The Harar CHAMPS catchment is attached to the Harar Urban HDSS, which was established in 6 sub-districts among 19 urban sub-districts of in the city of Harar, Harari People National Regional State, Ethiopia in July 2011. Later addition six Kebeles were added in 2015 to make the total catchment Kebeles to be 12. A baseline population and housing census that covered the selected six kebeles was conducted in September 2012, and follow up of the demographic and health related events started soon after the census. The total population of Harar urban DSS site at the baseline was 32,437 residents. Of these, 15,579(48%) were males, and the remaining 16,858(52%) were females. Women of child bearing age account for 10,069 (31%) of the total population. The finding indicates an overall sex ratio of 92.4% males per 100 females. In general, the age structure of the Harar urban DSS population indicates the presence of high dependency ratio (the ratio between non-working and working population) (49.1%). Almost half (50%) of the population in Harar urban DSS were dependent over the working group (aged 15-64 years). In the meantime, young population dependency ratio was 0.46, and old dependency ratio was 0.07. The Total Fertility Rate ranges from 1.29 to 3.49. Neonatal, post neonatal, infant and under five mortality rates were observed below 10 per 1000 population.
Population of Harar Catchment Area
|
Year |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Under5Age |
Birth |
Death |
Females (15-49) |
|
2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2013 |
14,835 |
16,225 |
31,060 |
2,981 |
633 |
149 |
18,299 |
|
2014 |
15,004 |
16,531 |
31,536 |
3,067 |
577 |
148 |
18,506 |
|
2015 |
20,487 |
22,740 |
43,228 |
4,301 |
784 |
213 |
25,146 |
|
2016 |
27,848 |
30,815 |
58,664 |
5,718 |
934 |
259 |
33,794 |
|
2017 |
27,468 |
30,427 |
57,896 |
5,325 |
871 |
307 |
33,299 |
|
2018 |
27,350 |
30,228 |
57,579 |
5,170 |
837 |
275 |
33,241 |
|
2019 |
27,493 |
30,455 |
57,948 |
5,000 |
665 |
308 |
33,958 |
Pictures 1-4 depicting Harar’s cultural heritages and tourist attractions
