Central Malawi
Central Malawi lies on the southern part of the eastern shores of Lake Malawi and is home to the capital of Lilongwe. Its fairly flat terrain disguises the fact that it is part of the high plateau of central Africa.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lilongwe and Nkhotakota.
Lilongwe
Photo: Bdell555, Public domain.
Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi. 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.
Nkhotakota
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Nkhotakota is a town in Central Malawi with a population of just over 20,000, on the shore of Lake Malawi. The town itself is quite basic, with a few basic hotels that cater predominantly to the domestic market.
Mua
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Mua Village, Mua Mission and the KuNgoni Centre of Culture and Art are in the Dedza district of Malawi.
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Ntchisi Forest Reserve
Ntchisi Forest Reserve is in the Central Region of Malawi.Central Malawi
- Type: region of Malawi with 7,520,000 residents
- Description: region of Malawi
- Also known as: “Central Province”, “Central Region”, and “Central Region, Malawi”
- Neighbors: Northern Malawi and Southern Malawi
- Location: Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Central Malawi” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “መካከለኛ Region”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الوسطى”
- Azerbaijani: “Mərkəz bölgəsi”
- Belarusian: “Цэнтральны рэгіён (Малаві)”
- Belarusian: “Цэнтральны рэгіён”
- Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় Region”
- Bulgarian: “Централен регион”
- Catalan: “Regió Central”
- Cebuano: “Central Region”
- Chinese: “Tiong-pō͘ Chiu”
- Chinese: “中央区”
- Chinese: “中央區”
- Dutch: “Central”
- Esperanto: “Centra Regiono”
- Finnish: “Keskinen alue”
- French: “Malawi central”
- French: “Region centrale”
- French: “Région centrale”
- Fulah: “Central Region, Malawi”
- Galician: “Rexión Central, Malawi”
- Galician: “Rexión Central”
- Georgian: “მალავის ცენტრალური რეგიონი”
- German: “Central Region”
- German: “Central”
- German: “Zentralregion”
- Greek: “Κεντρική Περιφέρεια”
- Hausa: “Tsagaraccen Region”
- Hebrew: “מחוז המרכז (מלאווי)”
- Hebrew: “מחוז המרכז”
- Indonesian: “Malawi Tengah”
- Indonesian: “Region Tengah, Malawi”
- Indonesian: “Region Tengah”
- Italian: “Malawi centrale”
- Italian: “regione Centrale”
- Italian: “Regione Centrale”
- Japanese: “中部州 (マラウイ)”
- Japanese: “中部州”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Tengah”
- Kazakh: “Орталық Region”
- Kirghiz: “Борбордук Region”
- Korean: “중부주”
- Korean: “중부지구”
- Lithuanian: “Centrinis regionas”
- Malay: “Rantau Pusat”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-pō͘ Chiu (Malawi)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-pō͘ Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Central”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Central Region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Central”
- Norwegian: “Central”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Giddu”
- Panjabi: “ਕੇਂਦਰੀ Region”
- Persian: “منطقه مرکزی مالاوی”
- Polish: “Region Cantralny”
- Polish: “Region Centralny”
- Portuguese: “Região Central”
- Pushto: “مرکزي Region”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Central, Malawi”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Central”
- Russian: “Центральная провинция”
- Russian: “Центральный регион”
- Serbian: “Централни регион”
- Sinhala: “මධ්යම කලාපය, මලාවි”
- Slovenian: “Center”
- Slovenian: “Central Region”
- Slovenian: “Centralna regija”
- Somali: “Gobolka Dhexe”
- Spanish: “Region Central”
- Spanish: “Región Central”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Kati, Malawi”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Kati”
- Swedish: “Central Region, Malawi”
- Swedish: “Central Region”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Марказӣ”
- Tatar: “Үзәк Region”
- Tatar: “Үзәк төбәге”
- Tumbuka: “Chigaŵa cha Pakati”
- Turkish: “Merkez Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Центральний регіон”
- Urdu: “وسطی علاقہ، ملاوی”
- Uzbek: “Markaziy Region”
- Zulu: “Central Region, Malawi”
- Zulu: “Central Region”
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