Āwuberē
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- Locality
- Teferī Ber
- Region
- ሶማሌ ክልል Somali صومالى
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Old Town of Awbare
- Demographics
- Education
- Notable residents
- Notes
Awbare (, Amharic: አውበሬ), officially known as Teferi Ber and called after its patron Saint Awbare, is a town in eastern Ethiopia located in the Fafan Zone of the Somali Region, near the border with Somaliland on the main trade route between Jijiga and the sea. It is the administrative centre of the Awbare district.
It was one of the biggest towns of the Adal Empire. According to Ethiopian Christian folklore, this town was the only gateway that has caused fear for the Ethiopian Christian Kingdom, hence the name Teferi Ber, meaning "The Gate of Fear".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Āwuberē” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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