Harare International Conference Center | |
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Location | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Built | 1986 [1] |
Architect | Dragoljub Bakić and Ljiljana Bakić [1] |
Enclosed space | |
Parking | 2000 [1] |
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The main conferencing auditorium has capacity of 4500 seats and indoor floor space of 5000sqm which can host up to 128 exhibition stands. [3] [4] The venue was built by the Energoprojekt holding construction company from Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, ahead of the 8th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1986. [5]
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