Chongoni
Chongoni is a densely forested highland reserve located in the Dedza District of Central Malawi, Malawi. Encompassing over 126 km² of rugged granite hills and valleys, it is internationally renowned for hosting the Chongoni Rock-Art Area, a UNESCO World Heritage site containing the richest and most concentrated collection of prehistoric and historic rock paintings in Central Africa.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: archaeological site
- Description: rock art in the Central Region of Malawi
- Also known as: “Chongoni Rock Art Area”
Chongoni
- Location: Central Malawi, Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-14.246° or 14° 14′ 46″ southLongitude
34.254° or 34° 15′ 14″ eastOpen location code
5GQPQ733+JHWikidata ID
Q832262
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Chongoni” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Chongoni-rotskunsgebied”
- Armenian: “Չանգոնիի ժայռապատկերներ”
- Asturian: “Arte rupestre de Chongoni”
- Azerbaijani: “Çonqoni qaya təsvirləri”
- Belarusian: “Чангоні”
- Catalan: “Art rupestre de Chongoni”
- Chinese: “琼戈尼岩石艺术区”
- Chinese: “瓊戈尼岩石藝術區”
- Croatian: “Chongoni”
- Czech: “Chongoni”
- Danish: “Chongoniområdets klippekunst”
- Dutch: “Chongoni”
- Esperanto: “Rokarto de Chongoni”
- Finnish: “Chongoni”
- French: “Art rupestre de Chongoni”
- French: “Chongoni”
- Galician: “Arte rupestre de Chongoni”
- Georgian: “ჩონგონის კლდის მხატვრობა”
- German: “Chongoni”
- Hebrew: “אתרי אמנות הסלע בצ’ונגוני”
- Hindi: “चोंगोनी पाषाण कला क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Chongoni sziklarajzai”
- Italian: “Arte rupestre di Chongoni”
- Japanese: “チョンゴニ・ロック‐アート地域”
- Japanese: “チョンゴニの岩絵地域”
- Japanese: “チョンゴニ岩石芸術地域”
- Japanese: “チョンゴニ森林保護区”
- Kotava: “Chongoni”
- Lithuanian: “Čongonio uolų tapybos vietovė”
- Maltese: “Chongoni”
- Maltese: “Żona tat-Tpittir fuq il-Blat ta‘ Chongoni”
- Maltese: “Żona tat-Tpittir fuq il-Blat ta’ Chongoni”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chongoniområdets steinkunst”
- Norwegian: “Chongoniområdets steinkunst”
- Polish: “Chongoni”
- Portuguese: “Arte rupestre de Chongoni”
- Russian: “Наскальные изображения в Чонгони”
- Russian: “Наскальные рисунки Чонгони”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chongoni”
- Slovenian: “Območje skalne umetnosti Chongoni”
- Spanish: “Arte rupestre de Chongoni”
- Swedish: “Chongoni”
- Turkish: “Chongoni Kaya Sanatı Bölgesi”
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