Harare means "people who don't sleep" in the local Shona language. It is transformed from the name of the tribal chief in Inner Halava. The chief is brave and good at fighting, and he never dozes off. People call him "Ha Alarette", that is, "the person who doesn't sleep". It was later simplified to "Harare" and became the name of the tribal settlement. Zimbabwe named its capital Harare, indicating that it will be on high alert and ready to fight for national independence and freedom.
After a long period of development, Harare has built a fairly modern city. The whole city looks brand-new, clean and spacious. Streets from north to south and from east to west crisscross into a grid, forming 300 square blocks of different sizes. There are meters less than one meter high on both sides of the street, and cars beside the parking lane pay according to the length of time. South-central Harare is a business district, the east and north are white residential areas, and the southwest is black residential areas. The western suburbs and the southeastern suburbs are industrial areas. The northern suburb is the seat of Zimbabwe University, and further away, there are black villages and towns.
The sign of "Zimbabwe Bird" can be seen everywhere in Harare. It is designated as the national bird and painted on the national flag and national emblem. Its scientific name is "Red-footed Tea Falcon", which is a migratory bird migrating between South Asia and South Africa. As early as 65,438+0,000 years ago, the ancestors of the local people carved the image of this bird on the stone pillars of the sacrificial site. In the museum in Harare, five Zimbabwean birds were also exhibited.
Harare is the chrome capital of the world, the largest tobacco market in Africa and the industrial center of Zimbabwe. Here's a big one.
Metal smelters, cigarette factories, fertilizer plants and industries such as paper, rubber and metal processing. Harare is also known as the "Flower Tree City" because of its various flowering trees. From July to August every year, the whole city is shrouded in flowers. First of all, Yang Fentu showed the blue flower trees in the city. In September, Harare residents even held a week-long "Blue Flower Festival" to celebrate the arrival of spring. During the festival, people hold various celebrations. In the park and under the blue flower tree, people recite poems and perform dances ... before the blue flower is defeated, it is announced that the summer flame flower stands out on the tall buttonwood tree. The rainy season is coming, and the phoenix tree is full of "fire". In the season when flowers are in full bloom, the yellow flower trees are in bud. This autumn messenger's flowers, like a string of golden bells, stand upright, telling people that the autumn season is coming. Harare in winter is not silent. A tree with pink flowers scattered purple flowers all over the street. This purple flower, Jacaranda, used to be called Purple Tree Flower in Tianjin. It is not only a tree flower, but also a colorful flower in Harare all year round. In any corner of the city, you can see blooming flowers, which are sprinkled on the ground, just like a fairy tale world.