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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]
Harare railway station, in Zimbabwe's capital city. Harare was called Salisbury until 1982. Place names in Zimbabwe, including the name of the country itself, have been altered at various points in history. The name Zimbabwe was officially adopted concurrently with Britain's grant of independence in April 1980.
Harare Metropolitan Province is divided into four local government areas - a city council, a municipality and two local boards. Harare Province has an area of 872 square kilometres (337 sq mi), equal to 0.22% of the total area of Zimbabwe. It is the second-smallest in area of the country's provinces, after the city-province of Bulawayo.
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 Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 19 January 2025, it has 216,693 articles, 189,456 registered users and 7,469 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...
1982 18 April: City renamed "Harare." [23] 1984 – Harare Publishing House established. [24] 1985 – Karigamombe Centre built. 1986 – September: City hosts Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. Harare in the 1990s. 1990 Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, US. [25] ZANU–PF Building is completed
The etymology of the name "Harar" remains ambiguous; however, archaeologist Timothy Insoll suggests that it may be derived from Harla, an ancient group that existed prior to the arrival of the Oromo people in the area. [13]
The Harari Region (Amharic: ሐረሪ ክልል; Oromo: Naannoo Hararii; Harari: ሀረሪ ሑስኒ), officially the Harari People's National Regional State (Amharic: የሐረሪ ሕዝብ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት; Oromo: Mootummaa Naannoo Ummata Hararii; Harari: ዚሀረሪ ኡምመት ሑስኒ ሑኩማ), is a regional state in eastern Ethiopia, covering the homeland of ...