Harare, formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km2 (379.3 sq mi), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. The city is situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region. Harare is a metropolitan province, which also incorporates the municipalities of Chitungwiza and Epworth. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of 1,483 metres above sea level, and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category.
Salisbury in 1930
Parliament House, constructed in 1895
Jameson Avenue, Salisbury (now Samora Machel Avenue, Harare) in 1970
Jacaranda trees in Montagu Ave, Salisbury in 1975
Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo.
Towers of Great Zimbabwe
The Battle of the Shangani on 25 October 1893
Ian Smith signing the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965 with his cabinet in audience
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attending the Independence Day celebrations in South Sudan in July 2011.