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It is located approximately 13 km (7 nmi; 8 mi), by road, northwest of Blantyre, the second largest city in the Republic of Malawi and the country's commercial and financial capital. [3] Chileka is Malawi's second international airport, the other being Kamuzu International Airport , in Lilongwe , the nation's capital city.
[4] [5] [6] The north-south artery passes through the capital city of Lilongwe and the commercial hub of Blantyre, covering a total distance of 1,140 kilometers. As the longest road in Malawi, the M1 plays a role in connecting the country's major urban centers and facilitating trade and travel. [7] [8] [3]
A crowd of children in 2024. The Southern Region is home to about half of all Malawians. [5] Of these, about 90% of them live in rural areas. [5]As of 2003, the Southern Region has a slightly higher rate of poverty (68.1%) than the Central Region (62.8%) and the Northern Region (62.5%). [6]
On 15 April 2006, Sri Lanka Time reverted to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for GMT. This time zone applies to the entirety of Sri Lanka. Since 1880, the time zone in Sri Lanka (or formerly, Ceylon) has varied from UTC+05:30 to UTC+06:30.
Mwanza has an airstrip with a 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) long runway. It has both primary and secondary schools as well as a hospital. Mwanza District Hospital serves not only the local district, but also neighbouring Chikwawa District and Neno District in Malawi and the town of Zobue and Moatize District across the border in Mozambique.
The road starts at Lirangwe, Blantyre District, along the Blanyre–Lilongwe Road (M1 Highway), approximately 54 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Blantyre. [2] From there, the road takes a north-easterly direction to Chingale in Zomba District, and continues northeastwards to end at Machinga in Machinga District, along the Blantyre–Zomba–Mangochi Road (M3 Highway).
Lengwe National Park is a national park in Malawi located near the town of Chikwawa and about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Blantyre. Lengwe's topography is unusual for Malawi and consists of open deciduous forests and dense thickets. It is the home of the reclusive Nyala antelope.
Zomba District is one of twelve districts in the Southern Region of Malawi, surrounded by the districts of Chiradzulu, Blantyre, Mulanje, Phalombe, Machinga, Balaka and the Republic of Mozambique to the east. The total land area is 2,363 km 2, representing three percent of the total land area of Malawi. The capital is Zomba.