Berhale

Located in Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 13°51′N 40°01′E / 13.850°N 40.017°E / 13.850; 40.017 with an altitude of 639 meters above sea level.

Philip Briggs describes this town as an "unexpectedly large and attractive town, set in a valley below stark twin peaks", which although "neither truly of the highlands nor truly of the desert" Berhale, "with its combination of typically Tigrayan stone houses and more austere Afar huts...is an agreeable point of transition between the two natural realms.

[3] Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Berhale during the year 1968.

[6] On February 23 of that same year, militants entered an Eritrean refugee camp, killing at least five people.

According to the 2007 census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency, Berhale has a total population of 6,098, of whom 3,563 are men and 2,535 women.