Official Name: | Lasarat |
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 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 2,269 |
Coordinates: | 10.65°N 69°W |
Elevation M: | 741 |
Lasarat (also known as Laso Harrad) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 10.6667°N 69°W with an elevation between 740 and 817 meters above sea level.
Lasarat is served by a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railways.
As of 2007, the population of Lasarat has been estimated to be 2,371.[1] The city inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.