Ambouli

Ambouli (Arabic: أمبولي) is a southern suburb of Djibouti, Djibouti.

Ambouli أمبولي
Town
A postcard displaying a local water-seller in Ambouli
Ambouli أمبولي Location in Djibouti.
Coordinates: 11°35′24″N 43°07′21″E
Country	Djibouti
Region	Djibouti
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Overview

Located in the Djibouti region, O.G.S. Crawford identifies the city with Canbala. Canbala appears in Muhammad al-Idrisi's map of 1192 on the coast of the Horn of Africa, southeast of the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, and with Cambaleh, a town where the Venetian traveler Bragadino, a thirteenth-century European visitor to Ethiopia, resided for eight years.

Transportation

Since 1948 the town has been the site of Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport.

References

• Ambouli, Djibouti