Place: Harar Jugol, Ethiopia
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, 55/79F.
Route: From Addis Ababa 517 km east on A10.
Population: 151,977Significance: Harar is a walled Muslim city that was built from 13th to 16th centuries. It is the 4th holiest city in Islam and has 82 mosques.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Images:
Satellite image of Harar with its wall (from ai.stanford.edu)The wall of Harar (from whc.unesco.org)
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