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people, their moniker still exists within clans in rural areas. Aussa is unique to the Afar region since it is the only area today that Afar people are engaged in agriculture. Farming was established by Harla as far back as the fourteenth century. The town also seems to have been a haven for
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330:
310:
309:
292:22,718 (est)
53:Motto:
1541:Negele Arsi
1521:Kebri Dahar
1431:Debre Tabor
1336:Addis Ababa
1052:, Table B.3
612:Afar Region
554:Addis Ababa
532:Awash River
451:Awash River
374: /
339:Afar Region
227:Afar Region
188: /
1601:Categories
1566:Shashamane
1356:Arba Minch
1240:Jon Kalb,
1194:2019-03-12
1004:19 January
564:Dit Bahari
431:salt lakes
284:Population
255:Government
1526:Kombolcha
1461:Dire Dawa
1441:Dembidolo
1436:Degehabur
1381:Bahir Dar
447:Lake Abbe
443:flamingos
416:Kombolcha
350:Awsi Rasu
327:Aysaqiita
276:Elevation
246:Named for
239:Awsi Rasu
147:Aysaqiita
114:Aysaqiita
81:Aysaqiita
26:Aysaqiita
1401:Bishoftu
1046:Archived
1027:Archived
884:Source:
810:Average
705:(101.8)
700:(103.3)
571:Jon Kalb
435:Djibouti
335:Ethiopia
215:Ethiopia
1581:Weldiya
1551:Nekemte
1531:Mekelle
1506:Irgalem
1501:Hosaena
1466:Gambela
1391:Bedessa
1341:Adigrat
805:(73.5)
800:(66.7)
795:(69.1)
790:(73.4)
785:(78.8)
780:(77.4)
775:(77.9)
770:(81.0)
765:(77.2)
760:(73.9)
755:(71.2)
750:(69.1)
745:(66.2)
735:(93.9)
730:(86.5)
725:(89.2)
720:(93.9)
715:(97.7)
710:(99.1)
695:(98.6)
690:(93.7)
685:(90.1)
680:(86.4)
675:(86.0)
606:Climate
525:Kabirto
464:History
362:41°26′E
359:11°34′N
315:Amharic
298:Climate
202:Country
176:41°26′E
173:11°34′N
1571:Tebela
1561:Shanto
1556:Sebeta
1536:Moyale
1511:Jijiga
1491:Gununo
1486:Gondar
1471:Gesuba
1446:Dessie
1411:Boditi
1406:Bitena
1366:Asella
1140:
995:
968:
879:(5.6)
869:(0.3)
864:(0.2)
859:(0.7)
854:(1.5)
849:(0.9)
844:(0.1)
839:(0.3)
834:(0.6)
829:(0.6)
824:(0.2)
819:(0.2)
626:Month
502:Hegano
496:based
487:Harari
445:, and
420:Semera
346:woreda
343:Afambo
311:Asaita
222:Region
212:
39:Asaita
1586:Wukro
1516:Jimma
1496:Harar
1456:Dimtu
1416:Bombe
1371:Awasa
1361:Areka
1331:Adama
1215:(PDF)
1188:(PDF)
1181:(PDF)
1101:(PDF)
895:Notes
665:Year
494:Harar
482:Harla
412:Asseb
408:Awash
1576:Sodo
1481:Gode
1476:Goba
1451:Dila
1386:Batu
1376:Axum
1351:Ambo
1346:Adwa
1279:2017
1138:ISBN
1064:Mora
1006:2016
993:ISBN
966:ISBN
874:(0)
803:23.1
798:19.3
793:20.6
788:23.0
783:26.0
778:25.2
773:25.5
768:27.2
763:25.1
758:23.3
753:21.8
748:20.6
743:19.0
733:34.4
728:30.3
723:31.8
718:34.4
713:36.5
708:37.3
703:38.8
698:39.6
693:37.0
688:34.3
683:32.3
678:30.2
673:30.0
662:Dec
659:Nov
656:Oct
653:Sep
650:Aug
647:Jul
644:Jun
641:May
638:Apr
635:Mar
632:Feb
629:Jan
588:Derg
543:Derg
514:Afar
478:Mora
404:Afar
394:and
323:Afar
234:Zone
33:Town
877:144
512:of
303:BWh
1603::
1262:^
1014:^
857:17
852:38
847:22
832:16
827:16
614:.
520:.
453:.
325::
321:;
317::
1312:e
1305:t
1298:v
1281:.
1197:.
1146:.
1008:.
974:.
872:0
867:7
862:6
842:3
837:8
822:6
817:5
410:–
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