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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OBOK  , a seaport on the

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north
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shore of the Gulf of Tajura, N.E .
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Africa, acquired by
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France in 1862 . It gave its name to the
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colony of Obok, now merged in the
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French Somali
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coast
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protectorate (see
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SOMALILAND: French) . The
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port is separated from the open
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sea by
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coral reefs, but is only partially sheltered from the winds . This led to the
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practical
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abandonment of the
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town by the French, who in 1896 transferred to
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Jibuti, on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Tajura, the seat of
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government of the colony . Obok is connected with
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Aden and Jibuti by sub-marine cables .
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Population about 500 .

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