Afdera (woreda)

It is named after the saline Lake Afdera, located in the southern part of the Afar Depression.

The highest peak in Afdera is Mount Mallahle (1875 meters); other mountains in this woreda include Erta Ale and Borawli.

[2] About 90 kilometers of this gravel road, connecting Afdera to Serdo, was completed in late January 2009 at a cost of 387 million Birr.

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.