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Damerjog Dameerjoog | |
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Village | |
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  Damerjog Location in Djibouti | |
| Coordinates:11°29′N43°11′E / 11.483°N 43.183°E /11.483; 43.183 | |
| Country | Djibouti |
| Region | Arta Region |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[1] | |
• Total | 5,115 |
Damerjog orDamerdjog (Arabic:داميرجوغ,Somali:Dameerjoog) is a village located in easternDjibouti, populated by farmers and gardeners, located in theArta Region, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southeast of the capital Djibouti, north of the border withSomaliland.
The village was originally built on theplateau near the Damerjog Wadi. A military post was created to help control migration. In the 1970s, traffic was prohibited between Damerjog and theborder. Due to insurgents of theFront de Libération de la Côte des Somalis (FLCS) hijacking a bus in 1976.
Today, the village of Damerjog is part of the region of Arta and has more than 3,500 inhabitants listed or not by thegovernment. The village has a primary school and a middle school called "Damerjog college" inaugurated a few years ago. With an ever-increasing number of inhabitants, the village has a health center (Damerjog hospital) from which, in the event of an emergency, patients are transported to the capital. Due to its proximity to the border the village, the army and police preventdrug trafficking,terrorists and terrorist weapons andillegal immigration to enter the Republic of Djibouti.
Damerjog is situated on a low-lying and round hill with anelevation of 12 metres (39 ft)above sea level. Damerjog is 9 kilometres (5 mi) north ofLoyada, 14 kilometres (8 mi) northeast ofAli Oune, 16 kilometres (9 mi) south ofDjibouti City (16 km), and 51 kilometres (31 mi) west ofArta. Agriculture in Damerjog depends mainly on waterwells, crops grown in the area include oranges, beans, lemon, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, garlic, watermelon, papaya,guava and many other types of fruits and vegetables.
Damerjog has ahot andsemi-arid (Köppen climate classification BSh). The summer days are quite hot reaching 40 °C (104 °F), yet with moderate nights.
| Climate data for Damerjog | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.9 (84.0) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.3 (90.1) | 34.9 (94.8) | 38.7 (101.7) | 39.9 (103.8) | 38.9 (102.0) | 36.9 (98.4) | 33.2 (91.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 33.5 (92.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.4 (74.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 31.0 (87.8) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.5 (85.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 24.3 (75.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.2 (79.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 12.0 (0.47) | 18.8 (0.74) | 20.3 (0.80) | 29.9 (1.18) | 16.7 (0.66) | 3.1 (0.12) | 6.2 (0.24) | 5.6 (0.22) | 6.1 (0.24) | 21.2 (0.83) | 22.4 (0.88) | 11.2 (0.44) | 173.5 (6.82) |
| Source:Climate-Data.org, altitude: 20m[2] | |||||||||||||
As of the 2024 census, the population of Damerjog was at 5,115.[1] The town inhabitants belong to various mainlyAfro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with theIssaSomali predominant.
