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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]
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").
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 city is situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the ...
The tablets written in ancient Elamite name a city called Tiraziš. Phonetically, this is interpreted as /tiračis/ or /ćiračis/. This name became Old Persian /širājiš/; through regular sound change comes the modern Persian name Shirāz. The name Shiraz also appears on clay sealings found at a 2nd-century AD Sassanid ruin, east of the city.
The United Kingdom, which had never recognised Rhodesian independence, briefly imposed direct rule in order to grant independence on 18 April that year as the new country of Zimbabwe. In the 2000s Zimbabwe's economy began to deteriorate due to various factors, including the imposition of economic sanctions by Western countries led by the United ...
National Heroes' Acre monument built near city. [22] 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]
Cities in Zimbabwe [1]; City Province Census 1982 Census 1992 Census 2002 Census 2012 Census 2022 Harare: Harare: 656,011 1,189,103 1,435,784 1,485,231
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.