Semera
Sign in to saveright|thumb|300px|Samar Samara (; ) is the capital of Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is a town on the Awash–Assab highway in north-east Ethiopia, having been planned and built to replace Asaita. Located in Administrative Zone 1, Samara has a latitude and longitude of . One of the completed buildings is Samara University, which began holding classes in 2007.
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Place details
- Locality
- ሰመራ Semera سميرة
- Region
- አፋር ክልል Afar عفر
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 50,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Capital city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Ethiopia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Afar
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Administrative Zone 1
- Settlement.government_type
- City administration
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Dubti
- Population
- +3687
- Elevation
- +433
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- Capital of
- Afar Region
- Image
- Semera.jpg
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
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right|thumb|300px|Samar Samara (; ) is the capital of Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is a town on the Awash–Assab highway in north-east Ethiopia, having been planned and built to replace Asaita. Located in Administrative Zone 1, Samara has a latitude and longitude of . One of the completed buildings is Samara University, which began holding classes in 2007.
The 2006 Lonely Planet guide to Ethiopia had this description of Samara: With its quirky mix of barracks, modern apartment blocks, and soulless administrative buildings, it looks like a microscopic version of Brasília emerging incongruously in the middle of the desert – except that it's a completely botched attempt at creating a new town.