Harare (zwe)

Harare

Harare ranks 1,248th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hungary, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Cesena. Memorable people born in Harare include Paula Hawkins, Roy Welensky, and Alex Callinicos. Memorable people who died in Harare include Joshua Nkomo, Oliver Mtukudzi, and Sibusiso Moyo. Harare has been the birth place of many tennis players, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and musicians. Harare is located in Zimbabwe.

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. Read more on Wikipedia