Chercher province
Chercher also spelled as Charchar was a former province in Eastern Ethiopia., also known as Ahmar and West Hararghe, is the name given to mainly to the highland areas of West Hararaghe Zone, where the chains of Checher or Ahmar mountains extend inland. The capital of the former province was Chiro. History. In the 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.