Harshin

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Harshin
Xarshin
Harshin is located in Ethiopia
Harshin
Harshin
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°13′0″N 43°35′16″E / 9.21667°N 43.58778°E / 9.21667; 43.58778
Country Ethiopia
RegionSomali
ZoneFafan
DistrictsHarshin
Elevation
807 m (2,648 ft)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Harshin (Somali: Xarshin) is a town and the capital of the Harshin woreda, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, near the border with Somaliland.

Demographics[]

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 80,244, of whom 43,869 are men and 36,375 women. While 8,226 or 10.25% are urban inhabitants, a further 39,275 or 48.95% are pastoralists. 99.39% of the population said they were Muslim.[1] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Sacad Muuse sub-clan of the Habr Awal Isaaq.[2]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 66,488, of whom 35,145 were men and 31,343 were women; 6,409 or 9.64% were urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Harshin was the Somali people (99.89%).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.
  2. ^ "Changing Pastoralism in the Ethiopian Somali National Regional State (Region 5)", UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, dated 30 May 1998 (accessed 22 December 20080
  3. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.12,
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