Editing Obock Region (section)

==Geography==
The region covers an area of {{convert|4700|km2}}.<ref name="EB">{{cite book|title=Britannica Book of the Year 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EeqbAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA586|date=1 March 2012|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-618-8|page=586}}</ref> It is bordered by [[Eritrea]] to the north, the [[Tadjourah Region]] to the southwest, and the [[Red Sea]] and [[Gulf of Aden]] to the east.<ref name="GM">{{Google maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps?ll=11.966667,43.3&q=11.966667,43.3&hl=en&t=h&z=9 | access-date =6 November 2016}}</ref> There are several salt-lakes on the road to [[Tadjoura]].<ref name="Rimbaud2007">{{cite book|last=Rimbaud|first=Arthur|title=I Promise to Be Good: The Letters of Arthur Rimbaud|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-c6qA8yyguIC&pg=PA252|date=18 December 2007|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-43125-7|page=252}}</ref>

The regional capital is [[Obock]] which is positioned on the [[Gulf of Tadjoura]] littoral, by the sea, by a group of beaches and flattened abraded in coral beds with a very salty sheet of water. The wooded area of the [[Mabla Mountains]], reaching more than 1,000 m and housing the second forest of the country, constitutes the natural border between the region of Obock and that of Tadjourah. The coastline is more than a thousand kilometers long. Obock with its proximity to [[Yemen]] (less than two hours).<ref name="GM"/> The city has a functional airstrip and offers regular ferry services to [[Djibouti City]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carillet|first1=Jean-Bernard|last2=Bewer|first2=Tim|title=Lonely Planet Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K4iXDlX_3JwC&pg=PT487|date=1 May 2013|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74321-647-7|page=487}}</ref> The wildlife such as [[hamadryas baboon]]s, [[Soemmerring's gazelle]], [[dorcas gazelle]], [[warthog]], [[black-backed jackal]], [[Rüppell's fox|Ruppells sandfox]], [[dikdik]], [[African golden wolf]], [[hyena]], [[Abyssinian hare]], [[African wild ass|wild ass]] and [[ostriches]] are found in this region. [[African wild dog]] was also found in this region, but their present condition is unknown. There have been reports of [[cheetah]] occurring in this region, but there has been no evidence of their presence.