Obock, a French possession on the African coast of the Red Sea, inside Bab-el-Mandeb, and opposite Perim. Area, 2300 sq. m.; pop. (1896) 22,370.
Obock
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 568
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Obock, a French possession on the African coast of the Red Sea, inside Bab-el-Mandeb, and opposite Perim. Area, 2300 sq. m.; pop. (1896) 22,370.