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Mount Hampden
Administrative City in Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Hampden is the parliamentary seat[1] of Zimbabwe.[2] It is in Mashonaland West Province about eighteen kilometers from the main capital, Harare. It was the original destination of the Pioneer Column of the British South Africa Company;[3] however, the Column eventually settled to the south, in present day Harare. Mount Hampden was named after English politician John Hampden by the hunter and explorer Frederick Courteney Selous.[3]
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Recent Developments
In 2012, the government of Zimbabwe under then President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe announced plans to build a new parliament in Mount Hampden, replacing the previous parliament in central Harare. The new complex already houses the New Zimbabwe Parliament Building, and will eventually include a Presidential palace, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe and the High Court of Zimbabwe, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, residential suburbs, hotels and modern shopping malls.[4]
After completion of New Zimbabwe Parliament Building in 2022,[5][6] with the move of parliament in 2023, Mount Hampden became the parliamentary capital of Zimbabwe.[7]
In Mount Hampden, Dubai based Nawab Shaji Ul Mulk is building a development called "Zim Cyber City"[8][9] with centerpiece Mulk Tower, potentially to be the tallest building in Africa.[10][11] It is on the site of the former Turner Farm and its construction is expected to displace thousands of current residents.[12][13]
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