Hirna is a town in eastern Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. Located in the Mirab (West) Hararghe Zone

Mirab Hararghe Zone

Mirab Hararghe is one of the 17 Zones in the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. Mirab Hararghe takes its name from the former province of Hararghe. Mirab Harerge is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from Bale, on the southwest by Arsi, on the northwest by the Afar Region, on...

, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°13′N 41°06′E and an altitude of 1763 meters above sea level. It is the larger of the two towns in Tulo

Tulo

Tulo is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Hararghe Zone, Tulo is bordered on the south by Mesela, on the west by Chiro, on the north by Doba, and on the east by the Misraq Hararghe Zone. Towns in Tulo include Debeso and Hirna.Coffee is an important cash crop...

 woreda

Woreda

Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

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Overview

Hirna is located on the main highway between Asebe Teferi

Asebe Teferi

Asebe Teferi is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Amhar Mountains, it has a latitude and longitude of and an altitude of 1826 meters above sea level...

 and Alemaya

Alemaya

Alemaya is a town in east-central Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, the town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2047 meters above sea level....

 in the Chercher Mountains. This follows an old caravan route between Shewa

Shewa

Shewa is a historical region of Ethiopia, formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire...

 and Harar

Harar

Harar is an eastern city in Ethiopia, and the capital of the modern Harari ethno-political division of Ethiopia...

, which was in use during Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet. Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he produced his best known works while still in his late teens—Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare"—and he gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21. As part of the decadent...

's residence at Harar. Telephone service came to this town between 1954 and 1968.

In response to king Menelik's orders to occupy the Cherchers, in November 1887 Dejazmach Wolde Gabriel marched forth with a mixed force of Amhara

Amhara people

Amhara are a highland people inhabiting the Northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. Numbering about 19.8 million people, they comprise 26% of the country's population, according to the 2007 national census...

 riflemen and Oromo

Oromo people

The Oromo are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, .and parts of Somalia. With 30 million members, they constitute the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and approximately 34.49% of the population according to the 2007 census...

s, and set up camp at Hirna. According to Harold Marcus, his army "was in poor shape, reduced to a relatively small number by sickness and desertions." A night attack by Emir 'Abd Allah's

'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur

Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur, also known as Amir Hajji 'Abdu'llahi II ibn 'Ali 'Abdu's Shakur, was the last Emir of Harar from 1884 to January 26, 1887, when the state was terminated, following the defeat of the Harari troops at the Battle of Chelenqo .According to R.A...

 army routed the Dejazmachs force, sending them fleeing westward towards the Awash River

Awash River

The Awash is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begin with Lake Gargori and end with Lake Abbe on the border with Djibouti, some 100 kilometers from the head of the Gulf of Tadjoura...

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Notable local inhabitants include the artist Alemayehu Bizuneh (born 1934). He studied in France (1966-70), and Germany (1975-76) and later had a residency at the National Museum of Ethiopia

National Museum of Ethiopia

The National Museum of Ethiopia is the primary museum in Ethiopia. It is located in the nation's capital, Addis Ababa, near the graduate school of Addis Ababa University....

 in 1980.. Hirna is also home city of former Deputy Prime minster of Ethiopia Addisu Legesse, Henock Lidetu Kewendbelay, an International Development graduate student at Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, Dr. Amare Teshome Tena, an Internal Medicine Specialist are to mention some.
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Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency

Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)

The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

, in 2005 Hirna has an estimated total population of 16,726, of whom 8,360 are men and 8,366 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 9,353 of whom 4,534 were men and 4,819 women.