Harare Harare Harare (; officially named Salisbury until 1982) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 960.6 km (371 mi) and an estimated population of 1,606,000 in 2009, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area in 2006. Situated in northeastern 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 above sea level and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Harare Sacred Heart Cathedral, Harare The Sacred Heart Cathedral is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church and is located on the Fourth Street of the town of Harare, capital of the African country of Zimbabwe. It serves as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare ("Archidioecesis Hararensis"). It follows the Roman or Latin rite and was dedicated as its name indicates to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a Catholic devotion tradition referred to the heart of Jesus of Nazareth. Due to the varied composition of the congregation most Masses are held in