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Awbare (Somali: Aw Barre, Amharic: አውበሬ), officially known as Teferi Ber [2] and called after its patron Saint Awbare, [3] is a town in eastern Ethiopia located in the Fafan Zone of the Somali Region, near the border with Somaliland on the main trade route between Jijiga and the sea. It is the administrative centre of the Awbare district.
Awbare is bordered on the southwest by Jijiga, on the west by the Sitti Zone, on the east by Somaliland, and on the southeast by Kebri Beyah. Cities and towns in the Awbare district include Awbare, Awbube, Sheder, Lefe Isa, Derwernache, Gogti, Jaare and Heregel. High points in this woreda include Sau (1863 meters), near the international border.
This is a list of the cities and woredas (districts), in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, compiled from material on the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) website.. It is unclear how many woredas actually exist in the Somali Region, since the names and number of woredas given in the CSA's documents differ between 2005 and 2007, [1] and different maps [2] [3] show a variety of names and boundaries.
Fafan (Somali: Faafan) is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia.It was previously known as the Jijiga zone, so named after its largest city, Jijiga. [2] Other towns and cities in this zone include Awbare, Derwernache, Lefe Isa, Babile, Kebri Beyah, Harshin, Goljano, Tuli Gulled and Hart Sheik.
Awbube is an ancient town in the Awbare district. [3] It was a center of activity during the Golden Age of the Adal Sultanate. [4] [5] Called after its patron Somali Saint and Hero Awbube, known as the "Flying Saint", who was instrumental in the spread of the Islamic faith into the Abyssinian hinterlands [6] and a hero of many early battles which some accounts mention was against the ...
It is administered under the Awbare district. Demographics The ... [2] [3] Filipo Ambrosio (1994) describes Lefe Isa as being predominantly Gadabuursi:
357,068 km 2 (137,865 sq mi) • Land: ... Awbare and Gursum woreda in Fafan zone. [14] [15] [16] The ... The intermediate-level court system is the district court ...
Kebri Beyah (Somali: Qabribayax) is a city and woreda in Somali Region, Ethiopia.Part of the Kebri Beyah is bordered on the south by the Degehabur Zone, on the southwest by the Fiq Zone, on the northwest by Gursum, on the north by Jijiga and Awbare, on the northeast by Somaliland, and on the east by Harshin.