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Harar in Ethiopia

2 September 2025 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General Reading Time: 5 minutes

Harar with citywall seen from Mount Hakim © flickr.com - Giustino/cc-by-2.0

Harar (Amharic: ሐረር; Harari: ሀረር / هَرَرْ; Oromo: Adare Biyyo; Somali: Herer; Arabic: هرر), known historically by the indigenous as Harar-Gey or simply Gey (Harari: ጌይ, ݘٛىيْ, Gēy, lit.: ‘the city’), is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is also known in Arabic as the City of Saints (Arabic: مدينة الأولياء, romanized: Madīna al-ʾAwliyāʾ). read more…