Afder Zone
Gobolka Afdheer | |
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 Map of Afder Zone | |
  Afder Zone Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 5°15′N 43°00′E / 5.250°N 43.000°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali |
| Zone | Afder |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 936,290 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+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