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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.
The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች 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 eastern Ethiopia.
The indigenous Harari natives who once were majority within the walled city are under 15%, due to ethnic cleansing by the Haile Selassie government. [83] [84] [85] [verification needed] As a result of the repression by the Ethiopian regime, in the late 1970s Hararis residing in Addis Ababa outnumbered those in Harar. [86]
Research on and display of Harari Qurans is limited. The 2017 exhibition The Art of the Qur’an was the first major exhibition in the US to showcase Islamic manuscripts, but it did not include any from Ethiopia. [7] Other exhibits such as 2023's Africa & Byzantium included a variety of Ethiopian art and artifacts, but no Quranic manuscripts. [8]
Harari may refer to: Harari people, Ethiopia; Harari language, an Ethiopian Semitic language; Harari Region, a state in Ethiopia; Harari (surname), of multiple origins Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli historian; Harari Rishon Model, a model in physics named after Haim Harari
East Hararghe (Oromo: Harargee Bahaa) is a zone in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. East Hararghe Zone is bordered on the southwest by Bale, on the west by West Hararghe Zone, on the north by Dire Dawa and on the north and east by the Somali Region. The Harari Region is an enclave inside this zone
The Harari National League (Amharic: የሐረሪ ብሔራዊ ሊግ, Harari: ዚሀረሪ መሐዲያ ሊግ) was a political party in Ethiopia. Its chairman, Ordeen Badri, was also president of the Harari Region. [1] One of the Harari National League's co-founder was Duri Mohammed. [2]
The Ethiopian–Adal War was in response to the death of Harla leader of Adal, Imam Mahfuz, killed in single combat, by the warrior-monk Gebre Andrias in the early reign of Emperor Dawit II. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In the wars against Emperor Sarsa Dengel , the Harla were led by the Sultan Muhammad ibn Nasir .