Mount Pleasant, Harare

Coordinates: 17°46′17″S 31°02′46″E / 17.77139°S 31.04611°E / -17.77139; 31.04611

Mount Pleasant is the name of a residential suburb in the northern part of Harare, Zimbabwe. It is the home of the University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant School, North Park Primary School and Northwood Seventh Day Adventist School.

There are two sports clubs in Mount Pleasant being the Belgravia Sports Club and Mount Pleasant Sports Club. It also houses the Agriculture and Research Trust (ART) Farm which engages in research and development of agricultural practices.

Mount Pleasant also contains a number of office parks and shopping centres, notably Arundel Office Park, Arundel Village Shopping Centre, The Bridge Shopping Centre, Bond Shopping Centre and Pendennis Shopping Centre.

It is represented in parliament by the Mt. Pleasant constituency and Chisipite senatorial constituency. Mount Pleasant is bordered by the following neighbourhoods: Vainona, Borrowdale West, Emerald Hill, Belgravia and Marlborough.

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