The Afar Occupy a vast area stretching from the Jibuti (DJIBOUTI) - Diredawa railway in the south to the peninsula of Buri in the north, and from the shores of the Red Sea to the eastrn spurs of the Abyssinian plateau. The maps bellow Illustrate its borders in the periods 1100-1800, 1800-1885, and 1885-1996. A map illustrating the period from 1100 to 1800. A map illustrating the period from 1800 to 1885. A map illustrating the period from 1885 to 1996.