The Afars, also known as the Danakil, Adali, and Odali, are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti, as well as the entire southern coast of Eritrea.
The Afars principally reside in the Danakil Desert in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, as well as in Eritrea and Djibouti. There are over 2,276,867 people in Ethiopia of whom 105,551 are urban inhabitants, according to the recent census 2007. The people of Afar makeup over a third of the population of Djibouti, and are one of the nine recognized ethnic divisions of Ethiopia.