Ari Zone

Ari Zone
Zone
Country	Ethiopia
Region	South Ethiopia Regional State
Capital	Jinka
Government
• Chief Administrator	Abraham Ata[1] (Prosperity Party)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Ari is an administrative zone in South Ethiopia Regional State. Until August 2023, Ari was a part of the South Omo Zone.^[2] It is named for the Aari people, whose homeland is in the zone. Ari is bordered on the south by South Omo Zone, on the Northeast by the Gofa Zone and North by the Basketo Zone. The administrative centre of Ari Zone is Jinka.

Ari Zone has four woredas and two city administrations.

* City administrations, which are considered as Woreda for all administrative purposes. Jinka* which is the seat of the Zone is also considered as a town administration.