Harari Region
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Harari Region ሐረሪ ሑስኒ |
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.svg) Map of Ethiopia showing Harari Region |
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| Country | Ethiopia | |
| Capital | Harar | |
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| • Total | 334 km2 (129 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012) | ||
| • Total | 210,000 | |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |
| ISO 3166 code | ET-HA | |
Harari (Amharic: ሓረሪ?, Harari: ሐረሪ) officially Harari People's National Regional State (Amharic: የሓረሪ ሕዝብ ክልል?, Harari: ዚሐረሪ ኡምመት መሐዲያ ሑስኒ), is one of the nine ethnically-based regional states (kililoch) of Ethiopia, covering the homeland of the Harari people. Formerly named Region 13, its capital is Harar. It has the smallest land area of the Ethiopian regional states.
Ethnic groups of Harari Region
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 urban area: 99,368 or 54.18% of the population are urban inhabitants. With an estimated area of 311.25 square kilometers, this region has an estimated density of 589.05 people per square kilometer. For the entire region 46,169 households were counted, which results in an average for the Region of 3.9 persons to a household, with urban households having on average 3.4 and rural households 4.6 people. Ethnic groups in the region include the Oromo (56.41%), Amhara (22.77%), Harari (8.65%), Gurage (4.34%), Somali (3.87%), Tigray (1.53%), and Argobba (1.26%). Languages spoke include Oromiffa (56.84%), Amharic (27.53%), Harari (7.33%), Somali (3.70%), and Gurage (2.91%). The religion with the most believers in the region is Muslim with 68.99%, 27.1% are Ethiopian Orthodox, 3.4% Protestant, 0.3% Catholic, and 0.2% followers of other religions.
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