- Emerald Hill, Zimbabwe
Emerald Hill is a north-western suburb of
Harare ,Zimbabwe , named so because of either (i) the colour of the hill due to the large number of trees or (ii) an Irish connection: many of the roads in the suburb have Irish names [Surveyor-General, Zimbabwe. 2001. Street Map of Harare.] .On the hill in the centre of the suburb are located a school for the deaf and a children's home. Emerald Hill is also home to St John's High School and
Gateway Primary School .Originally part of Avondale Farm, which was peri-urban to the early City of
Harare , Emerald Hill was incorporated into the city in 1934 [Zinyama, L.M. 1993. The evolution of the spatial structure of greater Harare: 1890 - 1990. In: Zinyama, L.M., Tevera, D. and Cumming, S. "Harare: the Growth and Problems of the City". University of Zimbabwe, Harare.] . The northwest corner of Emerald Hill, known as "New Emerald Hill" was originally under the Marlborough Town Management Board and incorporated into the City ofHarare in 1971 [Rakodi, C. 1995. "Harare: Inheriting a Settler-Colonial City: Change or Continuity?" John Wiley and Sons, New York.] , but only built up in late 1990s.References
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