Mouloud () is a town located in the southern

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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 102 kilometers south of the capital,

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Overview

It lies on the National Highway 1. Nearby towns and villages include

(102 km), Dadahalou (15 km),

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(30 km),

Weʽa Wea or Wêa (, ) is a town in the Arta Region of Djibouti. It is located on the RN-1 National Highway, which connects it to Djibouti City, located some to the east. Wea is the second largest city in the Arta Region after Arta and before Damerjo ...

(64 km) and

(20 km).

Demographics

As of the 2024 census, the population of Mouloud was at 4,138. The town's inhabitants belongs 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.

Climate

The warmest month of the year is June with an average temperature of 35.7 °C. In January, the average temperature is 22.8 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year and the driest month is December with 2 mm. Most precipitation falls in August, with an average of 41 mm.

References

Mouloud, Djibouti
Populated places in Djibouti {{Djibouti-geo-stub