Hara Gebeya Explained

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]

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. 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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lindahl . Bernard . Local history of Ethiopia : Emamret - Enzoraja . Nordic Africa Institute . 2005.
  2. 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 . en . 29 . 3 . 10.4314/ejhs.v29i3.2 . 1029-1857. free . 6689727 .
  3. Web site: Ethiopia: The Prime Minister Lays Foundation for the Mekelle-Hara Gebeya-Woldia Railway Project. Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa). 16 October 2016. 20 February 2015.
  4. Book: Tesfaye . Aaron . China in Ethiopia: the long-term perspective . 2020 . State University of New York Press . Albany . 9781438478364 . 146.