• Look up afar or Afar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Afar may refer to: Afar language, an East Cushitic language Afar people, an ethnic group of Djibouti...
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    The Afar (Afar: Qafár), also known as the Danakil, Adali and Odali, are a Cushitic ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They primarily live in the...
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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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    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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    The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI; French: Territoire français des Afars et des Issas) was the name given to present-day Djibouti between...
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  • From Afar is the fourth studio album by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum, released on 9 September 2009 on Spinefarm Records. It is the band's first album...
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    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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  • AFAR is a print and digital publication focused on experiential travel. Based in New York and San Francisco, the team covers many topics within travel...
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  • Tal Afar may refer to: Battle of Tal Afar (2005), also known as Operation Restoring Rights, by U.S. and Iraq against Al Qaeda Battle of Tal Afar (2017)...
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    Tal Afar (Arabic: تَلْعَفَر, romanized: Talʿafar, IPA: [talˈʕafar] Turkish: Telafer) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located...
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    The Afar Liberation Front (abbreviated ALF) is an Afar political party and former militant group in Ethiopia. It fought the communist Derg government and...
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    Tal Afar uprising or Kaçakaç Rebellion was a rebellion during the Anglo-Turkish War of 1918–1923, which resulted in a British victory. With the capture...
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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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  • "The Beautiful Afar" (Russian: Прекрасное далёко) is a Russian song by composer Yevgeny Krylatov with lyrics by poet Yuri Entin. It gained popularity after...
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  • The Afar–Somali clashes are territorial conflicts between the Afar and Somali Regions of Ethiopia. The current conflict which began in 2014, is centered...
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  • The Afar Democratic Union (French: Union Democratique Afar, UDA) was a political party of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. Created in...
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  • The beautiful afar (Russian: прекра́сное далёко) is a "winged expression" (i.e. a catchphrase or a phraseme) in the Russian language. It was first used...
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    The Tal Afar Citadel (Turkish: Telafer Kalesi) is a citadel located in Tal Afar, a city in Nineveh Governorate in northwest Iraq. The citadel was built...
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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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    And So I Watch You from Afar is a Northern Irish instrumental rock band from Belfast, composed of guitarists Rory Friers and Niall Kennedy, bassist Ewen...
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    Djibouti (category Articles containing Afar-language text)
    colony of French Somaliland was established after the ruling Dir Somali and Afar sultans signed treaties with the French, and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and...
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  • My Friends from Afar (Chinese: 知星人) is a 25 episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8.[better source needed] It stars Shaun...
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  • intended article. Tell Afar could refer to the following places in the Middle East: Tal Afar, a major city in northern Iraq Tell Afar, Syria, a village in...
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  • Saho–Afar languages (also known as Afar–Saho) are a dialect-cluster belonging to the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. They include the Afar and...
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  • Flight to Afar (German: Sansibar oder der letzte Grund) is a 1957 novel by the German writer Alfred Andersch. It was published in English in 1958, translated...
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  • Lays From Afar is the third studio album by the German melodic death metal band Suidakra. A Darksome Path - 04:35 Chants of Lethe - 04:31 The Well of Might...
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  • I Watch You From Afar is the self-titled, first studio album from the Northern Irish instrumental band And So I Watch You From Afar, released in April...
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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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    Danakil Desert (redirect from Afar Desert)
    Danakil Desert (or Afar Desert) is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djibouti. Situated in the Afar Triangle, it stretches...
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