The Tadjourah Region is one of the six Regions

Regions of Djibouti

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 of Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

. The Region borders the Obock Region

Obock Region

The Obock Region is one of the six Regions of Djibouti. The Region borders the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to the east and south, Eritrea to the north, and the Tadjoura Region to the west....

 and Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

 to the north-east, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 to the north-west, the Dikhil Region

Dikhil Region

The Dikhil Region is one of the six Regions of Djibouti. The Region borders the Tadjoura Region to the north-west, the Arta Region to the north-east, the Ali Sabieh Region to the east, and Ethiopia to the west and south....

 to the south-west, and the Gulf of Tadjourah to the south-east.
Lake Asal

Lake Asal (Djibouti)

Lake Assal is a crater lake in central-eastern Djibouti. It is located at the western end of Gulf of Tadjoura in the Tadjoura Region, touching Dikhil Region, at the top of the Great Rift Valley, some west of Djibouti city...

 is located in the south of the Tadjourah Region. Mousa Ali

Mousa Ali

The Mousa Ali Volcano is a stratovolcano located on the tri-point borders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. The volcano is the highest point in Djibouti. The volcano's summit is truncated by a caldera, which contains rhyolitic lava domes and lava flows...

, the highest point in the region and the whole of Djibouti, is located in the north of the Tadjourah Region. Another mountain in the area is Manda-Inakir

Manda-Inakir

Manda-Inakir is a system of fissure vents and cinder cones located along the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It last erupted in 1928 and produced a cinder cone called Kammourta....

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The capital of the Tadjourah Region is Tadjourah. Other major localities include Randa

Randa, Djibouti

Randa is a town in central Djibouti. Located in the region of Tadjoura, it is the capital of the Randa District. The town lies on the N9 highway....

, Dorra

Dorra

Dorra is a village in Djibouti. It is located in the Tadjoura region.-External links:*...

 and Balho

Balho

Balho is a town located in the Tadjourah region of Djibouti. It is situated on the N11 highway, near the Ethiopian border.-External links:*...

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According to the 2009 Census, the population of the region was 86,704, over half of which (48,402) were nomads.