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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 a major town in the Awbare district. Notes This page was last edited on 10 November 2024, at 03:04 ...
Within Ethiopia, the Reer Nuur reside in the Somali Region, specifically in the Awbare district, the most demographically popular region of the Jigjiga Zone. The Reer Nuur historically have grazed up to Jijiga [18] and make up the majority of the inhabitants of the city of Awbare. [19] [20] [21] [22]
The region is home to almost all major Somali clan families. The Issa, Gadabuursi and Jaarso subclans of the Dir primarily inhabit the northern Sitti zone, Awbare and Gursum woreda in Fafan zone. [14] [15] [16] The Habr Awal, Garhajis, Arap and Habr Je'lo clans of the Isaaq clan family inhabit the northern part of the region bordering Somaliland.