Coordinates: 11°50′N 39°44′E / 11.833°N 39.733°E / 11.833; 39.733

Hara Gebeya

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Hara Gebeya
ሃራ ገበያ
Hara Gebeya is located in Ethiopia
Hara Gebeya
Hara Gebeya
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 11°50′N 39°44′E / 11.833°N 39.733°E / 11.833; 39.733
Country Ethiopia
RegionAmhara Region
ZoneNorth Wollo Zone
WoredaGuba Lafto
Population
 (2019)
 • Total28,096
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Hara Gebeya (Amharic: ሃራ ገበያ, "Hara Market") or Hara is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia.[1] It is located in Guba Lafto woreda in the Amhara Region. It is situated at an altitude of 1520 metres.[2] In 2019, it had a population of 28,096.[1]

Demographics

In 2019, the town had a population of 28,906, comprising 14,188 males and 13,908 females. According to a 2017 survey, 86.1% of population was Muslim, while 13.9% was Ethiopian Orthodox.[1] 69.4% of the population was illterate, while 14.6% of the population had at most a primary education and 3.1% attained secondary education or higher. There was one ART clinic, 7 health posts, and 5 private clinics in the town.[1]

Transport

Hara Gebeya is planned to become a major junction in Ethiopia's national railway network. It will receive a railway station in one of the new standard gauge railways connecting Addis Ababa with a port at Djibouti.[3] It is the terminus of the Awash–Weldiya Railway and starting point of the Weldiya–Mekelle Railway, both of which will, despite their names, bypass Weldiya entirely.[4] It will also be the starting point of the proposed Hara-Gebeya-Asaita-Tadjoura railway.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Legesse, Tesfaye Aychew; Reta, Melese Abate (2019). "Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Associated Factors among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Hara Town and Its Surroundings, North-Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study". Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 29 (3). doi:10.4314/ejhs.v29i3.2. ISSN 1029-1857. PMC 6689727.
  2. ^ Lindahl, Bernard (2005). "Local history of Ethiopia : Emamret - Enzoraja" (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute.
  3. ^ "Ethiopia: The Prime Minister Lays Foundation for the Mekelle-Hara Gebeya-Woldia Railway Project". Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ^ Tesfaye, Aaron (2020). China in Ethiopia: the long-term perspective. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 146. ISBN 9781438478364.


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