Afar

The Afar Regional State is one of the 9 regional states of Ethiopia, and is the place of birth of the Afar humans. Formerly referred to as Region 2, its new capital as of 2007 is the these days built town of Semera, which lies on the paved Awash–Assab motorway.

The Afar Triangle, the northern a part of which is the Danakil Depression, is part of the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia, and is positioned within the north of the region. Based at the 2017 projections via the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, the Afar Regional State has a population of 1,812,002, which include 991,000 men and 821,002 women; city population variety 346,000 of the population, a similarly 1,466,000 were pastoralists. Based on the 2007 Census carried out with the aid of the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, the Afar Regional State has a populace of one,390,273, inclusive of 775,117 men and 615,156 women; city inhabitants number 185,135 or 13.32% of the populace, a similarly 409,123 or 29.43% were pastoralists.