Chercher was a province in Hararghe (eastern Ethiopia) now part of Oromia Region, Ethiopia.[1][2] Also known as Ittuu 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 higher mountains rise and extend inland from the Great Rift Valley in its northwest[citation needed]. The capital of the former Chercher province was Chiro.[2]