Mount Hampden is the parliamentary seat[1] of Zimbabwe in Mashonaland West Province.

It was the original destination of the Pioneer Column of the British South Africa Company; however, the Column eventually settled some 18 km to the south, in present day Harare.

Mount Hampden was named after English politician John Hampden by the hunter and explorer Frederick Courteney Selous.

In 2012, the government of Zimbabwe under then President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe announced plans to build a new parliament in Mount Hampden, replacing the previous parliament in central Harare.

Dubai based Nawab Shaji Ul Mulk is building a potentially tallest building in Africa, in Mt Hampden[3]