Mount Hampden

Mount Hampden, sometimes called New Harare, is the parliamentary seat of Zimbabwe, about 18 kilometres northwest of Harare in Mashonaland West Province. It was the original destination of the British South Africa Company's Pioneer Column and was named after the English politician John Hampden by the explorer Frederick Courteney Selous. It remained a farming community until 2012, when the government announced a master-planned new city, and Parliament moved into the new Parliament building there in 2023 with Chinese support. The plan foresees one million residents, but most of it is still unbuilt. The 2002 census counted 9,245 people.