Dânan (, ) is a town in the

Ali Sabieh Region Ali Sabieh Region (, ) is a region in southern Djibouti. With a mainland area of 2,400 square kilometres (900 sq mi), it lies along the national border with Somalia and Ethiopia, bordering also the Dikhil Region to the west and the Arta Region ...

Djibouti 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 ...

. It is located around 43 kilometers south of the capital,

Djibouti City Djibouti (also called Djibouti City and Jibuti in early Western texts) is the capital city of the Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. It is located in the coastal Djibouti Region on the Gulf of Tadjoura. Djibouti has a population of around 780,000 ...

Overview

Nearby towns and villages include

Holhol Holhol (, ) is a town in the Ali Sabieh Region of Djibouti. It is located south-west of the capital Djibouti City, at an altitude of 450 metres (1,476 feet) above sea level. The surrounding area is rich in livestock and fledgling agriculture. I ...

(12 km) and

Ali Adde Ali Adde (, ) is a town in Djibouti. It is located some 69 kilometers south of the capital, Djibouti City, with an elevation of 530 meters above sea level. It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 12,363 refugees as of 2015. It sprawls on a wide basi ...

(22 km).

Demographics

The population of Dânan has been estimated to be 463. The town inhabitants belong to various mainly

Afro-Asiatic The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of th ...

-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.

References

Populated places in Djibouti {{Djibouti-geo-stub