Strathaven, Harare

Coordinates: 17°47′43″S 31°00′39″E / 17.7951654°S 31.0109115°E

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Strathaven

Coordinates: 17°47′43″S 31°00′39″E / 17.7951654°S 31.0109115°E / -17.7951654; 31.0109115
Country	Zimbabwe
Province	Harare
Municipality	City of Harare
Main Place	Harare
Established	1902
Area
• Total	5.21 km² (2.01 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	19,197
• Density	3,700/km² (9,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2012)^[1]
• Shona people	85.9%
• Coloured	3.4%
• Indian/Chinese	1.5%
• White	7.0%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2012)
• English	28.6%
• Shona	71.0%
• Other (mostly Ndebele)	0.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Postal code (street)	52X-625X
PO box	4

Strathaven is a hilly suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe. Strathaven is an affluent north-west suburb, largely known for its retail and shopping amenities and is bounded to the west by the suburb of Sentosa, Monovale to the south and to the east and the north by Avondale and Avondale West.^[2]

Like much of the northwest, the streets feature tree-lined avenues, which give the area a distinctive, garden suburb feel.

History

Strathaven was established in 1902 and named by Thomas Meikle of the prominent Scottish-Zimbabwean, Meikle family, after his hometown of Strathaven in Scotland. Thomas Meikle was one of the members of the infamous ‘Looting Committee’, created to steal Ndebele cattle, as punishment after the 1893 War of Dispossession or First Matabele War.

The majority of the cattle awarded to Meikle was used as capital for the Meikles business ventures which including the Meikles Hotel in Harare, Cape Grace in Cape Town and what was to become Strathaven. More than 350 000 cattle were looted by Meikle and his Looting Committee from the Ndebele people.^[3]

Retail

There are several shopping centres and office parks in the area, especially along Suffolk Drive, which connects the suburb with the larger, Avondale. These include such as the Strathaven Shopping Centre, Amor Christian Trade Shopping Centre and the TM Supermarket head offices.^[4] Strathaven also has an emerging restaurant scene, with most restaurants and cafes amid the antique shops on Suffolk and Browing Drives. There is also an annual Spring festival on the opening weekend of September.^[5]

References

^ "2012 Census Thematic Report on Population Projections". UNFPA Zimbabwe. June 15, 2016.
^ "Areas and suburbs of Harare". Great Zimbabwe Guide - Travel Blog. July 7, 2013.
^ "Of suburb names and colonial hangover | Celebrating Being Zimbabwean".
^ Central Africa ... Business Directory. B & T Directories. 1990.
^ Harare 2040: Towards a More Inclusive City. Lulu.com. 2014. ISBN 9781312051195.

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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