Malawi
Southern Malawi
Chikwawa District

Chikwawa

Chikwawa is a town with a population of 6,114 according to the 2018 census located in the of on the west bank of the .
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  • Type: Town with 6,990 residents
  • Description: city in Malawi
  • Also known as: “Chikhwawa”

Chikwawa

Latitude
-16.0271° or 16° 1′ 38″ south
Longitude
34.7912° or 34° 47′ 28″ east
Population
6,990
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
Open location code
5GMPXQFR+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 270501556
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
931070
Wiki­data ID
Q1022541
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zulu—“Chikwawa” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Chikwawa”
  • Cebuano: “Chikwawa (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Chikwawa”
  • Chinese: “奇夸瓦”
  • Dutch: “Chikwawa”
  • French: “Chikwawa”
  • Fulah: “Chikwawa”
  • German: “Chikwawa”
  • German: “MW-CK”
  • Italian: “Chikwawa”
  • Japanese: “チクワワ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chikwawa”
  • Nyanja: “Chikwawa”
  • Polish: “Chikwawa”
  • Romanian: “Chikwawa”
  • Swahili: “Chikwawa”
  • Swedish: “Chikwawa”
  • Turkish: “Chikwawa, Malavi”
  • Turkish: “Chikwawa”
  • Zulu: “Chikwawa”

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