• 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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    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 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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    existed in the Afar Region in eastern Ethiopia from the 18th to the 20th century. It was considered to be the leading monarchy of the Afar people, to whom...
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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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  • 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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    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 with British victory. With the capture...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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)
    southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden. It was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence...
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  • The Afar cattle are mainly found on the western margins of the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia. The Afar cattle have thick and long horns and a cervicothoracic...
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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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  • From Afar may refer to: From Afar (album) by Ensiferum, 2009 From Afar (song), by Vance Joy, 2013 From Afar (film), a 2015 Venezuelan film This disambiguation...
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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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    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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  • 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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    characters. The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (Afar: Qafar Uguugumoh Demokrasiyyoh Inkiinoh Fooca; abbreviated ARDUF) is an Afar political party...
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  • The 2007 Tal Afar bombings took place on March 27, 2007, when two truck bombs targeted Shia areas of the Turkmen town of Tal Afar, Iraq, killing 152 and...
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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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  • From Afar (Spanish: Desde allá) is a 2015 Venezuelan-Mexican drama film directed by Lorenzo Vigas and written by Vigas and Guillermo Arriaga. It won the...
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  • Battle of Tal Afar was an offensive announced on 20 August 2017 by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in order to liberate the Tal Afar region from the...
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