{{More citations needed|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Galafi<br>غالافي |native_name = |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = Galafi.jpg |imagesize = 300 |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Djibouti |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Djibouti |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name = 25px Djibouti |subdivision_name1 = Dikhil |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Galafi |established_title = |established_date = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of= 2012 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 1849 |population_urban = |population_metro = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|11|43|01|N|41|50|12|E|region:DJ-DI|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes= |elevation_m = 161 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Galafi''' ({{langx|ar|غالافي}}), also known as '''Gâlâfi''', is a village in western Djibouti. Galafi is the official border crossing from Djibouti into Ethiopia. Situated on the border with Ethiopia, it is in the north west of Dikhil. It lies on the National Highway 1. It is located some {{convert|218|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the national capital, Djibouti City. Nearby towns and villages include Yoboki (40 km), Dikhil (98 km), Semera (114 km), Bure (157 km) and Elidar (70 km).
==History== Since 1975, an all-weather road combines Galafi with Djibouti City and neighboring Ethiopia and Eritrea. This road, part of the trade between Ethiopia and Djibouti, is handled, but it plays a minor role compared with the railway link Addis Ababa and Djibouti City. In 1978 she came briefly to the more important in the rail route was suspended due to the Ogaden War. On 27 May 1991, 30,000 men from the Ethiopian army forcing the way to the West boundary to Galafi during the Ethiopian Civil War.
==Climate== {{Weather box |metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Galafi |Jan high C=30.1 |Feb high C=30.5 |Mar high C=32.5 |Apr high C=34.6 |May high C=37.6 |Jun high C=40.9 |Jul high C=40.2 |Aug high C=38.8 |Sep high C=37.6 |Oct high C=34.9 |Nov high C=32.1 |Dec high C=30.4
|Jan low C=20.0 |Feb low C=21.9 |Mar low C=23.2 |Apr low C=24.9 |May low C=27.1 |Jun low C=29.4 |Jul low C=28.0 |Aug low C=27.5 |Sep low C=28.2 |Oct low C=24.7 |Nov low C=22.2 |Dec low C=21.0
|Jan precipitation mm=5 |Feb precipitation mm=6 |Mar precipitation mm=8 |Apr precipitation mm=9 |May precipitation mm=5 |Jun precipitation mm=2 |Jul precipitation mm=26 |Aug precipitation mm=38 |Sep precipitation mm=16 |Oct precipitation mm=4 |Nov precipitation mm=7 |Dec precipitation mm=3
| source 1 = ''Climate-Data.org'', altitude: 161m<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{cite web|title=Climate: Galafi - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/795483/|publisher=Climate-Data.org|accessdate=30 September 2013}}</ref> }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.maplandia.com/djibouti/dikhil/yoboki/galafi/ Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
{{coord|11|43|N|41|50|E|display=title|region:DJ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
Category:Populated places in Djibouti Category:Djibouti–Ethiopia border crossings
{{Djibouti-geo-stub}}