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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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450:Lake Gummare
435:
413:, the chief
400:
396:
342:Aussa (Awsa)
341:
321:
320:
303:22,718 (est)
64:Motto:
1552:Negele Arsi
1532:Kebri Dahar
1442:Debre Tabor
1347:Addis Ababa
1063:, Table B.3
623:Afar Region
565:Addis Ababa
543:Awash River
462:Awash River
385: /
350:Afar Region
238:Afar Region
199: /
1612:Categories
1577:Shashamane
1367:Arba Minch
1251:Jon Kalb,
1205:2019-03-12
1015:19 January
575:Dit Bahari
442:salt lakes
295:Population
266:Government
1537:Kombolcha
1472:Dire Dawa
1452:Dembidolo
1447:Degehabur
1392:Bahir Dar
458:Lake Abbe
454:flamingos
427:Kombolcha
361:Awsi Rasu
338:Aysaqiita
287:Elevation
257:Named for
250:Awsi Rasu
158:Aysaqiita
125:Aysaqiita
92:Aysaqiita
37:Aysaqiita
1412:Bishoftu
1057:Archived
1038:Archived
895:Source:
821:Average
716:(101.8)
711:(103.3)
582:Jon Kalb
446:Djibouti
346:Ethiopia
226:Ethiopia
1592:Weldiya
1562:Nekemte
1542:Mekelle
1517:Irgalem
1512:Hosaena
1477:Gambela
1402:Bedessa
1352:Adigrat
816:(73.5)
811:(66.7)
806:(69.1)
801:(73.4)
796:(78.8)
791:(77.4)
786:(77.9)
781:(81.0)
776:(77.2)
771:(73.9)
766:(71.2)
761:(69.1)
756:(66.2)
746:(93.9)
741:(86.5)
736:(89.2)
731:(93.9)
726:(97.7)
721:(99.1)
706:(98.6)
701:(93.7)
696:(90.1)
691:(86.4)
686:(86.0)
617:Climate
536:Kabirto
475:History
373:41°26′E
370:11°34′N
326:Amharic
309:Climate
213:Country
187:41°26′E
184:11°34′N
18:Asayita
1582:Tebela
1572:Shanto
1567:Sebeta
1547:Moyale
1522:Jijiga
1502:Gununo
1497:Gondar
1482:Gesuba
1457:Dessie
1422:Boditi
1417:Bitena
1377:Asella
1151:
1006:
979:
890:(5.6)
880:(0.3)
875:(0.2)
870:(0.7)
865:(1.5)
860:(0.9)
855:(0.1)
850:(0.3)
845:(0.6)
840:(0.6)
835:(0.2)
830:(0.2)
637:Month
513:Hegano
507:based
498:Harari
456:, and
431:Semera
357:woreda
354:Afambo
322:Asaita
233:Region
223:
50:Asaita
1597:Wukro
1527:Jimma
1507:Harar
1467:Dimtu
1427:Bombe
1382:Awasa
1372:Areka
1342:Adama
1226:(PDF)
1199:(PDF)
1192:(PDF)
1112:(PDF)
906:Notes
676:Year
505:Harar
493:Harla
423:Asseb
419:Awash
1587:Sodo
1492:Gode
1487:Goba
1462:Dila
1397:Batu
1387:Axum
1362:Ambo
1357:Adwa
1290:2017
1149:ISBN
1075:Mora
1017:2016
1004:ISBN
977:ISBN
885:(0)
814:23.1
809:19.3
804:20.6
799:23.0
794:26.0
789:25.2
784:25.5
779:27.2
774:25.1
769:23.3
764:21.8
759:20.6
754:19.0
744:34.4
739:30.3
734:31.8
729:34.4
724:36.5
719:37.3
714:38.8
709:39.6
704:37.0
699:34.3
694:32.3
689:30.2
684:30.0
673:Dec
670:Nov
667:Oct
664:Sep
661:Aug
658:Jul
655:Jun
652:May
649:Apr
646:Mar
643:Feb
640:Jan
599:Derg
554:Derg
525:Afar
489:Mora
415:Afar
405:and
334:Afar
245:Zone
44:Town
888:144
523:of
314:BWh
1614::
1273:^
1025:^
868:17
863:38
858:22
843:16
838:16
625:.
531:.
464:.
336::
332:;
328::
1323:e
1316:t
1309:v
1292:.
1208:.
1157:.
1019:.
985:.
883:0
878:7
873:6
853:3
848:8
833:6
828:5
421:–
324:(
20:)
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