Malawi

Malawi (/məˈlɑːwi/; lit. 'flames' insyd Chichewa den Chitumbuka), officially de Republic of Malawi den formerly dem know am as Nyasaland, be landlocked country insyd Southeastern Africa. Ebe bordered by Zambia to de west, Tanzania to de north den northeast, den Mozambique to de east, south, den southwest. Malawi dey span over 118,484 km² (45,747 sq mi) wey eget an estimated population of 19,431,566 (as of January 2021). Malawi ein capital den largest city be Lilongwe. Ein second-largest be Blantyre, ein third-largest be Mzuzu, den ein fourth-largest be Zomba, de former capital.

Malawi

republic, sovereign state, landlocked country, country

Part of	East Africa, Southern Africa, Southeast Africa
Year dem found am	6 July 1964
Official name	Malawi, Malawi, la République du Malawi
Native label	Republic of Malawi
Short name	🇲🇼
Dem name after	Lake Malawi
Official language	English, Chewa
Anthem	Mulungu dalitsa Malaŵi
Culture	culture of Malawi
Motto text	Unity and Freedom, The warm heart of Africa, Undod a Rhyddid
Continent	Africa
Country	Malawi
Capital	Lilongwe
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00, Africa/Blantyre
Located in/on physical feature	Southern Africa
Coordinate location	13°0′0″S 34°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	14°53′43″S 35°55′7″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	9°22′12″S 33°0′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	17°7′46″S 35°5′50″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	13°37′15″S 32°40′21″E
Highest point	Mulanje Massif
Lowest point	Shire River
Office held by head of state	President of Malawi
State ein head	Lazarus Chakwera
Office head of government hold	President of Malawi
Government ein head	Lazarus Chakwera
Executive body	Cabinet of Malawi
Legislative body	National Assembly
Central bank	Reserve Bank of Malawi
Dey contain de administrative territorial entity	Central Region, Northern Region, Southern Region
Currency	Malawian kwacha
Dey share bother plus	Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique
Driving side	left
Electrical plug type	BS 1363
Dey follow	Commonwealth realm of Malawi
Dey replace	Commonwealth realm of Malawi
Studied in	Malawian studies
Dema official website	http://www.malawi.gov.mw/
Hashtag	Malawi
Top-level Internet domain	.mw
Flag	Flag of Malawi
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Malawi
Geography of topic	geography of Malawi
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Malawi
Economy of topic	economy of Malawi
Demographics of topic	demographics of Malawi
Mobile country code	650
Country calling code	+265
Emergency phone number	999, 998, 997, 990
Licence plate code	MW
Maritime identification digits	655
Unicode character	🇲🇼
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Malawi

Dey follow de introduction of a multiparty system insyd 1993, Banda lost de 1994 general election. Today, Malawi get a democratic, multi-party republic head by an elected presido. According to de 2024 V-Dem Democracy indices, dem rank Malawi 74th electoral democracy worldwide den 11th electoral democracy insyd Africa. De country dey maintain positive diplomatic relations plus chaw countries, wey e dey participate insyd several international organisations, wey dey include de United Nations, de Commonwealth of Nations, de Southern African Development Community (SADC), de Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), den de African Union (AU).

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

Dem divide Malawi into 28 districts within three regions:

Central Region 1– Dedza 2 – Dowa 3 – Kasungu 4 – Lilongwe 5 – Mchinji 6 – Nkhotakhota 7 – Ntcheu 8 – Ntchisi 9 – Salima	Northern Region 10 – Chitipa 11 – Karonga 12 – Likoma 13 – Mzimba 14 – Nkhata Bay 15 – Rumphi	Southern Region 16 – Balaka 17 – Blantyre 18 – Chikwawa 19 – Chiradzulu 20 – Machinga 21 – Mangochi 22 – Mulanje 23 – Mwanza 24 – Nsanje 25 – Thyolo 26 – Phalombe 27 – Zomba 28 – Neno

Demographics

Population

Malawi get population of over 19 million, plus growth rate of 3.32%, according to 2021 estimates. Dem forecast de population make e grow to over 47 million people by 2050, nearly tripling de estimated 16 million insyd 2010. Malawi ein estimated 2016 population dey, based for most recent estimates, 18,091,575.

Cities

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Malawi According to de 2018 Census
	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
Lilongwe Blantyre	1	Lilongwe	Central	989,318
	2	Blantyre	Southern	800,264
	3	Mzuzu	Northern	221,272
	4	Zomba	Southern	105,013
	5	Karonga	Northern	61,609
	6	Kasungu	Central	58,653
	7	Mangochi	Southern	53,498
	8	Salima	Central	36,789
	9	Liwonde	Southern	36,421
	10	Balaka	Southern	36,308

Ethnic groups

Malawi ein population dey make up of de Chewa, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, den Ngonde native ethnic groups, as well as populations of Chinese den Europeans.

Languages

De official language be English. Major languages dey include Chichewa, a Bantu language wey over 41% of de population dey speak, Chitumbuka (28.2%), Chinyanja (12.8%), den Chiyao (16.1%). Oda native languages be Malawian Lomwe, around 250,000 dey speak insyd de southeast of de country; Kokola, around 200,000 people sanso dey speak insyd de southeast; Lambya, around 45,000 dey speak insyd de northwestern tip; Ndali, around 70,000 dey speak; Nyakyusa-Ngonde, around 300,000 dey speak insyd northern Malawi; Malawian Sena, around 270,000 dey speak insyd southern Malawi; den Tonga, around 170,000 dey speak insyd de north.

References

Citations

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External links

• Government of the Republic of Malawi Official website
• Wikimedia Atlas of Malawi