Salisbury

What Is Salisbury Called Now?

Harare. It retained the name Salisbury until 1982, when it was renamed Harare on the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence from the United Kingdom. Why was Salisbury renamed to Harare? In 1982, on the two-year anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence, the government renamed Salisbury “Harare” in honor of the Shona-speaking “Harare” people who lived in a …

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