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The Afar Triangle, the northern part of which is the Danakil Depression, is part of the 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 Depression overlaps the borders of Eritrea, Djibouti and the entire Afar Region of Ethiopia; and it contains the lowest point in Africa, Lake Assal, Djibouti, at 155 m (509 ft) below sea level. The Awash River is the main waterflow into the region, but it runs dry during the annual dry season, and ends as a chain of saline lakes.
Afar people carrying salt from Danakil Depression. Kilbatti (Kilbat) Rasu, also known as Administrative Zone 2, is one of the five 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.
Samara (Afar: Samara; Amharic: ሰመራ) is the capital of Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is a town on the Awash–Assab highway in north-east Ethiopia, having been planned and built to replace Asaita. Located in Administrative Zone 1, Samara has a latitude and longitude of
The Danakil Desert (or Afar Desert) is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djibouti. Situated in the Afar Triangle, it stretches across 136,956 square kilometres (52,879 sq mi) [citation needed] of arid terrain. It is inhabited by a few Afar, who engage in salt mining.
Asaita (Amharic: አሳይታ, Asayəta; Afar: Aysaqiita), known historically as Aussa (Awsa), is a town in northeastern Ethiopia, and until 2007 served as the capital of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Afambo woreda , part of the region's Awsi Rasu zone, the town has a latitude and longitude of 11°34′N 41°26′E / 11. ...
Awash Subah is a market town in central Ethiopia.Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, above a gorge on the Awash River, after which the town is named, [1] the town lies on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, which crosses the gorge by a bridge there.
The Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project is a 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) area of badlands within the west-central part of Ethiopia's Afar Region. [1] The southernmost boundary of the project area is the Asbole River. [2] The northernmost is the Bati-Mille Road. [2] The Eastern border is the Hadar Research Project area. [2]