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Harari is also commonly written in Latin outside of Ethiopia. [77] The 1994 Ethiopian census indicates that there were 21,757 Harari speakers. About 20,000 of these individuals were concentrated outside Harar, in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. [78] Most Harari people are bilingual in Amharic and Oromo, both of which are also Afro-Asiatic ...
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), Harari has a total population of 183,415, of whom 92,316 were men and 91,099 women. This region is the only one in Ethiopia where the majority of its population lives in an urban area: 99,368 or 54.18% of the population are urban inhabitants.
Harari Quran in Ethiopian script. Harari Qurans have been produced in the Harari region of Ethiopia since the 18th century; its central city of Harar has a strong tradition of scribal practice, drawing on both local and international artistic culture to create a unique Quranic style.
1892 – Harar bears the current name. [15] 1902 – As Harar lost its commercial importance with the creation of French built Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, Dire Dawa was founded as the New Harar. [15] 8 May 1936 – Harar was captured by Italian troops under Marshall Rodolfo Graziani during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. [16]
During the Ogaden War in the 70s, Fedis was a battleground between Ethiopian and Somali forces. [9] It was briefly occupied by the rebel group WSLF with support from Oromo locals. [10] Fedis is the site of one of the largest market places in the region where goods are sold, the others being Harar and Babile. [11]
A comparison of the two maps in Margary Perham, The Government of Ethiopia shows that Hararghe was created by combining the Sultanate of Aussa, the lands of the Karanle, Ogaden, Issa, and Gadabursi with the 1935 provinces of Chercher and Harar. [9] In 1960, the province south of the Shebelle River was made into its own province, Bale. [10]
Harar Sheikh Abaadir Umar Al-Rida ( Harari : አባዲር ዑመር አል-ሪዳ ፈቂ ዑመር, Somali : Abaadir Umar Al-Rida , Arabic : الفقيه ابادر عمر الرضا ), also known as Aw Abadir [ 1 ] or Aw Badir was the legendary founder of Harar and a patron saint in modern-day eastern Ethiopia .
The excavations were done by the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies of the University of Exeter as part of the Becoming Muslim project at the urban sites of Harlaa in 2017–2019, Harar in 2014–2018, and Ganda Harla 2014, located in the eastern part of Ethiopia. Substantial assemblages of faunal remains were recovered over the seasons.