Afar Explained

Afar may refer to:

Peoples and languages

• Afar language, an East Cushitic language
• Afar people, an ethnic group of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia

Places

Horn of Africa

• Afar Desert or Danakil Desert, a desert in Ethiopia
• Afar Region, a regional state of Ethiopia
• Afar Triangle or Afar Depression, a geological feature in East Africa
• Afar Triple Junction, a geological rift system which divides the Nubian, Somalian, and Arabian plates
• French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, a former French colony (now Djibouti)

Iraq

• Tal Afar, in Iraq
• Tel Afar District, region in Iraq

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Afar (album), a synthpop album by Ice Choir
• Afar (magazine), a publication focused on experiential travel
• Afar, a Combo Rangers character

Organizations

• Afar Liberation Front, a former Ethiopian militant group
• Afar National Democratic Party, a former Ethiopian political party
• Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front, an Ethiopian political party
• American Federation for Aging Research, or AFAR, a private charitable organization