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Harare (/ h ə ˈ r ɑːr eɪ / hə-RAR-ay), [5] formerly Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km 2 (379.3 sq mi), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census [ 6 ] and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. [ 6 ]
The Harare City Council is the local governing body of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. It is composed of 46 councillors, each representing a different ward. It is headed by the mayor of Harare, who is assisted by a deputy mayor. [2] The current mayor is Ian Makone of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), and the deputy mayor is Kudzai ...
The ZANU–PF Building is a 15-story high-rise building in Harare, Zimbabwe, which serves as the headquarters of ZANU–PF, the country's ruling party.The top floors of the building hold the offices of the ZANU–PF Politburo, lower floors hold other party offices, and the first floor is home to the ZANU Archives, which holds many records from the Rhodesian Bush War.
The headquarters and main branch of the bank are located in Barclay House, at the corner of Jason Moyo Street and First Street, in downtown Harare, the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. [4] The geographical coordinates of the headquarters of First Capital Bank Zimbabwe are:17°49'50.0"S 31°02'59.0"E (Latitude:-17.830556; Longitude:31.049722).
Parliament House in Harare was an active legislative building for 124 years, acting as the base of the Legislative Assembly of Rhodesia, the Parliament of Rhodesia and finally the Parliament of Zimbabwe. In November 2023, the Parliament of Zimbabwe relocated to the New Zimbabwe Parliament Building in Mount Hampden.
Rotten Row was named after the Rotten Row in London.The term "Rotten Row" is a corrupted form of the French phrase ‘Route du Roi’, the King's Road. [2] Early central Harare had both a commercial and residential area.
On 9 November 2017, Harare International Airport was officially, and controversially, renamed after the second President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, [5] a decision that was announced earlier in September 2017 and sparked a controversy, as many Zimbabweans felt that too many places in the country ...
State House, formerly known as Government House, is the official residence of the President of Zimbabwe and is located in Harare, Zimbabwe.It was previously used by the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia, Governor of Southern Rhodesia and the Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in addition to being occupied by the internationally unrecognised Rhodesian Officer ...