A. Lusaka
B. Pretoria
C. Sanna
D. Harare
Submitted by: Rashid Mehmood
Harare is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a landlocked nation in southern Africa. The country shares its borders with Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, and South Africa. Zimbabwe encompasses an area of 390,757 square km and had a population of 16,150,362 in 2016. Harare was founded as a fort by the British South Africa Company’s small military force. The fort was initially named Fort Salisbury, after (then) British Prime Minister, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, and became a municipality in 1897. The controlling power of the municipality shifted from the British South Africa Company to the colonial government of Southern Rhodesia in 1923. Salisbury was declared a city in 1935.
Harare is Zimbabwe’s most populous city and is the country’s seat of national government.
