Harare

Zimbabwe

Harare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km2, 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 Metropolitan Province incorporates the city and the municipalities of Chitungwiza, Epworth and Ruwa.

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Country: Zimbabwe
Population: 1,572,000
Latitude: 17.82° S
Longitude: 31.04° E

Which way is Harare from…

From Paris, Harare lies at 151° to the south-east, 7,938 km as the crow flies.

Paris	151° south-east	7,938 km
London	149° south-east	8,282 km
New York	94° east	12,539 km
Madrid	144° south-east	7,405 km
Rome	160° south	6,909 km
Montreal	93° east	12,536 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	273° west	2,580 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Harare lies due south of Cairo: 180° on the compass, 5,323 km away. From Saint-Denis on Réunion Island it is due west, at 273°. From London, aim south-east, at 149°, for 8,282 km to reach Zimbabwe’s capital. And from New York, a flat map would say 121°, south-east, while the compass reads 94°, due east.