Administrative Zone 2 (since May 2006 known as Kilbet Rasu) is one of five Zones of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. This zone is bordered on the south by Administrative Zone 1, on the southwest by Administrative Zone 4, on the west by the Tigray Region, and on the northeast by Eritrea. The administrative center of Zone 2 is Abala (also known in the highlands as Shiket). Also located in this zone is the former mining settlement of Dallol, which set the record for the hottest inhabited place on Earth, with an average temperature of 34° C.