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The Harari people (Harari: ጌ፞ይ ኡሱኣች, ݘٛىيْ أُسُأَڛْ , Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of this ethnic group traditionally reside in the walled city of Harar , simply called Gēy "the City" in Harari, situated in the Harari Region of ...
The Harari Region (Amharic: ... with urban households having on average 3.4 and rural households 4.6 people. Ethnic groups in the region include the Oromo ...
[9] [10] Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi designated Amir Husain al-Gaturi as governor of Dawaro region which was a border province of Abyssinia. [11] Gaturi ceased to be mentioned in texts after the sixteenth century. Gaturi is today represented as a sub group of the Harari people and remains a Harari surname. [12] [13]
Harar and its inhabitants are the only remnant of the old Harla civilization. According to Hararis, the Harari ethnic group consist of seven Harla subclans: Abogn, Adish, Awari, Gidaya, Gatur, Hargaya, and Wargar. [47] Some sources claim Harla were a less Semitic version of the Harari. [48]
The Harari Region is an enclave inside this zone ... The three largest ethnic groups reported in East Hararge were the Oromo (93.69%), the Amhara (4.16%), ...
Harar is the capital city of the Harari Region. ... 7 The six largest ethnic groups reported in Harar were the Amhara (40.55%), the Oromo (28.14%), ...
This ethnic group would become known as Argobba after their conversion to Islam in the 10th century. Modern Argobba claim they originate from the Arabian Peninsula through Zeila in what is now Somaliland and before settling in Ifat. [9] Argobba have historical links with Harari and Harla people. [10]
Together these four groups make up three-quarters of the population. The country also has Omotic ethnic groups who speak Afro-Asiatic languages of the Omotic branch. They inhabit the southern regions of the country, particularly the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region. Among these are the Welayta and Gamo.