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COUNTRY FACTS: MALAWI
Name(official): Republic of Malawi
Name(short): Malawi
Capital City: Lilongwe
Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Coordinate: 13 30 S, 34 00 E
Independence: (From Britain) July 6th; 1964.
President: Bingu wa MUTHARIKA
Type of Government: Multi-party democracy
Total Area: 118 480sq.km.
Population: 13 013 926
People: Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European.
Religion: Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census).
Languages: Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census).
Literacy: 62.7%total, 76.1%male, 49.8%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Malawian Kwacha (MWK)
GDP(per capita): $600 (2005)
Arable Land: 20.68% (2005 est.)
Agriculture: Tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses, groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats.
Natural resources: Limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited uranium, coal, bauxite.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Republic of Malawi,
Chancery: Takanawa Kaisei Bldg. 7F, 3-4-1 Takanawa, Minato-ku.
Post Code: 108-0074, Tel. 03-3449-3010
Embassy of Republic of Malawi
General Info:
International Phone Code: +265

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

  • Tourism:

MAJOR CITIES

Blantyre, Lilongwe, Mzuzu, Zomba

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

27 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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