Malawi
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- Malawi – from the Maravi kingdom to the Warm Heart of Africa · Chitipa ·
The region around Lake Malawi has been inhabited for thousands of years. Bantu-speaking farming communities settled here over time, and from around the fifteenth century the Maravi kingdom emerged, from which the countr…
- Ntchisi – a Central Region district gathered around its boma · Ntchisi ·
Ntchisi is a district in the Central Region of Malawi, with the town of Ntchisi as its administrative centre. It covers 1,655 square kilometres and has a population of about 317,069, most of whom live in villages and sm…
- Chiradzulu – a small, densely settled district in southern Malawi · Chiradzulu ·
Chiradzulu is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi, with its administrative centre at Chiradzulu. It covers only 761 square kilometres, yet is home to around 356,875 people, which makes it one of the most closely…
- Balaka – a Southern Region district grown around its trading town · Balaka ·
Balaka is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi, and its administrative centre is the town of Balaka. The town is the district's meeting point, holding the district offices, markets, schools and transport links th…
- Dowa – a district at the heart of Malawi's Central Region · Dowa ·
Dowa is a district in the Central Region of Malawi, with its administrative centre in the town of Dowa. Its position in the middle of the country has always made it a place of movement, with roads, markets and people tr…
- Thyolo – one of Malawi's 28 districts, shaped by its tea-growing hills · Thyolo ·
Thyolo is one of the 28 districts of Malawi, with its administrative centre in the town of Thyolo. Covering 1,715 square kilometres, it is among the smaller districts in area, yet home to some 458,976 people, which make…
- Chikwawa – a broad Southern Region district in Malawi · Chikwawa ·
Chikwawa is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi, with its administrative centre in the town of Chikwawa. It covers 4,755 square kilometres and has a population of about 356,682, spread across a wide area of vill…
- Machinga – a district of Malawi's Southern Region · Machinga ·
Machinga is one of the districts of Malawi's Southern Region, with its administrative centre at Machinga. Covering 3,771 square kilometres and home to some 369,614 people, it is a district where most families live in vi…
- Chitipa District – Malawi's northernmost district, once called Fort Hill · Chitipa ·
Chitipa is the northernmost district of Malawi's Northern Region, and its capital, also called Chitipa, was formerly known as Fort Hill. That position at the very top of the country defines it: the district borders Karo…
- Chitipa District · Chitipa ·
Chitipa District is the northernmost district in the Northern Region of Malawi. The capital is Chitipa (formerly known as Fort Hill). The district covers an area of 4,288 km2, and has a population of 234,927. The major…
- Blantyre District – The mission town named after Livingstone's birthplace · Blantyre ·
Blantyre was named after the village in Scotland where David Livingstone was born, one of the first missionary explorers to come to Nyasaland, as Malawi was called before independence in 1964. The town grew from a Churc…
- Mulanje District – Tea gardens at the foot of Mount Mulanje · Mulanje ·
Mulanje District is dominated by Mount Mulanje, one of the highest peaks in southern Africa, whose granite massif rises steeply from the surrounding plains. The mountain has long been surrounded by legends and is regard…
- Phalombe District – Farmland on the northern slopes of Mount Mulanje · Phalombe ·
Phalombe District lies in southern Malawi, on the plains north of the Mulanje Massif and along the border with Mozambique. For generations its fertile land has supported farming communities, and village life has been sh…
- Zomba District – Home of the former colonial and national capital · Zomba ·
Zomba District is named after the town of Zomba, which served as the capital of colonial Nyasaland and then of independent Malawi until 1975, when the capital moved to Lilongwe. At the foot of the Zomba Plateau, the tow…
- Ntcheu District – Highland land of the Maseko Ngoni · Ntcheu ·
Ntcheu District, in Malawi's Central Region on the border with Mozambique, is closely linked to the Maseko Ngoni, who settled in these highlands in the nineteenth century and whose traditional leadership and ceremonies …
- Neno District – A young district created in 2003 · Neno ·
Neno District in southern Malawi was created in 2003, when the former Mwanza District was divided into two districts, Neno and Mwanza, under the country's decentralisation programme. The area's hills, rivers and farmlan…
- Mwanza District – Border town and Malawi's citrus country · Mwanza ·
Mwanza District in southern Malawi lies on the border with Mozambique, and its capital, Mwanza, grew as a border town whose economy is based largely on transport and trade. For many years the district was known for its …
- Nsanje District – Malawi's southern tip on the Shire River · Nsanje ·
Nsanje District lies at the southern tip of Malawi, along the lower Shire River and the border with Mozambique. In colonial times the town of Nsanje was known as Port Herald, a river port through which people and goods …
- Lilongwe District – From 1947 township to capital in 1975 · Lilongwe ·
Lilongwe was officially declared a township in 1947, a small centre in the farmlands of Malawi's Central Region. On 1 January 1975, after a building period of about ten years, it was declared the country's new capital, …
- Dedza District – Home of the Chongoni rock art · Dedza ·
Dedza District, south of Lilongwe between Mozambique and Lake Malawi, holds one of the most important cultural treasures of southern Africa: the Chongoni rock art area. Its shelters contain paintings made over many cent…
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