Harare
Harare (afore 1982 kent as Salisbury) is the lairgest an caipital ceety o Zimbabwe. It haes an estimatit population o 1,600,000, wi 2,800,000 in its metropolitan aurie (2006). Admeenistratively, Harare is an independent ceety equivalent tae a province. It is Zimbabwe's admeenistrative, commercial, an communications centre. The ceety is a trade centre for tobacco, maize, cotton, an citrus fruits. Manufactures include textiles, steel, an chemicals, an gowd is mined in the aurie. Harare is situatit at an elevation o 1483 metres (4865 feet) an its climate falls intae the warm temperate category.
Harare Salisbury (offeecial name till 1982) | |
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Ceety | |
 Skyline o Harare, Caipital o Zimbabwe | |
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| Eik-name(s): Sunshine Ceety, H Toun | |
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  Harare | |
| Coordinates: 17°51′50″S 31°1′47″E / 17.86389°S 31.02972°ECoordinates: 17°51′50″S 31°1′47″E / 17.86389°S 31.02972°E | |
| Province | Harare |
| Foondit as Fort Salisbury | 1890 |
| Incorporatit (ceety) | 1935 |
| Renamed tae Harare | 1982 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Bernard Manyenyeni[1] |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 960.6 km2 (370.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1490 m (4,890 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Ceety | 1,606,000 |
| • Density | 2540/km2 (4330/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,619,000 (Mairch 2,013)[2] |
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| Demonym(s) | Hararean |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Area code(s) | 4 |
| Climate | Cwb |
| Website | hararecity |
| Dialling code 4 (or 04 from within Zimbabwe) | |
Harare is the site o the University o Zimbabwe, the lairgest institution o hichter learnin in Zimbabwe, which is situatit aboot 5 km north o the ceety. Numerous suburbs surroond the ceety, retainin the names colonial administrators gave them durin the 19t century, such as Warren Park, Borrowdale, Munt Pleasant, Marlborough, Tynwald an Avondale.
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- ↑ "Mayor 2013–2018". City of Harare. Archived frae the original on 15 Mey 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Demographia World Urban Areas PDF (March 2013)" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 24 November 2013.