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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 name "Zimbabwe" stems from a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, a medieval city in the country's south-east.Two different theories address the origin of the word. Many sources hold that "Zimbabwe" derives from dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated from the Karanga dialect of Shona as "houses of stones" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house"; mabwe = plural of ibwe, "stone").
The name "Zimbabwe", based on a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, an ancient ruined city in the country's south-east, was first recorded as a term of national reference in 1960, when it was coined by the black nationalist Michael Mawema, [5] whose Zimbabwe National Party became the first to officially use the name in 1961. [6]
Satellite image of Zimbabwe Topography of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's cities, main towns, selected villages and archaeological sites, rivers and its highest point. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa lying north of the Tropic of Capricorn. [1]
Provinces are constituent political entities of Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe currently has ten provinces, two of which are cities with provincial status. Zimbabwe is a unitary state, and its provinces exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate.
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 23-hectare (57-acre) site is situated on a ridge seven kilometres from Harare, towards Norton. Its stated purpose is to commemorate Patriotic Front guerrillas killed during the Rhodesian Bush War , and contemporary Zimbabweans whose dedication or commitment to their country justify their interment at the shrine.
Epworth is a bedroom community in south-eastern Harare Province, Zimbabwe, located east of the city center of Harare. Its population exploded in the late 1970s and 1980s as the town saw a rise in Rural-to-urban migration , creating informal settlements.