Harshin
Harshin
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Harshin (Somali: Xarshin) is a town and the capital of the Harshin woreda, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, near the border with Somaliland.
Notable people
- Eid Daahir Farah - Former president of Somali Region. He was Born in Harshin.[2]
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the
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%).[6]
References
- ^ "City population - HARSHIN". citypopulation.de. 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Asnake Kefale Adegehe, Federalism and ethnic conflict in Ethiopia: a comparative study of the Somali and Benishangul-Gumuz regions "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Doctoral thesis (2009), p. 138 - ^ "Population and Housing Census 2007 – Somali Statistical" (pdf). p. 9.
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.
- ^ "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
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.12,