What is "irob"

Irob (እሮብ) may refer to:

• Irob people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia
• Irob (woreda), a district in Ethiopia named after the people
• Rob (TV series), ¡Rob!, television series

Irob ( Ge'ez: ኢሮብ) is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after the Irob people, who are the predominant ethnic group living there. Located in the Misraqawi Zone at the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, Irob is bordered on the south by Saesi Tsaedaemba, on the west by Gulomahda, on the north and east by the Endelli River which separates it from Eritrea, and on the southeast by the Afar Region. The administrative center of this woreda is Dawhan; other towns include Alitena, the former administrative center.