 In 2018, as US airstrike killed 60 al-Shabaab fighters at a training camp in a rural area outside the town.As of 2005, Harardhere, had a population of around 65,543 inhabitants.As with most of Galmudug, it is primarily inhabited by Somalis from the Hiraab sub-clan of the Hawiye, particularly The Habar Gidir clan, specifically the Cayr, Suruur and Saleeban sub-clans of Habar Gidir.