Kasungu District

Kasungu is a district in the of . The capital is . The district covers an area of 7,878 km², borders and has a population of 842,953. Kasungu was the home to Malawi's first president, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kasungu Airport.

Aerodrome
is an serving , a town in the of the . is situated 6 km east of Kasungu District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kasungu.

Town
is a town in the District of the of . The population of was 58,653 according to the 2018 census. is approximately 130 kilometres north-west of the capital of Malawi, , and is 35 kilometres east of . is situated 8 km southeast of Kasungu District.

Kasungu District

Latitude
-13° or 13° south
Longitude
33.4167° or 33° 25′ east
Population
843,000
Elevation
1,038 metres (3,406 feet)
Open location code
5GVM2C28+2M
Geo­Names ID
928531
Wiki­data ID
Q868778
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kasungu District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة كاسونغو
  • Azerbaijani: Kasungu
  • Azerbaijani: Kasunqu dairəsi
  • Belarusian: Касунгу (раён)
  • Belarusian: Касунгу
  • Belarusian: раён Касунгу
  • Bengali: কাসোগু জেলা
  • Breton: Kasungu
  • Bulgarian: Касунгу
  • Cebuano: Kasungu District
  • Chinese: Kasungu Koān
  • Chinese: 卡松古县
  • Chinese: 卡松古縣
  • Danish: Kasungu District
  • Dutch: Kasungu
  • Finnish: Kasungun piirikunta
  • French: district de Kasungu
  • French: District de Kasungu
  • French: Kasungu
  • Fulah: Kaasungu District
  • Galician: Distrito de Kasungu
  • Georgian: კასუნგუს რაიონი
  • German: Kasungu-Distrikt
  • Greek: Κασουνγκού
  • Gujarati: કાસુન્ગુ જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: कसुंगु जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik Kasungu
  • Indonesian: Kasungu
  • Italian: distretto di Kasungu
  • Italian: Distretto di Kasungu
  • Japanese: カスング県
  • Kannada: ಕಸ್ಸಂಗ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 카숭구현
  • Latvian: Kasungu distrikts
  • Lithuanian: Kasungo apskritis
  • Malay: Daerah Kasungu
  • Malayalam: കസുങു ജില്ല
  • Marathi: कासंगु जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kasungu Koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kasungu
  • Norwegian: Kasungu
  • Persian: بخش کاسونگو
  • Polish: Dystrykt Kasungu
  • Polish: Kasungu
  • Portuguese: Kasungu
  • Romanian: Districtul Kasungu
  • Russian: Касунгу
  • Sinhala: කසුන්ගු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, මලාවි
  • Sinhala: කසුන්ගු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Spanish: Distrito de Kasungu
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Kasungu
  • Swedish: Kasungu
  • Tamil: காசுக்கு மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: కసుంగు జిల్లా
  • Thai: เขตคาซุนกู
  • Tumbuka: Boma la Kasungu
  • Turkish: Kasungu
  • Ukrainian: Касунгу
  • Ukrainian: Район Касунгу
  • Urdu: کاسونجو ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Quận Kasungu
  • Zulu: Kasungu District

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chipala and Kasungu.

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