HISTORICAL PERIOD

    There are also ample evidences that prove that the Dire Dawa environ has also been inhabited since what is called historical period/times.  

Harala is at present a small roadside village located 15 km from Dire Dawa on the road to Harar. This village is said to have been the capital of the Harala Kingdom, a thirteen century kingdom that had a trade link with mid-east and far-east countries of the time through the Port of Ziela on the Indian Ocean. The people of Harala had mysteriously disappeared from the face of the earth without a trace, and are survived by the stone terraces, water wells still feeding, remains of partial walls of what appears to be fortresses and religious places, and above all other artifacts like coins written Arabic, and Chinese alphabets, pieces of glasses, ornaments like beads, tools for knitting and pottery, etc.

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