Near Harad

Near Harad was a large region of the land of Harad southeast of Gondor. 
To the North, the Men of Gondor and Haradrim regularly skirmished over the territory labelled on the maps as South Gondor. Near Harad bordered Khand to the east, although that boundary was not described by J.R.R. Tolkien. Far Harad was located south of Near Harad.
The majority of Near Harad was a desert, described by Gollum as where the "yellow face is bright and terrible". In the southeast, a natural gulf fed far into the landmass, and a large river flowed inland from there to the northwest, later forking. One branch of the river flowed westwards towards Umbar, the other branch flowed northeast. Neither the gulf nor the rivers were given names by TolkienThe Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction". Although no cities or permanent dwellings of the Haradrim were described by Tolkien, it is presumable they were located near these rivers, where the climate may have been milder and where they could make use of the natural irrigation.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Naby Harad
Albanian 	Afër Harad
Amharic 	ሐራድ አጠገብ
Arabic 	قريب هاراد
Armenian 	Հարադի մոտ
Azerbaijani 	Harad yaxınlığında
Basque 	Harad hurko
Belarusian Cyrillic	Блізкага Харада
Bengali 	হার্ড কাছে
Bosnian 	Bliski Harad
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Близко Харад
Catalan 	A Prop Harad
Chinese 	近哈拉德
Cornish 	Ogas Harad
Croatian 	Blizu Harad
Czech 	Blízký Harad
Danish 	Nære Harad
Dutch 	Nabij Harad
Esperanto 	Proksime de Harad
Estonian 	Haradi lähedal
Faroese 	Undir liđini á Harad
Filipino 	Malapit na Harad
Finnish 	Etu-Harad
French 	Proche-Harad
Frisian 	Tichteby Harad
Galician 	Próximo Harad
Georgian 	ჰარადის მახლობლად
German 	Nah-Harad
Greek 	Κοντά Χαραδ
Gujarati 	હારાડ નજીક
Haitian Creole 	Bò Harad
Hausa 	Kusa Harad
Hawaiian 	Kokoke Harad
Hebrew 	בְּסָמוּך חאראד
Hindi 	हरद के पास
Hungarian 	Harad közelében
Icelandic 	Nálægt Harad
Indonesian 	Dekat Harad
Irish Gaelic 	In aice le Harad
Italian 	Vicino Harad
Japanese 	近ハラド
Javanese 	Cedhak Harad
Kannada 	ಹರಾದ್ ಸಮೀಪ
Korean 	근처에 하라드
Latin 	Prope Harad
Latvian 	Netālu no Harad
Lithuanian 	Netoli Harad
Luxembourgish 	No-Harad
Macedonian Cyrillic	Во близина на Харад
Malagasy 	Akaiky Harad
Malaysian 	Berhampiran Harad
Maltese 	Qrib Harad
Manx 	Harad Wass ?
Maori 	Tata Harad
Marathi 	हाराद जवळ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Харад ойр
Nepalese 	हरद नजिकै
Norwegian 	Nær Harad
Polish 	Harad bliski
Portuguese 	Perto de Harad
Punjabi 	ਹਾਰਡ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ
Romanian 	Haradul Apropiat
Russian 	Ближнего Харада
Samoan 	Latalata Harad
Scottish Gaelic 	Faisg Harad
Serbian 	Близу Харад (Cyrillic) Blizu Harad (Latin)
Sinhalese 	හරද් අසල
Slovak 	Blízko Haradu
Slovenian 	Blizu Harad
Spanish 	Cercano Harad
Swahili 	Karibu na Harad
Swedish 	Främre Harad- from Tolkiens Arda (a Swedish Tolkien Society)
Tahitian 	Fatata i te Harad
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дар наздикии Харад
Tamil 	ஹராத் அருகே
Telugu 	హరాద్ దగ్గర
Thai 	ฮารัดใกล้
Tongan 	Harad Ofi
Turkish 	Yakın Harad
Turkmen 	Harad Ýakyn
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ближнього Гарад
Urdu 	قریب حرض
Uzbek 	Ҳарад яқинида (Cyrillic) Harad yaqinida (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Gần Harad
Welsh 	Agos Harad
Xhosa 	Kufuphi naseHarad
Yiddish 	נאָענט חאַראַד
Yoruba 	Nitosi Harad
Yucatec Maya 	Náats' Harad
Zulu 	Eduze Harad
==References==
Category:Regions of Harad
fr:Proche-Harad
Category:Far Southern Lands