Balbala
Balbala is a southern suburb of Djibouti City, located west of the river Ambouli.
Balbala is a southern suburb of Djibouti City, located west of the river Ambouli. The name is from the "Flashing" from the nearby lighthouse. The suburb has formed since 1966 when access to the city was restricted. At first a shanty town, it is now a suburb with schools and a hospital, and a population estimated at 554,350 in 2024.
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Worth seeing in and around Balbala
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti ) is the Latin sole diocese in the country of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. It is exempt, i.e.
7.2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia - 02Hamoudi Mosque
The Hamoudi Mosque, also known as Gami al-Nur, is a mosque in Djibouti City, Djibouti.
6.3 km · mosque in Djibouti City, Djibouti · Wikipedia - 03Abdülhamid II Mosque
The Abdülhamid II Mosque is a mosque in Djibouti City, Djibouti. It is the largest mosque in Djibouti.
5.9 km · mosque in Djibouti · Wikipedia - 04Stade du Ville
The El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Djibouti City, Djibouti. It is currently reserved mostly for football matches.
4 km · building in Djibouti · Wikipedia - 05Salman Mosque
Amin Salman Mosque is a mosque in Djibouti City, Djibouti. The Salman Mosque has the capacity to accommodate up to 1,500 worshippers.
6.1 km · mosque in Djibouti City, Djibouti · Wikipedia - 06Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Djibouti
The Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Djibouti, is a church built in the second half of the twentieth century. It is the main Catholic church in the Diocese of Djibouti in the African country of Djibouti.
7.1 km · building in Djibouti · Wikipedia - 07New European Cemetery
The Djibouti New European Cemetery is a cemetery in Djibouti City in Djibouti. The cemetery contains 850 graves of mostly Christian people including 13 Commonwealth War Graves Commission gravestones.
6.5 km · cemetery in Djibouti City in Djibouti · Wikipedia - 08People's Palace, Djibouti City
The People's Palace is a monument in Djibouti City, and is a symbol of struggle for freedom of the people. It is a patriotic monument seeks to pay tribute to one of the most important national symbols of the nation.
6.8 km · building · Wikipedia
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Getting to Balbala
- Airports
- Djibouti-Ambouli (JIB), 7 km · Gerad Wilwal (JIJ), 249 km · Egal (HGA), 252 km
- Stations
- Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, 6.9 km · Port of Djibouti, 6.6 km · Port of Doraleh, 3.1 km · Nagad railway station, 5.4 km
- Jijiga → Balbala248 km · quickest by road, 8h 44m · Br1,310–1,740
- Hargeisa → Balbala246 km · quickest by road, 9h 38m · $25–34
- Aden → Balbala250 km · quickest by road, 96h 41m · $520–710
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Balbala
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Balbala. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Balbala
Balbala is 6 km from Djibouti, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.