Dorra ( ar, درة) is a village in
Djibouti
Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti 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 ...
in the mid-north of
Tadjoura Region
The Tadjourah Region so, Gobolka Tajoora, aa, Rakaakay Tagórri) is a region in north-central Djibouti, the largest of its six regions. With its capital at Tadjourah, it has an area of 7,100 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi). It lies along the ...
, the largest region. It is about 237 kilometers north-west of
Djibouti City
Djibouti (also called Djibouti City and in many early English texts and on many early maps, Jibuti; so, Magaalada Jabuuti, french: link=no, Ville de Djibouti, ar, مدينة جيبوتي, aa, Gabuutî Magaala) is the eponymous capital of Dji ...
and 65 km (40 mi) south of the border with
Eritrea and east of the border with
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
. At Dorra rock paintings have been found.
Climate
The average annual temperature in Dorra is 29.1 °C. About 165 mm of precipitation falls annually. The driest month is June with 4 mm, and nine months of the year tend to be arid, with on average no more than 13mm of rain per month. Average precipitation in August, accounting for years when the rains in this area arrive or do not arrive, is 30 mm - the three months when typically quantities of rain supporting grassland means there is significant herding in this eastern extreme of a huge escarpment reaching beyond the border and rising to the central parts of the
Ethiopian Highlands
The Ethiopian Highlands is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent, with little of its surface falling below , while the summits reach heights of up to . ...
.
Dorra has a
hot semi-arid climate (BSh) in
Köppen-Geiger system.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Djibouti
Tadjourah Region
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