Obock

Obock lies on the northern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, where the gulf opens toward the Gulf of Aden. The settlement began as a fishing village on a plateau near the Dar'i wadi, with houses of mud and stone and water drawn from a well. Its people lived by fishing, herding and trade. In the Middle Ages the coast came under the Muslim sultanates of Ifat and Adal; the sultans of Raheita emerged from the latter.