Harare

Harare
Harare; Salisbury (offeecial name till 1982)
	Ceety
	Skyline o Harare, Caipital o Zimbabwe
	Banner Coat airms
	Eik-name(s): Sunshine Ceety, H Toun
	Motto(s): Pamberi Nekushandira Vanhu; (Shona: "Forward wi Service tae the Fowk");
	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
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)
	estimatit
Demonym(s)	Hararean
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Area code(s)	4
Climate	Cwb
Website	hararecity.co.zw
	Dialling code 4 (or 04 from within Zimbabwe)

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 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.