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Fun fact 2 about Harar

City Gate, Harar Jugol (14464345823)
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Harar was founded by saint Abadir Umar ar-Rida, who is said to have arrived with 405 other saints from the Arabian Peninsula.

Harar
Ethiopia
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Harar

Ethiopia

Country
Ethiopia
Population
122.0K
Coordinates
9.31, 42.12
990th most populous city in the world

Harar, known historically by the indigenous as Harar-Gey or simply Gey, is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is also known in Arabic as the City of Saints.

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Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0