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A mission and small trading settlement was established at Blantyre in 1876 and a British consul took up residence there in 1883. [ 3 ] Concessionaires holding prazo estates from the Portuguese crown were active in the lower valley of the Shire River from the 1830s and the Portuguese government claimed suzerainty over much of Central Africa ...
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.
Mwanza is the largest commercial, political and administrative urban centre of Mwanza District, in the Southern Region of Malawi. It lies on the important road from Blantyre to Tete in Mozambique, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi), by road, northwest of Blantyre, Malawi's commercial capital. [3]
Chikwawa is a town with a population of 6,114 according to the 2018 census [1] located in the Southern Region of Malawi on the west bank of the Shire River. [2] It is the administrative capital of the Chikwawa District. Chikwawa lies almost 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi. [3]
Mandala House, Blantyre's oldest building. Blantyre was founded in 1876 through the missionary work of the Church of Scotland. It was named after Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, [3] birthplace of the explorer David Livingstone. [4] The site was chosen by Henry Henderson, who was joined there on 23 October 1876 by Dr T. T. Macklin and others.
The Jamaican road network consists of almost 21,000 kilometres of roads, of which over 15,000 kilometres are paved. [1] The Jamaican Government has, since the late 1990s and in cooperation with private investors, embarked on a campaign of infrastructural improvement projects, one of which includes the creation of a system of freeways, the first such access-controlled roadways of their kind on ...
The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. Definitions Kingston, capital of Jamaica Montego Bay The following definitions have been used: City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1802 reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town ...
This is a list of the extreme points of Malawi, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – the tripoint with Tanzania and Zambia, Northern Region; Easternmost point – unnamed location on the border with Mozambique immediately south-west of the Mozambican village of Buena-uzi ...