Harare
Sign in to saveHarare ( ), formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census, and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. The city is situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region. Harare Metropolitan Province incorporates the city and the municipalities of Chitungwiza, Epworth and Ruwa. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of above sea level, and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category.
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Harare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe, located in the northeastern part of the country with a population of about 1.8 million people in the city proper and roughly 2.5 million in its greater metropolitan area. The city matters as Zimbabwe's political and economic center, situated on a high-altitude plateau in a subtropical highland climate region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Harare
- Region
- Harare Province
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Population
- 1,542,813
- Timezone
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- History
- Early colonial history
- Post-war period
- 1960s and 1970s
- Post-independence years
- Economic difficulties and hyperinflation (1999–2008)
- Operation Murambatsvina
- Economic uncertainty
- Contemporary Harare
- Demographics
- Geography
- Topography
- Suburbs
- Climate
- Economy
- Shopping and retail
- Transportation
- Education
- Sports
- Popular teams
- Media
- Television and radio
- Notable institutions
- Culture
- Green spaces
- Places of worship
- Sister cities
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Harare ( ), formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census, and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. The city is situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region. Harare Metropolitan Province incorporates the city and the municipalities of Chitungwiza, Epworth and Ruwa. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of above sea level, and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category.
The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and was named Fort Salisbury after the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, the capital of the Central African Federation. It retained the name Salisbury until 1982 when it was renamed Harare on the second anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom. The national parliament moved out of Harare upon completion of the New Parliament Building in Mount Hampden in April 2022.