Hara Gebeya (Amharic: ሃራ ገበያ, "Hara Market") or Hara is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia.^[1] It is located in Guba Lafto woreda in the Amhara Region. It is situated at an altitude of 1520 metres.^[2] In 2019, it had a population of 28,096.^[1]

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Hara Gebeya ሃራ ገበያ
Hara Gebeya Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 11°50′N 39°44′E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Amhara Region
Zone	North Wollo Zone
Woreda	Guba Lafto
Population  (2019)
• Total	28,096
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

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In 2019, the town had a population of 28,906, comprising 14,188 males and 13,908 females. According to a 2017 survey, 86.1% of population was Muslim, while 13.9% was Ethiopian Orthodox.^[1] 69.4% of the population was illterate, while 14.6% of the population had at most a primary education and 3.1% attained secondary education or higher. There was one ART clinic, 7 health posts, and 5 private clinics in the town.^[1]

Hara Gebeya is planned to become a major junction in Ethiopia's national railway network. It will receive a railway station in one of the new standard gauge railways connecting Addis Ababa with a port at Djibouti.^[3] It is the terminus of the Awash–Weldiya Railway and starting point of the Weldiya–Mekelle Railway, both of which will, despite their names, bypass Weldiya entirely.^[4] It will also be the starting point of the proposed Hara-Gebeya-Asaita-Tadjoura railway.