 Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Afar region. Afar in one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. Formerly known as Region 2, its current capital is Asayita; a new capital named Semera on the paved Awash - Assab highway is under construction. Covering 96,707 km2 in the northeast of Ethiopia, the region's population (as of 1999) is 1,188,000. The Afar Depression, locally known as the Danakil depression, is the three-way junction where the spreading ridges that form the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden emerge on land and meet the East African Rift. The Depression, the lowest point in Ethiopia and one of the lowest in Africa, is found in the north of the region. Ethiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil): Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumaz Gambela Hariai Oromia Somali Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region Tigray Additionally, there are two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi): Addis Ababa Dire Dawa These administrative regions replaced the older system of...
Ethiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil) and two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi), indicated by asterisks: Addis Ababa* Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumaz Dire Dawa* Gambela Harari Oromia Somali Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region Tigray These administrative regions replaced the older system...
Asaita is the current capital of the Afar Region of Ethiopia, located in the northeastern part of that country, and at the southern edge of the Danakil Desert. ...
Awash is a market town in Ethiopia, lying above a gorge on the Awash River and on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti railway. ...
Assab (or Aseb) is a port in Eritrea on the west coast of the Red Sea. ...
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Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic البØر الأØمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ×™× ×¡×•×£ Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀá‹áˆ• ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...
The Gulf of Aden is located in the Indian Ocean between Yemen on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula and Somaliland in Africa. ...
Northern section of the Great Rift Valley. ...
Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ...
The majority ethnic group in the region are the Afar, whose total population is around 700,000 (not all of whom live in Ethiopia). Afar (or Danakil) are a tribal people who reside principally in the Danakil Desert in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in Eritrea and Djibouti. ...
Fossil Finds
Afar was the site of the discovery of "Lucy," the Australopithecus afarensis skeletal remains, by Donald Johanson of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. On March 5, 2005, another skeleton, estimated to be 3.8 million years old and said to be the world's oldest bipedal hominid skeleton, was found in the region. [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Australopithecus afarensis Johanson & White, 1978 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} Australopithecus afarensis is a hominid which lived between 3. ...
Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist known for his discovery of the skeleton of a 3. ...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of downtown Cleveland, Ohio in University Circle, a 500 acre (2 km²) concentration of educational, cultural and medical institutions. ...
March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A biped is an animal that travels across surfaces supported by two legs. ...
Genera Subfamily Ponginae Pongo - Orangutans Gigantopithecus (extinct) Sivapithecus (extinct) Lufengpithecus (extinct) Ankarapithecus (extinct) Subfamily Homininae Gorilla - Gorillas Pan - Chimpanzees Homo - Humans Dryopithecus (extinct) Ouranopithecus (extinct) Paranthropus (extinct) Australopithecus (extinct) Sahelanthropus (extinct) Orrorin (extinct) Ardipithecus (extinct) Kenyanthropus (extinct) Pierolapithecus (extinct) (tentative) The hominids are the members of the biological family Hominidae...
In biology, the skeleton or skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. ...
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Afar (or Danakil) are a tribal people who reside principally in the Danakil Desert in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in Eritrea and Djibouti. ...
External links - Map of Afar Region at UN-OCHA
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