Johann Ludwig Krapf spent a night at Ambabbo (which they called "Anbabo") in 1839, describing it as a resting-place, "where the caravans usually halt" on the shore of the bay Ghubbat-el Kharab.[1] Charles Johnston, passing through this settlement about three years later, described it as "a small native village of about eight houses".[2]
Location
editNearby towns and villages include Airolaf (9.6 nm), Bankouale (9.3 nm), Oue`a (8.3 nm), Tadjoura (4.6 nm) and `Arta (13.8 nm).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Abstract of a Journal Kept by the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, on Their Route from Caïro, Through Zeïla' to Shwá and I'fát, between the 21st of January and 12th of June, 1839", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 10 (1840), p. 457
- ^ Johnston, Travels in Southern Abyssinia through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa (London, 1844), vol. 1 p. 74
- ^ Falling rain gazetteer
External links
edit11°45′N 42°49′E / 11.750°N 42.817°E
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