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Key facts
- Country
- Djibouti
- Administrative centre
- Arta
- Total
- 1,800 km (690 sq mi)
- Density
- 27/km (70/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
- Iso 3166 code
- DJ-AR
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Arta Region (Arabic: إقليم عرتا, Somali: Gobolka Carta) is one of the six regions of Djibouti. It was officially created in 2003 by the regrouping of sub-prefectures of the regions of Dikhil and Djibouti. It is situated in the south-central of the country, bordering the Tadjoura Region to the north, and the Djibouti Region to the north-east, and Dikhil Region the Ali Sabieh Region to the south, the country of Somaliland lies to the east.
The capital of Arta Region is Arta. Other towns include We`a, Damerjog and Loyada. The Hemed mountain is the highest point in the region of Arta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arta Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.