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Afar (Afar alphabet Qafár, Ge'ez ዐፋር ʿāfār, Amh. translit. āfār, also spelled አፋር) are an ethnic group who reside principally in the Danakil Desert in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in Eritrea and Djibouti. They are sometimes called Danakil, a name used specifically to refer to northern Afars, while southern Afars can be called "Adel" (also transliterated as Adal), similar to the former Adal Sultanate.