_#_Labor force: NA, but a small number of semiskilled laborers at the port and 3,000 railway workers; 52% of population of working age (1983)
_#_Organized labor: 3,000 railway workers
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Djibouti
_#_Type: republic
_#_Capital: Djibouti
_#_Administrative divisions: 5 districts (cercles, singular—cercle); Ali Sabih, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura
_#_Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France; formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas)
_#_Constitution: partial constitution ratified January 1981 by the National Assembly
_#_Legal system: based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law
_#_National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977)