Chercher Province
Chercher (Amharic: ጨርጨር) sometimes spelled as Charchar was a former province in Eastern Ethiopia in what is now eastern Oromia. Also known as Ahmar and West Hararghe, chercher is the name given mainly to the eastern escarpment highland areas of Oromia state's West Hararaghe Zone, where the chains of Checher or Ahmar mountains rise and extend inland from the Great Rift Valley in its northwest. The capital of the former Chercher province was Chiro. Etymology Chercher may originate from ''carcar'', the Harari language meaning ridge that leads to a ravine. History In the year 1923 regent Ras Tafari appointed ''Fit′awrari'' Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam as governor of Chercher, a year later governor Tekle Hawariat founded the town of Chiro (known then under its old name ''Asebe Tafari.'') and the new capital of the province. Later the Chercher province merged into Hararghe province Hararghe ( am, ሐረርጌ ''Harärge''; Harari: ሀረርጌይ ''Harärgeyi'', Orom ...
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Chercher, East Azerbaijan
Chercher ( fa, چرچر, also Romanized as Char Char; also known as Cherchir and Chirchir) is a village in Zonuzaq Rural District, in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 285, in 77 families. References Populated places in Marand County {{Marand-geo-stub ...
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