Mabelreign, Harare

Coordinates: 17°47′20″S 31°00′23″E / 17.78889°S 31.00639°E

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17°47′20″S 31°00′23″E / 17.78889°S 31.00639°E / -17.78889; 31.00639

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Mabelreign is a north-western suburb of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. There are a number of shopping centres in the area. The Mabelreign post office, Mabelreign Police Station, municipality offices, and a local clinic are located on Stortford parade in Mabelreign shopping centre. Secondary schools in the area include Ellis Robins School, Harare and the Mabelreign Girls High School. Hallingbury Primary School, Haig Park Primary and Alfred Beit School are also in the area.

Areas falling under the general administrative area of Mabelreign include Greencroft, Haig Park, Sunridge, Ashdown Park, Meyrick Park, St. Andrews Park, Sentosa, Cotswold Hills and Bloomingdale.

Neighbouring suburbs are Marlborough, Avondale and Belvedere.

History

In 1892 Edward Walter Kermode claimed a farm and registered it as 'Spring Valley Range', later to become Mabelreign. He arrived in the country from the Isle of Man with the pioneer column as a personal servant of Archibald Calqhoun, the country's first administrator.

Shortly after registering the farm, in 1895, Kermode returned to the Isle of Man where he married.

Mabelreign was named after Miss Mabel Mann, who was a fiancée of a surveyor named Swatheral. Miss Mann laid claim to the land despite the fact that the title was already held.^[1]

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v t e Suburbs of Harare
Municipalities	Harare Chitungwiza Ruwa Epworth Norton Mount Hampden
Centre	Harare CBD Avenues Causeway Greenwood Park Milton Park Rotten Row
Eastern suburbs	Amby Arlington Belvedere Bloomingdale Eastlea Greendale Highlands Hillside Lichendale Lewisam Msasa Park Newlands
Northeast	Alexandra Park Ashbrittle Athlone Ballantyne Park Belgravia Borrowdale Borrowdale Brooke Brookview Chisipite Crowborough Colne Valley Glen Lorne Glen Forest The Grange Gunhill Hogarty Hill Queensdale Rietfontein Rolf Valley Umwindsidale Vainona
North	Avondale Arundel Village Greystone Park Groombridge Hatcliffe Helensvale Kensington Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant Heights Northwood Pomona
Northwest	Ashdown Park Avondale West Avonlea Bluff Hill Emerald Hill Greencroft Haig Park Mabelreign Marlborough Ridgeview Saint Andrews Park Sentosa Strathaven Sunridge Westgate
South Central	Arcadia Braeside Chadcombe Cranborne Glen Norah Glen View Graniteside Hatfield Mandara Marimba Park Mbare Parktown Prospect St. Martins Somerby Southerton Sunningdale Tynwald Warren Park Waterfalls Westlea Westwood Willowvale Workington
South/Southwest	Budiriro Dzivarasekwa Highfield Hopley Kuwadzana Mabvuku Rugare Tafara

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