Official Name: | Harewa |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Name1: | Somali |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Shinile |
Coordinates: | 9.9167°N 99°W |
Elevation M: | 790 |
Harewa is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone of the Somali Region. This town is served by a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railways.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Harewa has an estimated total population of 1,787, of whom 964 are men and 823 are women.[1] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 2,231 of whom 1,245 were men and 986 women. The two largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (98.74%), and the Amhara (0.76%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.5% of the residents.[2] It is one of four towns in Shinile woreda.