Malawi Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Malawi with its capital Lilongwe is located in Africa (Southern Africa, east of Zambia). It covers some 118,481 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania) with 13,931,000 citizens. Chichewa; Nyanja and are the the official languages used in Malawi. Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia are bordering countries.

Malawi is a country in Africa, bordered by Mozambique to the south and east, Tanzania to the north, Zambia to the west. Lake Malawi, the third largest lake in Africa, runs along most of its eastern border. It's described as the Warm Heart of Africa, referring to the friendliness of the people. Much of Malawi is plateau, often reaching to 1,000 m (3,000 ft), and the temperature in these highlands is moderate, with the hottest period occurring during the autumn rainy season and the coolest and chilliest in winter. Malawi has a massive diversity of beautiful landscapes. The highest peaks in Malawi touch 10,000ft (3,000m) while the lowest point is barely above sea level. This range of altitudes in a small area help to make the landscape of Malawi one of the most varied in all Africa. It is generally a green, lush country, with plateaux, highlands, forests, mountains, plains, escarpments and dramatic river valleys.

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About Malawi

The topography features narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains. The average density of population is about 117 per km². The climate in Malawi can be described as sub-tropical with rainy season (November to May), dry season (May to November). Potential natural disasters are NA.

To reach someone in Malawi dial +265 prior to a number. There are 175,000 installed telephones. And there are 2,400,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".mw". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 28 regions/states in Malawi we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Malawian population grew at a rate of 2.76% (or by 426,197 citizens). With 211,476 deaths and 637,673 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.76%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Malawi: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.