Location: northern part of Ethiopia

President: Ato Ismail Ali Serro

Area: 100,860 square k.m

Topography: 150-1500 meters above sea level

Climate: Hot and arid

Population: 1,272,000

Capital: Semera

Working language: Amharic

Distance from Addis Ababa to Asaita: 670 k.m

Dalol depression(148m. below sea level), salt production at Afdera, Lucy’s place(Paleontological research fields) and others, production of cotton “the white gold” , Awash National Park

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