Afar Region

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regional state of Ethiopia

The Afar Region is a northeastern Ethiopian state inhabited mainly by the Afar people, known for its arid lowlands, pastoralist culture, and proximity to the geologically active Afar Depression.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Afar Region canonical 12
Afar Region of Ethiopia 3
Afar Region, Ethiopia 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regional state of Ethiopia ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
borderedByCountry Djibouti ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
borderedByRegion Amhara Region ⓘ
Oromia Region ⓘ
Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Somali Region

Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: Tigray Region
borderFeature Red Sea coast via Djibouti and Eritrea proximity ⓘ
capital Semera ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
coatOfArms Emblem of Afar Region ⓘ
contains Afar Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Afar Depression

Danakil Desert ⓘ
surface form: Dallol geothermal area

Danakil Desert ⓘ
surface form: Danakil Depression

Erta Ale ⓘ
surface form: Erta Ale volcano
country Ethiopia ⓘ
economyBasedOn pastoralism ⓘ
salt mining ⓘ
elevation below sea level in parts ⓘ
ethnicGroupMajority Afar people ⓘ
flag Flag of Afar Region ⓘ
geologicalFeature Afar Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Afar Depression
governingBody Afar Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afar Regional Government
hasAutonomyType ethnically based regional state ⓘ
hasNaturalResource salt ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
hasZoneCount 5 administrative zones ⓘ
inhabitedBy Afar people ⓘ
knownFor camel herding ⓘ
extreme heat ⓘ
geological activity ⓘ
pastoralist culture ⓘ
largestCity Semera ⓘ
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
northeastern Ethiopia ⓘ
officialLanguage Afar ⓘ
Amharic ⓘ
partOf Afar Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Afar Depression
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
terrain lowland ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood nomadic herding ⓘ
transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode AF ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afar Triangle → contains → Afar Region ⓘ
Afar → primaryAreaWithinEthiopia → Afar Region ⓘ
Tigray region → borders → Afar Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Tigray Region
Ethiopian border → adjacentTo → Afar Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Ethiopian border near Djibouti’s Tadjourah Region
this entity surface form: Afar Region of Ethiopia
Amhara Region → borders → Afar Region ⓘ
Lake Afrera → locatedIn → Afar Region ⓘ
Oromia Region → bordersRegion → Afar Region ⓘ
Erta Ale → locatedIn → Afar Region ⓘ
Somali Region of Ethiopia → borders → Afar Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Somali Region
Awash River → flowsThrough → Afar Region ⓘ
Afar Region → governingBody → Afar Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afar Regional Government
Afar people → regionOfOrigin → Afar Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afar Region of Ethiopia
Afar people → populationConcentration → Afar Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afar Region, Ethiopia
Qafar → hasAutonomousRegion → Afar Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afar Region of Ethiopia
Ogaden → borderedBy → Afar Region ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia → containsRegion → Afar Region ⓘ
Argobba → regionOfUse → Afar Region ⓘ