Official Name: | Hart Sheik |
Native Name: | Harta Sheekh |
Nickname: | Idhanka Buushaale |
Settlement Type: | Agro Pastoralists |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somali Regional StateEthiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Somali |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Jijiga |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 126,669 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 9.15°N 64°W |
Elevation M: | 1590 |
Hart Sheik (so|Harta Sheekh) is a town located in eastern Ethiopia, in the Somali Region. Hart Sheik is primarily inhabited by the Sacad Muuse sub-clan of the Habar Awal Isaaq Somali people. [1] [2]
According to the 2022 census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA) Hart Sheik had a population of 500,000.[3]