Afar Region
Map of Afar Region
075 km (47 mi)150 km (93 mi)225 km (140 mi)300 km (186 mi)
Height
-128 m (-420 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 400 m (1310 ft), 750 m (2460 ft), 1000 m (3280 ft), 2000 m (6560 ft), 2500 m (8200 ft), Max altitude 2927 m (9600 ft)Sea depth
0 m (0 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 1800 m (5910 ft), 3200 m (10500 ft), deeper than 5200 m (17060 ft)Height from west to east in Afar Region
Height from south to north in Afar Region
1Awash337 to 944 m2Abhe Bid240 m3Afrera ye'ch'ew−114 m
Natural Earth · GEBCO 2026 Grid · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Semera
Population: 1,411,092 (Wikidata, 2007)
Area: 72,053 km² / 27,820 sq mi
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: 2 927 m
Lowest point: −128 m
Borders
- Tigray Region — Northwest
- Oromia Region — South
- Somali Region — Southeast
- Amhara Region — West
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+03:00