Harare, formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km² (378.7 mi²), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. The city is situated in north-eastern 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 1,483 metres above sea level, and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category.

हरारे ज़िम्बाब्वे की राजधानी है होने के अलावा ज़िम्बाब्वे का सबसे बडा शहर है तथा ज़िम्बाब्वे का सबसे बडा प्रशासकीय, आर्थिक तथा संचार केंद्र है। तम्बाकु, मकाय आदि का यह व्यापार केंद्र है। यहां पर स्टील तथा रसायनों का उत्पादन होता है।