WHarare is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 960.6 km2 (371 mi2) and an estimated population of 1,606,000 in 2009, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area in 2006. 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.
WThe Balancing Rocks are geomorphological features of igneous rocks found in many parts of Zimbabwe, and are particularly noteworthy in Matopos National Park, and near the township of Epworth, to the southeast of Harare. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe featured the Chiremba Balancing Rocks on the outskirts of Epworth on Zimbabwean banknotes.
WCharles Prince Airport, formerly named Mount Hampden and renamed after former airport manager Charles Prince, is approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of Harare, Zimbabwe.
WThe flag of Harare is the civil flag for the capital city of Zimbabwe.
WLake Chivero is a reservoir on the Manyame River in Zimbabwe. It was formerly called Lake McIlwaine in memory of Sir Robert McIlwaine, a former judge of the High Court and founder of Southern Rhodesia's soil and water conservation movement.
WThe Archdiocese of Harare is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the city of Harare, and parts of the provinces of Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, and Mashonaland West. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Harare, which covers northeastern Zimbabwe. The current archbishop is Robert Ndlovu. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Harare. The archdiocese has 168 priests, including 53 diocesan priests and 115 religious priests, and 290 religious sisters who are members of various religious institutes. These priests, deacons and persons religious serve the archdiocese's Catholic population in of 3,350,000 in 59 Parishes in the Archdiocese Of Harare and a number of missions.
WSam Nujoma Street is one of the main streets of Harare, Zimbabwe. It was originally called Second Street but was renamed to Sam Nujoma Street to honor Sam Nujoma, the first President of neighboring Namibia. It also is connected to the main park in Harare which is opposite the Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints.
WThe Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Southern Africa under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The members of SAPP have created a common power grid between their countries and a common market for electricity in the SADC region.
WThe Zimbabwe International Book Fair was held for the first time in 1983 in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. Until the opening of the Cape Town Book Fair in 2006 it was one of the main book fairs of Africa.