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Afar
National Regional State
Home of a 4.4 million years old humanoid fossil
Dallol Depression -one of the lowest points on earth
- Location Eastern
- Temperature range 25°C\48°C
- Area 270,000 km2
- Population 1,800,000
- Rain fall average 187.9mm
- Altitude range 116mt above sea level
1600mt below sea level
Major Resources and Potential Development Schemes
- Cash crop farm- suitable temperature , abundant water resources
and vast area of arable land(ideal for cotton and oil seeds production)
- Mining - potash, sulfur, salt, manganese bentonite, aluminum
and gypsum.
- Geothermal resource-Tendaho geothermal energy, promising resource
of electric power.
- Tourism - desert adventures such as Awash Natural Reserve, Dallol
depression (one of the lowest points on earth), Yangudirasa National Park.
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