Local time
Sun, 9:10 PM GMT+2Africa/HarareCityCapital
Harare
17.82° S, 31.04° E
- Population
- 1,572,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 9
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 9 cities of Zimbabwe in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Zimbabwe, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Harare
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Practical bearings for Harare, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Harare have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Harare comes from a village at the site of the present capital. The village was named for the Shona chieftain Ne-Harawa, whose name meant "he who does not sleep".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person