Afdera ( Afar : Afxeera ) is one of the districts of Ethiopia , or woredas , in the Afar Region of Ethiopia . It is named after the saline Lake Afdera , located in the southern part of the Afar Depression . Part of the Administrative Zone 2 , Afdera is bordered on the southwest by the Administrative Zone 4 , on the west by Erebti and Abala , on the north by Berhale , on the northeast by Eritrea , and on the southeast by Administrative Zone 1 . The largest town of this woreda is Afdera .
5-628: The highest peak in Afdera is Mount Mallahle (1875 meters); other mountains in this woreda include Erta Ale and Borawli . Mining is the principal industry in this woreda. The best known resource extracted is salt ; according to the Afar Regional Mining and Energy Office, there are 300 active land grants around Lake Afdera, which the Office reports creates 1,800 permanent and over 40,000 part-time jobs. An all-weather road constructed in
10-651: A total population of 32,225, of whom 18,191 are men and 14,034 women; with an area of 7,435.45 square kilometers, Afdera has a population density of 4.33. While 3,578 or 11.10% are urban inhabitants, a further 4,402 or 13.66% are pastoralists. A total of 4,803 households were counted in this woreda, which results in an average of 6.7 persons to a household, and 4,887 housing units. 98.6% of the population said they were Muslim , and 1.34% were Orthodox Christians . 13°15′N 41°00′E / 13.250°N 41.000°E / 13.250; 41.000 Haruka District Mallahle Mallahle (also Mallali or Aruku )
15-762: Is a stratovolcano on the border of Ethiopia and Eritrea , with a 6 km wide caldera . Mallahle is the highest peak in the Afdera region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Danakil Horst at the southern end of the Danakil Alps . It makes up part of the Bidu volcanic complex (with the Nabro Volcano , Bara Ale and Sork Ale ). This volcanology article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Ethiopia location article
20-605: The 1990s connects this woreda to the main Awash - Asseb highway. About 90 kilometers of this gravel road, connecting Afdera to Serdo , was completed in late January 2009 at a cost of 387 million Birr. A spokesman for the Ethiopian Roads Authority stated that since it links with the port in Djibouti City , the upgraded road would have great significance for tourism and import-export trade exchange. At
25-662: The Tio waterhole, near the southeastern border with Administrative Zone 4, L.M. Nesbitt located the 1884 massacre of the Italian expedition led by Gustavo Bianchi and Giuseppe Maria Giulietti . Nesbitt was prevented from erecting a cairn to mark the site by the Afars , who believed this was part of a blood feud . Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has
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