Afarland is geographically located on the coastal area of the Red Sea on the Northern part of the East African side of the Great Rift Valley. It spans the contemporary states of Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea.

The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs called the Afar country as a land of gods, Punt, and a land of Genesis, a land of nonsense by Parisian, a land of remote and death by British, a region of Birthplace of Humankind" (WIC- 2003).

It is also geographically known as the Afar Triangle, Afar Danakil Depression or Afar Desert.The Afars are the earliest people to live in the Horn of Africa. They claim to be the descendents of Noah's son Ham. Ham was the second son of the biblical Noah.(5) "Afar is the origin of human species".(6) "Afar People are The Cradle of Humankind".(7) It is believed that the first human civilization of Africa was most likely started in the coastal area of Afarland of the Red Sea.