Fafan Zone
Fafan Zone is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was previously known as the Jijiga zone, so named after its largest city, Jijiga. Other towns and cities in this zone include Awbare, Derwernache, Lefe Isa, Babile, Kebri Beyah, Harshin, Goljano, Tuli Gulled and Hart Sheik.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: zone of Ethiopia with 968,000 residents
- Description: zone in Somali, Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Faafan”
- Historically known as: “Jijiga Zone”
Fafan Zone
- Location: Somali, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zulu—“Fafan Zone” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fafan zona”
- Basque: “Jijiga zona”
- Catalan: “Zona Fafan”
- Cebuano: “Fafan (dapit)”
- Cebuano: “Fafan”
- Chinese: “法法恩地區”
- French: “Fafan”
- French: “zone Fafan”
- French: “zone Jijiga”
- German: “Fafan-Zone”
- German: “Jijiga-Zone”
- Hausa: “Fafan Zone”
- Italian: “Fafan”
- Japanese: “ジジガ県”
- Persian: “شهرستان فافان”
- Russian: “Джиджига”
- Slovenian: “Cona Fafan”
- Slovenian: “Gobolka Faafan”
- Spanish: “Zona Fafan”
- Spanish: “Zona Jijiga”
- Swedish: “Fafan (zon)”
- Swedish: “Fafan”
- Zulu: “Fafan Zone”
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