Ethiopian Atlas
Regional state

Harari

A gate of the old walled city of Harar (Harar Jugol)
A gate of the old walled city of Harar (Harar Jugol) · photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source)

Harari is a regional state of Ethiopia, covering 371 km² — 0.0% of the national territory, 12th of the 12 regional states by area. Its administrative centre is Harar. Its projected 2022 population is 270,000 — about 728 people per km². It comprises 1 zone and 9 woredas (districts). It contains 1 UNESCO World Heritage site.

Harari is Ethiopia's smallest regional state, wrapped around the ancient walled city of Harar. Harar Jugol, a UNESCO World Heritage site regarded as one of Islam's historic cities, encloses dozens of mosques and shrines within sixteenth-century walls at the head of the eastern escarpment.

Sources: UNESCO — Harar Jugol

Where Harari sits in Ethiopia

371
km²
0.0%
of national territory
1
zone
9
woredas
270,000
people (2022 proj.)
728
per km²
12th
by area of 12 states
Administrative centreHarar
P-codeET13
Boundary valid from2025-01-01

World Heritage

Harar Jugol
cultural · inscribed 2006

Zones

Harari

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Every figure on this page is computed from the OCHA COD-AB Ethiopia dataset (April 2026 release, CC BY 3.0 IGO). Richer geographic and historical profiles, with cited sources, arrive in Phase 2.