Mchinji
Mchinji is a town and the capital of the Mchinji District in the Central Region of Malawi. Mchinji Boma, located 12 kilometres from the Zambian border and 109 km from the national capital, Lilongwe, is the major hub of government and general business.- Type: Town with 28,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Mchinji District, Malawi
- Also known as: “Chimji” and “Fort Manning”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mchinji Airport.
Mchinji Airport
Aerodrome
Mchinji Airport is an airport serving the city of Mchinji, Republic of Malawi.
Mchinji
- Categories: human settlement, border city, and locality
- Location: Mchinji District, Central Malawi, Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-13.79717° or 13° 47′ 50″ south
Longitude
32.8875° or 32° 53′ 15″ east
Population
28,000
Elevation
1,186 metres (3,891 feet)
Open location code
5GRJ6V3P+4X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Mchinji” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مشينجي”
- Cebuano: “Mchinji”
- Chinese: “姆欽吉”
- Chinese: “姆钦吉”
- Dutch: “Mchinji”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مشينجى”
- Finnish: “Mchinji”
- French: “Mchinji”
- German: “Mchinji”
- German: “MW-MC”
- Irish: “Mchinji”
- Italian: “Mchinji”
- Japanese: “ムチンジ”
- Korean: “음친지”
- Lithuanian: “Mčindžis”
- Nyanja: “Mchinji”
- Persian: “مچینجی”
- Polish: “Mchinji”
- Portuguese: “Mchinji”
- Romanian: “Mchinji”
- Russian: “Мчинджи (город)”
- Russian: “Мчинджи”
- South Azerbaijani: “مچینجی”
- Swahili: “Mchinji”
- Swedish: “Mchinji”
- Turkish: “Mchinji, Malavi”
- Turkish: “Mchinji”
- Ukrainian: “Мчинджі”
- Urdu: “مچنجی”
- Zulu: “Mchinji”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Long-distance minibuses and Mchinji District Hospital.
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