Salisbury

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colonial-era city name former name of a city

Salisbury is the former colonial-era name of Zimbabwe’s capital city, now known as Harare.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Salisbury canonical	15

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era city name ⓘ former name of a city ⓘ
capitalOf	Rhodesia ⓘ Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwe ⓘ
climate	subtropical highland climate ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
coordinateSystem	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
country	Rhodesia ⓘ Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwe ⓘ
dateRenamed	18 April 1982 ⓘ
economicRole	center for mining and agriculture administration ⓘ center for tobacco trade ⓘ
elevation	about 1483 metres ⓘ about 4865 feet ⓘ
foundedBy	British South Africa Company ⓘ Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ surface form: Pioneer Column
foundingDate	1890 ⓘ
hasFeature	served as administrative and commercial center of Rhodesia ⓘ
historicalEra	British colonial period in Zimbabwe ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Mashonaland region ⓘ surface form: Mashonaland Mashonaland region ⓘ surface form: Mashonaland Province northeastern Zimbabwe ⓘ
modernName	Harare ⓘ
namedAfter	The Marquess of Salisbury ⓘ surface form: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
partOf	British South Africa ⓘ surface form: British Empire in Africa
reasonForRenaming	post-independence Africanization of place names ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
replacedBy	Harare ⓘ
replaces	Salisbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ
role	capital city of Rhodesia ⓘ capital city of Southern Rhodesia ⓘ capital city of Zimbabwe ⓘ
significantEvent	became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s ⓘ retained as capital after Zimbabwean independence in 1980 ⓘ
statusChange	renamed Harare in 1982 ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ
transportRole	major railway hub in central Zimbabwe ⓘ
urbanType	planned colonial city ⓘ
usedAsNameUntil	1982 ⓘ
UTCOffset	+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harare → formerName → Salisbury ⓘ

Salisbury → replaces → Salisbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Harare

Reserve Bank of Rhodesia → headquartersLocation → Salisbury ⓘ

Reserve Bank of Rhodesia → servedCapitalCity → Salisbury ⓘ

Rhodesia → capital → Salisbury ⓘ

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → capital → Salisbury ⓘ

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → deJureCapital → Salisbury ⓘ

Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → seat → Salisbury ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia → locatedIn → Salisbury ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia → capitalCity → Salisbury ⓘ

Government House, Salisbury → namedAfter → Salisbury ⓘ

Salisbury Sports Club → cityRenamedFrom → Salisbury ⓘ

Pioneer Column expedition → foundedSettlement → Salisbury ⓘ

Pioneer Column expedition → flagRaisedAt → Salisbury ⓘ

Rhodesian Air Force → headquartersCity → Salisbury ⓘ