Official Name: | Hara Gebeya |
Native Name: | ሃራ ገበያ |
Native Name Lang: | am |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Amhara Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | North Wollo Zone |
Subdivision Type3: | Woreda |
Subdivision Name3: | Guba Lafto |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 28,096 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 11.8333°N 83°W |
Hara Gebeya (Amharic: ሃራ ገበያ, "Hara Market") or Hara is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. It is located in Guba Lafto woreda in the Amhara Region. It is situated at an altitude of 1520 metres.[1] In 2019, it had a population of 28,096.[2]
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. 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.
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.