Asayita

Asaita also known as Aussa, is a metropolis in northeastern Ethiopia, and before 2007, it was the capital of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Located within the Afambo woreda, part of the Region's Administrative Zone 1, the city has a range and longitude of 11°34′N 41°26′E and an elevation of 300 metres. Asaita changed into in brief the capital of the Adal Sultanate and Harari Imamate of Aussa in addition to seat of the Aussa Sultanate, the chief Afar monarchy, however is 50 kilometres south through unpaved avenue from Awash Asseb highway.

A cellphone line from Kombolcha to Asaita changed into in operation in 1964. The city of Semera, a planned agreement situated squarely in this dual carriageway, in some unspecified time in the future before 2007 have become the brand new capital of the area. Aussa become once domestic to the extinct Harla humans, their moniker nevertheless exists within clans in rural regions. The city additionally seems to were a haven for mutineers of the Harari state early on. Aussa have become prominent whilst it served as capital of the Adal Sultanate in 1577.