Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 19, the capital of the Central African Federation. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the UK Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of 1,483 metres (4,865 feet) above sea level and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category. 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 proper has an area of 940 km 2 (371 mi 2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan area in 2019. Harare ( / h ə ˈ r ɑːr eɪ/ formerly Salisbury / ˈ s ɔː l z b ər i/) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. Dialling code 242 (or 0242 from within Zimbabwe)
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