Lilongwe District

Lilongwe is a district in the of . The capital is . The district covers an area of 6,159 km2 and has a population of 1,346,360.
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is the capital of . It's a very green city, to the extent that sometimes you wonder if there is a city centre at all as buildings in the new town at least are divided by patches of grassy land and trees.

Lilongwe District

Latitude
-14.0196° or 14° 1′ 11″ south
Longitude
33.6841° or 33° 41′ 3″ east
Population
2,600,000
Elevation
1,106 metres (3,629 feet)
Open location code
5GQMXMJM+5J
Geo­Names ID
927964
Wiki­data ID
Q1058453
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Lilongwe District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ليلونغوي
  • Azerbaijani: Lilongwe
  • Azerbaijani: Lilonqve dairəsi
  • Belarusian: Лілонгвэ (раён)
  • Belarusian: Лілонгвэ
  • Belarusian: раён Лілонгвэ
  • Bengali: লিলংওয়ে জেলা
  • Breton: Lilongwe
  • Bulgarian: Лилонгве
  • Catalan: Lilongwe
  • Cebuano: Lilongwe District
  • Chinese: Lilongwe Koān
  • Chinese: 利隆圭县
  • Chinese: 利隆圭縣
  • Danish: Lilongwe District
  • Dutch: Lilongwe
  • Finnish: Lilongwen piirikunta
  • French: District de Lilongwe
  • French: Lilongwe
  • Fulah: Lilongwe District
  • Galician: Distrito de Lilongwe
  • Georgian: ლილონგვეს რაიონი
  • German: Distrikt Lilongwe
  • Greek: Λιλόνγκουε
  • Gujarati: લીલોંગવે જિલ્લો
  • Hebrew: מחוז לילונגווה
  • Hindi: लिलोंग्वे जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik Lilongwe
  • Italian: distretto di Lilongwe
  • Italian: Distretto di Lilongwe
  • Japanese: リロングウェ県
  • Kannada: ಲಿಲೊಂಗ್ವೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 릴롱궤현
  • Latvian: Lilongves distrikts
  • Lithuanian: Lilongvės apskritis
  • Malay: Daerah Lilongwe
  • Marathi: लिलांगॉ जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lilongwe Koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lilongwe
  • Norwegian: Lilongwe
  • Persian: بخش لیلونگوه
  • Polish: Dystrykt Lilongwe
  • Polish: Lilongwe
  • Portuguese: Lilongué
  • Portuguese: Lilongwe
  • Romanian: Districtul Lilongwe
  • Russian: Лилонегве
  • Sinhala: ලිලොන්ග්වේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, මලාවි
  • Sinhala: ලිලොන්ග්වේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Spanish: Distrito de Lilongüe
  • Spanish: Distrito de Lilongwe
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Lilongwe
  • Swedish: Lilongwe
  • Tamil: லிலோங்வெ மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: లిలోంగ్వే జిల్లా
  • Thai: เขตลิลองเว
  • Tumbuka: Boma la Lilongwe
  • Turkish: Lilongwe
  • Ukrainian: Лілонгве
  • Ukrainian: Район Лилонгве
  • Urdu: لیلونجوی ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Quận Lilongwe
  • Zulu: Lilongwe District

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Lilongwe Airport and Kamuzu Central Hospital.

Central Malawi: Must-Visit Destinations

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