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Bidu (woreda)
The Bidu woreda is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or ''woredas'' in the Afar Region of Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ..., it forms part of the Administrative Zone 2. References Districts of Afar Region {{Afar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afar In Ethiopia
Afar may refer to: Peoples and languages *Afar language, an East Cushitic language *Afar people, an ethnic group of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia Places Horn of Africa *Afar Desert or Danakil Desert, a desert in Ethiopia *Afar Region, a regional state of Ethiopia * Afar Triangle or Afar Depression, a geological feature in East Africa * Afar triple junction, a geological rift system which divides the Nubian, Somalian, and Arabian plates *French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, a former French colony (now Djibouti) Iraq *Tal Afar Tal Afar (, ; ) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located west of Mosul, east of SinjarTel Afar District, region in Iraq Arts, entertainment, and me ...
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Districts Of Ethiopia
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of Ward (country subdivision), wards called ''kebele'' neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia. Overview Districts are typically collected together into List of zones of Ethiopia, zones, which form a Regions of Ethiopia, region; districts which are not part of a zone are designated Special Districts and function as autonomous administrative division, autonomous entities. Districts are governed by a council whose members are directly elected to represent each Wards_of_Ethiopia, ''kebele'' in the district. There are about 670 rural districts and about 100 urban districts. Terminology varies, with some people considering the urban units to be ''woreda'', while ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afar Region
The Afar Region (; ; ), formerly known as Region 2, is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people. Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the paved Awash, Ethiopia, Awash–Assab highway. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north and Djibouti to the northeast; it also shares regional borders with the Tigray Region, Tigray, Amhara Region, Amhara, Oromia, Oromo and Somali Region, Somali regions. The Afar Triangle, the northern part of which is the Danakil Depression, is part of the Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia, and is located in the north of the region. It has the lowest point in Ethiopia and one of the lowest in Africa. The southern part of the region consists of the valley of the Awash River, which empties into a string of lakes along the Djibouti–Ethiopia border. Other notable landmarks include the Awash National Park. Demographics Based on the 2017 projections by the Centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of . , it has around 128 million inhabitants, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, thirteenth-most populous country in the world, the List of African countries by population, second-most populous in Africa after Nigeria, and the most populous landlocked country on Earth. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African Plate, African and Somali Plate, Somali tectonic plates. Early modern human, Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out for the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Zone 2 (Afar)
Kilbatti (Kilbat) Rasu, also known as Administrative Zone 2, is one of the five List of zones of Ethiopia, zones in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. This zone is bordered on the south by Awsi Rasu, on the southwest by Fantí Rasu, on the west by the Tigray Region, and on the north by Eritrea. The administrative center of Kilbet Rasu is Abala, Abala, Ethiopia, Abala (also known in the highlands as Shiket). Also located in this zone is the former mining settlement of Dallol, Ethiopia, Dallol, which set the record for the Extremes on Earth, hottest inhabited place on Earth, with an average temperature of 34 °C. History Prior to the adoption of the 1995 constitution, a portion of this Zone (particularly the northern part) was part of Tigray Province. As a result, a UNDP mission visiting the Zone described it as "the most isolated zone of the Afar National Regional State", at the time showing signs of "suffered heavily from bombardment (from the Ethiopian Civil War), as well as fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
