Galafi
| Galafi | |
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| Town | |
 Galafi
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| Country |  Djibouti |
| Region | Dikhil |
| District | Yoboki |
| Elevation | 161 m (528 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,849 |
Galafi, also known as Gâlâfi, is a village in Djibouti. Galafi is the official border crossing from Djibouti into Ethiopia. Situated on the border with Ethiopia, it is in the north west of Dikhil. It is located some 197 kilometers west of the national capital, Djibouti City.
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History
Since 1975, an all-weather road combines Galafi with Djibouti city and neighboring Ethiopia and Eritrea. This road, part of the trade between Ethiopia and Djibouti, is handled, but it plays a minor role compared with the railway link Addis Ababa and Djibouti. In 1978 she came briefly to the more important in the rail route was suspended due to the Ogaden War. On 27 May 1991, 3,000 men from the Ethiopian army forcing the way to the West boundary to Galafi during the Ethiopian Civil War.
Climate
| Climate data for Galafi | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.6 (94.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
40.4 (104.7) |
40.2 (104.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
37.6 (99.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
34.98 (94.96) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.2 (72) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.87 (76.77) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5 (0.2) |
6 (0.24) |
8 (0.31) |
9 (0.35) |
5 (0.2) |
2 (0.08) |
25 (0.98) |
37 (1.46) |
16 (0.63) |
4 (0.16) |
7 (0.28) |
3 (0.12) |
127 (5.01) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 161m[1] | |||||||||||||
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