 It was used to be known as "Harkema-Opeinde" and as of January 2017, the village had a population of 4,295.Harkema is home to the amateur football club, the Harkemase Boys.Cyclist Pieter Weening, who was the first Frisian to win a stage in the Tour de France, is from Harkema just as another former cyclist pro, Wiebren Veenstra, is.