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Lake Malawi is home to more species of fish than any other lake in the world, [6] including at least 700 species of cichlids. [7] The Mozambique portion of the lake was officially declared a reserve by the Government of Mozambique on June 10, 2011, [ 8 ] while in Malawi a portion of the lake is included in Lake Malawi National Park .
Lake Malawi National Park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, being of "global importance for biodiversity conservation due particularly to its fish diversity." This fish diversity is remarkable because the mbuna , as the cichlid fish are known locally, provide an outstanding example of evolution at work.
Lake Malawi National Park: Central Region, Southern Region: Natural (vii) (ix) (x) 1984 Located at the southern end of the great expanse of Lake Malawi, with its deep, clear waters and mountain backdrop, the national park is home to many hundreds of fish species, nearly all endemic.
They played an important role in the history of Southeast Africa, notably in the 19th century. The Yao are a predominantly Muslim-faith group of about two million, whose homelands encompass the countries of Malawi, the north of Mozambique, and the Ruvuma and Mtwara Regions of Tanzania. The Yao have a strong cultural identity, transcending ...
Maravi was a kingdom which straddled the current borders of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, in the 16th century. The present-day name "Maláŵi" is said to derive from the Chewa word malaŵí, which means "flames". "Maravi" is a general name of the peoples of Malawi, eastern Zambia, and northeastern Mozambique.
People first began to be interested in Malawi's prehistoric past in the 1920s. Excavations of sites in nearby countries, Tanzania and Zambia, made archaeologists believe that they may find the same type of material culture in Malawi. In the 1920s, a series of lacustrine deposits was found at the northwest end of Lake Malawi.
The people are also known as the Kimanda, Kinyasa and Manda. [1] Significant populations of Nyasa live along the shores of northeastern Lake Malawi. [1] Many Nyanja people of Malawi refers to themselves as Nyasa; as of 2010 roughly 500,000 claim to be Nyasa people. [2] In Malawi, the Nyasa are a minority tribe with their own distinct culture.
The Tumbuka people probably entered the area between the Luangwa valley and northern Lake Malawi in the 15th century. At the start of the 18th century, they formed a number of groups, most of which lived in homesteads growing Finger millet and herding goats and sheep.