Harar (region)

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Basic data
Country Ethiopia
Capital Harar
surface 374 km²
Residents 183,344 (2007)
density 490 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 ET-HA
politics
Head of government Murad Abdulhadi
Political party Harari National League

Coordinates: 9 ° 19 '  N , 42 ° 7'  E

The National Regional State of the Harari People ( Amharic የሐረሪ ሕዝብ ክልል , English Harari People's National Regional State ) is one of the nine administrative regions ( Kililoch ) in Ethiopia .

It is located in the east of the country and includes the historically important city of Harar and its surrounding area. The titular nation is made up of the Aderi , who speak their own Harari language.

According to the 2007 census, 56.41% (103,421) of the population were Oromo , 22.77% (41,755) Amhars , 8.65% (15,858) Aderi, 4.34% (7,949) Gurage, and 3.87% (7,102) Somali . 69% were Muslim and 27.1% Orthodox. 49.5% lived in rural areas. The annual population growth between 1994 and 2007 was 2.6% and thus corresponds to the national average.

politics

President of the Executive Committee
  • Haji Gotu in the 1990s
  • Abdulahi Idris Ibrahim 199x – September 1999
  • Gazali Mohammed September 1999 – September 2000
  • Nuria Abdulahi (President) September – October 2000
  • Fuad Ibrahim October 2000 - October 3, 2005
  • Murad Abdulhadi (of the Harari National League ) October 3, 2005 – today

The Harar regional parliament has been composed as follows since the 2005 elections :

Party or alliance Seats (36) proportion of
Harari National League 18th 50%
Democratic organization of the Oromo people 14th 38.9%
Coalition for Unity and Democracy 3 8.3%
United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 1 2.8%

See also

Web links

Commons : Harar (Region)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia) : Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results ( Memento of March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.7 MB), pp. 11, 19, 102-104, 112
  2. ↑ worldstatesmen.org
  3. ^ African Elections Database : Results of the Harar elections , accessed June 15, 2010