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'''Harare''', formerly Salisbury, is the capital of [[Zimbabwe]]. It is home to the repressive [[leftist]] [[dictator]] [[Robert Mugabe]]. Harare was once the richest city in [[Africa]], today it is one of the poorest.

'''Harare''', formerly '''Salisbury''', is the capital of [[Zimbabwe]]. It is home to the repressive [[leftist]] [[dictator]] [[Robert Mugabe]]. Harare was once the richest city in [[Africa]], today it is one of the poorest.

It was founded in 1890 as a fort by the British, and originally had the name Fort Salisbury (later just Salisbury) after the then Prime Minister [[Lord Salisbury]]. It was the capital of [[Southern Rhodesia]] from 1963, and of an independent Zimbabwe from 1980. In 1982 it took its current name Harare.

It was founded in 1890 as a fort by the British, and originally had the name Fort Salisbury (later just Salisbury) after the then Prime Minister [[Lord Salisbury]]. It was the capital of [[Rhodesia]] from 1963, and of an independent Zimbabwe from 1980.  

 

In 1982 it was renamed Harare as part of a programme to strip British heritage from the Nation. Other places striped of their names include Cecil Square named after Rhodesian founder Cecil Rhodes.

[[Category:African Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:African Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:Zimbabwe]]

[[Category:Zimbabwe]]

[[Category:Capital Cities]]

[[Category:Capital Cities]]