Aura is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Aura is bordered on the southwest by Ewa, on the west by Gulina, on the north by Teru, and on the east by Administrative Zone 1. The largest settlement in Aura is Derayitu. Woreda (also spelled wereda) is an administrative sub-division, or local government, of Ethiopia, equivalent to a district. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Afar region. ... Administrative Zone 4 is one of five Zones of the Afar Region of Ethiopia; none of the zones of Afar have names. ... Administrative Zone 1 is one of five Zones of the Afar Region of Ethiopia; none of the zones of Afar have names. ...

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 22,917, of whom 10,717 were males and 12,200 were females; 229 or 1.00% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 1.6%. Information is not available for the area of Aura, so its density cannot be calculated.^[1] The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. ...

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