Awbare (woreda)

Awbare (Amharic: ኣውባረ) (Somali: Aw Barre), officially known as Teferi Ber,[1] is one of the woredas of the Fafan Zone in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Awbare is bordered on the southwest by Jijiga, on the west by the Sitti Zone, on the east by Somaliland, and on the southeast by Kebri Beyah. Cities and towns in the Awbare district include Awbare, Awbube, Sheder, Lefe Isa, Derwernache, Gogti, Jaare and Heregel.

High points in this woreda include Sau (1863 meters), near the international border.

  1. ^ Teferi Ber is the name used by the Central Statistical Agency in its Agricultural Sample Enumeration 2001-2002 (1994 E.C.): Report on Area and Production - Somali Region Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine