Official Name: | Harardhere |
Native Name: | هرارديري Xarardheere |
Other Name: | Haradere |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type1: | province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Harardhere |
Leader Title: | Control |
Leader Name: | Somalia |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 65,523 |
Population Density Km2: | IClan_type =Maxamed Cade Sub-Clan of Waesle and Ayr, Saleban, SARUUR Habargidir |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 4.6544°N 47.8575°W |
Area Code: | +252 |
Harardhere (Somali: Xarardheere) is a historic town in the Mudug province of Somalia. It is situated in the autonomous Galmudug state and serves as the capital of the Harardhere District.
The town was controlled by the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab from at least 2012 to 2023. In 2018, a US airstrike killed 60 al-Shabaab fighters at a training camp in a rural area outside the town.[1] On 16 January 2023, the town was recaptured by the Somali Armed Forces.
As of 2005, Harardhere had a population of around 65,543 inhabitants. As with most of Galmudug, it is primarily inhabited by Somalis from the Hiraab sub-clan of the Hawiye.[2] [3]