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Mille is one of the woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is named for the Mille River, a tributary of the Awash River, which flows through this woreda. Part of the Administrative Zone 1, Mille is bordered on the south by the Administrative Zone 3, on the southwest by Administrative Zone 5, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Chifra, on the northeast by Dubti, and on the southeast by the Somali Region. Towns in Mille include Mille and Eli Wuha. __NOTOC__ The highest point in this woreda is Mount Gabillema (1459 meters), a dormant volcano in the southeastern part. Roads in this woreda include the feeder road between Chifra and Mille, which is 105 kilometers in length; it was constructed in two segments between February 1999 and February 2001 by SUR Construction.〔("SUR Construction PLC - Major Projects" ), SUR Construction webpage (accessed 6 May 2010〕 Important local landmarks include the Yangudi Rassa National Park, which covers the southeast corner of Mille, but not Mount Gabillema; and the archeological sites at Hadar and Dikika where specimens of ''Australopithecus afarensis'' have been recovered. ==History== In 2004, grazing conditions in Mille woreda had become degraded due to the encroachment by invasive thick and thorny ''Prosopis juliflora'' bushes, leading to significant tensions between Issa and Afar herders, due to the resulting scarcity of pasturage.〔("Assessment Report: Impact of poor Karma rains in Zone 1 & 4, Afar National Regional State" ), Action contra le Faim report, 8-12 December 2004, p. 2 (accessed 18 January 2010)〕 On 4 February 2007, the Afar Regional Cabinet approved the division of this woreda, creating a new woreda out of the western part, with its administrative center to be at Hadar.〔("Three new woredas decided in Afar Region" )〕 The Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie led a number of digs in this woreda between 2004 and 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mille (woreda)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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