Lasarat

Lasarat (also known as Laso Harrad) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 740 and 817 meters above sea level.

Lasarat is served by a station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Lasarat has an estimated total population of 2,269, of whom 1,121 were males and 1,148 were females.[1] The 1997 census reported Lasarat had a total population of 1,523 of whom 741 were men and 752 women. The largest ethnic group reported in this town was the Somali (96.52%).[2] It is one of four towns in Ayesha woreda.

References

  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  2. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.