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Zomba

city in the southern parts of Malawi

56km

-15.383335.3333

Liwonde National Park

550 km² of unspoiled forest along the shores of the Shire River. The national park is best approached from the town of Liwonde. A half-hour boat ride up the Shire will show some of the remarkable wildlife of the region, especially hippo's, elephant, and fish eagles.

108km

-14.833335.3333

Cape Maclear

human settlement in Malawi

190km

-14.016734.85

Beira

a busy port town and capital of Sofala Province.

428km

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Sights (5)

St Michael and All Angels Church, Blantyre

Described as the first permanent church between the Zambezi and the Nile, this church was designed by David Scott, a Scottish missionary, with help of local workers. Scott had no architectural or building experience at all and there were no written plans. This was just as well as The Church of Scotland would have stopped his plans had they known how ambitious they were. He was also writing a language dictionary at the time of building. This also is where Blantyre was founded when a local chief gave land to the Scottish missionaries and a slave freed by David Livingstone.

1.7km

-15.7840861135.02070556

Chichiri Museum

The national museum of Malawi. Artifacts includes a royal ceremonial stool from the 16th century and an exhibition of traditional dances, the Gule Wamkulu.

4.1km

-15.8033333335.03833333

Zomba, Malawi

56km

-15.38333333333335.333333333333

Zomba Plateau

60km

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Zomba District

86km

-15.16666666666735.5
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Blantyre

Malawi
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Blantyre

Blantyre is the economic capital of Malawi.

The Mandala House is a historic building in Blantyre that was built in 1882 as a place of relaxation for the managers of the Mandala Trading Company. Inside there is a cafe, as well as the Society of Malawi Library and Archive. The Chichiri Museum is located in the city. Carlsberg Brewery is a location where visitors can try the country's favourite drink, the "Green". This drink was created by a Danish foreign minister who visited Malawi during the independence celebration in 1966.

Blantyre City, the largest commercial and industrial capital of Malawi, is in the Shire Highlands and geographical centre of the Southern Region of the country and lies 35° east of Greenwich Meridian and 15° 42" south of the Equator. It is a transport communications node with road, rail and air links to all parts of the country and neighbouring countries of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. It covers an area of 228 km. The city is classified as a 'National Urban Centre' within the designated six hierarchical levels system of urban centres of the country and is the regional administrative headquarters of the Southern Region.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

28.4°C20.1
Precipitation: 198 mm

Feb

28.3°C19.9
Precipitation: 181.4 mm

Mar

27.8°C19.3
Precipitation: 152 mm

Apr

27.2°C17.9
Precipitation: 45.9 mm

May

25.9°C15.6
Precipitation: 9.9 mm

Jun

24.1°C13.6
Precipitation: 2.1 mm

Jul

23.9°C13.3
Precipitation: 2.4 mm

Aug

26.1°C14.5
Precipitation: 1.2 mm

Sep

29.2°C17.1
Precipitation: 3.5 mm

Oct

31.3°C19.5
Precipitation: 29.2 mm

Nov

30.7°C20.3
Precipitation: 93 mm

Dec

29.2°C20.2
Precipitation: 178 mm