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It retained the name Salisbury until 1982 when it was renamed Harare on the second anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom. The national parliament moved out of Harare upon completion of the New Parliament of Zimbabwe in Mount Hampden in April 2022.
May 15, 2017 · It retained the name Salisbury until 1982, when it was renamed Harare on the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. So Harare, the most populous, and capital city of Zimbabwe owes its present-day name to a local Shona chief by the name of Ne-Harawa, whose name meant “ He who does not sleep.”
Oct 21, 2024 · Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, lying in the northeastern part of the country. The city was founded in 1890 at the spot where the British South Africa Company’s Pioneer Column halted its march into Mashonaland; it was named for Lord Salisbury, then British prime minister. The name Harare is derived.
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Feb 5, 2024 · History of Harare. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated and ran the city until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923.
May 29, 2019 · To mark the second anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence on April 18, 1982, the government officially changed the name of its capital to Harare, as part of an effort aimed at ridding the...
The name Harare derives from the Shona chieftain Neharawa, who with his people occupied the area known as the Kopje (pronounced "Koppie"), near where the commercial area developed. Before independence, "Harare" was the name of the Black residential area now known as Mbare.
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Harare got the name in 1982, after being renamed from Fort Saalisbury by the British's Pioneer Column. The City is made up of Harare City Council, Chitungwiza Municipal Authority, Epworth local Board and Ruwa Town Council.
