title: Afar
text: # Afar
  
  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
  