The Afar Region (/ˈɑːfɑːr/; Afar: Qafar Rakaakayak; Amharic: ዓፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the...
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Eritrea, and Ethiopia Afar Desert or Danakil Desert, a desert in Ethiopia Afar Region, a regional state of Ethiopia Afar Triangle or Afar Depression, a geological...
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primarily live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti, as well as the entire southern coast of Eritrea. The Afar speak the Afar language, which...
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Afar (Afar: Qafaraf; also known as ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken by the Afar people...
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The Afar Triangle (also called the Afar Depression) is a geological depression caused by the Afar triple junction, which is part of the Great Rift Valley...
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between the two regions of Afar Region and the Somali Region. As a result, the Afar Region gained three towns from the Somali Region which has tried to gain...
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The Second Afar insurgency was an insurgency in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea (also known as Dankalia), waged...
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Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, the Amhara Region to the south, the Afar Region to the east, and Sudan to the west. Towns in Tigrai include:...
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boundary between the two regions. As a result the Somali Region lost three villages to the Afar Region. Since then they have been trying to get the villages...
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is a list of the woredas (districts) and city administrations in the Afar region of Ethiopia, compiled from material on the Central Statistical Agency...
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Sultanate of Aussa (redirect from Afar sultanate)
The Sultanate of Aussa was a kingdom that existed in the Afar Region in southern Eritrea, eastern Ethiopia and Djibouti from the 18th to the 20th century...
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The Dikhil Region (Arabic: إقليم دخيل, Somali: Gobolka Dikhil, Afar: Rakaakay Dikhil) is a region in southern Djibouti. It is bordered by the Regions of...
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Oromia (redirect from Oromia region)
It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region to the north; Dire Dawa to the...
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Erta Ale (category Afar Region)
shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, which is itself part of the wider Afar Triangle (a barren desert region straddling Djibouti...
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List of zones of Ethiopia (section Afar Region)
Asosa Kamashi Metekel This region was created in 2023 from parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. East Gurage Zone Gurage Zone...
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The Afar Triple Junction (also called the Afro-Arabian Rift System) is located along a divergent plate boundary dividing the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian...
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Gaet'ale Pond (category Afar Region)
hypersaline lake located near the Dallol crater in the Danakil Depression (Afar Region, Ethiopia). It is located over a hot spring of tectonic origin and has...
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Dallol (hydrothermal system) (category Afar Region)
discharge from its hydrothermal springs. The term Dallol was coined by the Afar people and means dissolution or disintegration, describing a landscape of...
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List of hospitals in Ethiopia (section Afar Region)
755786839234034 (Zewditu Hospital) The following hospitals are in the Afar Region: Abala Hospital, 13°22′09″N 39°45′29″E / 13.369261304778307°N 39.75792358287606°E...
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characters. The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (Afar: Qafar Uguugumoh Demokrasiyyoh Inkiinoh Fooca; abbreviated ARDUF) is an Afar political party...
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Hadar, Ethiopia (category Afar Region)
Qadaqar; Afar "white [qidi] stream [daqar]") is a paleontological fossil site located in Mille district, Administrative Zone 1 of the Afar Region, Ethiopia...
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LD 350-1 (category History of the Afar Region)
75–2.8 million years ago (mya), found in the Ledi-Geraru site in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. The specimen was discovered in silts 10 m (33 ft) above...
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was the Afar People's Democratic Organization in the Afar Region, which subsequently merged with other Afar political groups to create the Afar National...
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Danakil Depression (category Afar Region)
The Danakil Depression is the northern part of the Afar Triangle or Afar Depression in Ethiopia and Eritrea, a geological depression that has resulted...
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Oldowan (section Afar Triangle)
Acheulean industry (two sites associated with Homo erectus at Gona in the Afar Region of Ethiopia dating from 1.5 and 1.26 million years ago have both Oldowan...
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Persecution of Amhara people (section A partial list of massacres in the Afar region by Tigray forces)
conflict in Ethiopia's Afar region". The New Humanitarian. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022. "Fighting in Ethiopia's Afar region displaces 300,000, aid...
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Lucy (Australopithecus) (category History of the Afar Region)
International Afar Research Expedition (IARE) and invited three prominent international scientists to conduct research expeditions into the region. Under his...
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The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation (Afar: Qasa Badih Qafarih Dimokraasih Missoyna; Tigrinya: ዲሞክራሲያዊ ውድብ ዓፋር ቀይሕ ባሕሪ; Arabic: التنظيم الديمقراطي...
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Dabbahu Volcano (category Afar Region)
in the remote Afar Region of Ethiopia. This stratovolcano is part of the Afar Triangle (Afar Depression), a highly active volcanic region which includes...
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variation a result of sexual dimorphism. The species name honours the Afar Region of Ethiopia where the majority of the specimens had been recovered from...
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