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: ''This article is about the political division. For the mountain, see Afdera (volcano). For the concealer moth genus, see ''Afdera (moth).'' Afdera (Afar ''Afxeera'') is one of the woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the saline Lake Afdera, located in the southern part of the Afar Depression. Part of the Administrative Zone 2, Afdera is bordered on the southwest by the Administrative Zone 4, on the west by Erebti and Abala, on the north by Berhale, on the northeast by Eritrea, and on the southeast by Administrative Zone 1. The largest towns of this woreda is Afdera. == Overview == The highest peak in Afdera is Mount Mallahle (1875 meters); other mountains in this woreda include Erta Ale and Borawli. Mining is the principal industry in this woreda. The best known resource extracted is salt; according to the Afar Regional Mining and Energy Office, there are 300 active land grants around Lake Afdera, which the Office reports creates 1,800 permanent and over 40,000 part-time jobs.〔("Afar State calls on investors to exploit rich mineral potential" ) (Walta Information Center)〕 An all-weather road constructed in the 1990s connects this woreda to the main Awash - Asseb highway.〔(Situation report on Region 2 (Afar National Regional State) ) UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, dated January 1996 (accessed 13 January 2009)〕 About 90 kilometers of this gravel road, connecting Afdera to Serdo, was completed in late January 2009 at a cost of 387 million Birr. A spokesman for the Ethiopian Roads Authority stated that since it links with the port in Djibouti City, the upgraded road would have great significance for tourism and import-export trade exchange.〔("Serdo-Afidera road opens for traffic " ), Ethiopian News Agency, 27 January 2009 (accessed 28 May 2009)〕 At the Tio waterhole, near the southeastern border with Administrative Zone 4, L.M. Nesbitt located the 1884 massacre of the Italian expedition led by Gustavo Bianchi and Giuseppe Maria Giulietti. Nesbitt was prevented from erecting a cairn to mark the site by the Afars, who believed this was part of a blood feud.〔Nesbitt, ''Hell-Hole of Creation: The Exploration of Abyssinian Danakil'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935), pp. 300-326. Nesbitt provided the latitude and longitude of the Tio waterhole in the maps accompanying his article, ("Danakil Traversed from South to North in 1928 (Continued)", ''Geographical Journal'' ), 76 (1930), pp. 391-414〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Afdera (woreda)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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