Awbare (woreda)
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Awbare (Amharic: ኣውባረ) (Somali: Aw Barre), officially known as Teferi Ber, 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.
History
Due to reports of a new wave of Somali refugees reaching Hart Sheik in late 2006, the Ethiopian Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs and the UNHCR together opened a new refugee camp at Awbare on 13 July 2007. As of June 2012, 13,553 individuals were resident at the camp, with a further 11,639 at the Sheder camp.
The Ethiopian De-mining Office reported in November 2008 that it had cleared land mines in Awbare as part of the four million square meters of land the office had cleared in the Somali Region.
Demographics
This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Gadabuursi subclan of the Dir clan family.
The Department of Sociology and Social Administration, Addis Ababa University, Vol. 1 (1994), describes the Awbare district as being predominantly Gadabuursi.
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