Afder Zone

Afder Zone
Gobolka Afdheer
Hargeelle
Map of Afder Zone
Map of Afder Zone
Afder Zone is located in Ethiopia
Afder Zone
Afder Zone
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5°15′N 43°00′E / 5.250°N 43.000°E / 5.250; 43.000
CountryEthiopia
RegionSomali
ZoneAfder
Population
 (2007)
 • Total936,290 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Afder (Somali: Afdheer) is one of the eleven Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Afder is bordered on the southwest by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Nogob Zone, on the northeast by Shabele Zone, and on south by the Somalia federal states of Hirshabelle, South West and Jubaland. The administrative center of Afder is Hargele;[citation needed] other towns in Afder include West Imey, and Cherti