Lilongwe

Lilongwe 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.
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  • City with about 989,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,050 metres (3,440 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code LLW
  • Description: capital of Malawi

Places of Interest

Highlights include Civo Stadium and Lilongwe Wildlife Center.
Stadium
The , formerly Stade des Jeunes, is a stadium located in Lilongwe, .
The Lilongwe Wildlife Centre is a wildlife sanctuary…
Hotel
is a hotel located on the main city…
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Latitude
-13.9875° or 13° 59′ 15″ south
Longitude
33.7681° or 33° 46′ 5″ east
UN/LOCODE
MW LLW
Open location code
5GRM2Q69+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lilongwe” goes by many names.
LilongweAfrikaans
LilongweAlbanian
ሊሎንጔAmharic
ليلونغويArabic
LilongweAragonese
ԼիլոնգվեArmenian
LilongüeAsturian
LilonqveAzerbaijani
LilongweBalinese
LilongweBasque
ЛілонгвэBelarusian
লিলংগুয়েBengali
LilongweBosnian
LilongweBreton
ЛилонгвеBulgarian
LilongweCatalan
LilongweCebuano
Lilongwe (ulohang dakbayan)Cebuano
لیلۆنگوێCentral Kurdish
ЛилонгвеChechen
利隆圭Chinese
LilongweCroatian
LilongweCzech
LilongweDanish
LilongweDutch
ليلونجوىEgyptian Arabic
LilongvoEsperanto
LilongweEstonian
LilongüeExtremaduran
LilongweFiji Hindi
LilongweFinnish
LilongweGalician
LilongweGanda
ლილონგვეGeorgian
ΛιλόνγκουεGreek
LilongueGuarani
લિલોંગ્વેGujarati
LilongweHaitian
LilongweHakka Chinese
LilongweHausa
לילונגווהHebrew
लिलोंगवेHindi
लिलोंगवेलHindi
LilongweHungarian
LílongveIcelandic
LilongweIcelandic
LilongweIdo
LilongweInari Sami
LilongweIndonesian
LilongweInterlingua
LilongweInterlingue
LilongweIrish
LilongweItalian
リロングウェJapanese
LilongweJavanese
LilongweKabyle
ಲಿಲೊಂಗ್ವೆKannada
ЛилонгвеKarachay-Balkar
LilongweKarekare
ЛилонгвеKazakh
លីឡុងវេKhmer
ЛилонгвеKirghiz
LilongweKongo
릴롱궤Korean
LilongweKotava
LilongweLatin
LilongveLatvian
LilongweLigurian
LilongweLingua Franca Nova
LilongvėLithuanian
LilongveLivvi
LilongweLombard
LilongweLow German
LilongweLower Sorbian
LilongweLuxembourgish
ЛилонгвеMacedonian
LilongweMalagasy
LilongweMalay
ലിലോൻഗ്വേMalayalam
लिलाँग्वेMarathi
لیلونگوهMazanderani
LilongweMin Dong Chinese
LilongweMin Nan Chinese
LilongweMinangkabau
ლილონგვეMingrelian
ЛилонгвэMoksha
ليلونڭويMoroccan Arabic
LilongweNorthern Frisian
LilongweNorwegian
LilongweNorwegian Bokmål
LilongweNorwegian Nynorsk
LilongweNovial
LilongweNyanja
LilongweOccitan (post 1500)
ЛилонгвеOssetian
ਲਿਲਾਂਗਵੇPanjabi
LilongwePapiamento
لیلونگوهPersian
LilongwePiemontese
LilongwePolish
لیلونګوهPushto
LilongweRomanian
ЛилонгвеRussian
LilongvėSamogitian
LilongweSardinian
LilongweScots
LilongweScottish Gaelic
ЛилонгвеSerbian
LilongweSerbo-Croatian
LilongweShona
ليلونگويSindhi
ලිලොන්ග්වේSinhala
LilongweSlovak
LilongweSlovenian
LilongweSomali
لیلونگوهSouth Azerbaijani
LilongweSouthern Sotho
LilongweSwahili
LilongweSwedish
Lilongwe (huvudstaden)Swedish
LilongweTagalog
ЛилонгвеTajik
LilongveTalysh
LilonqveTalysh
லிலொங்வேTamil
లిలోంగ్వేTelugu
ลิลองเวThai
ལི་ལོང་ཀུའེ།Tibetan
LilongweTumbuka
LilongweTurkish
ЛилонгвеUdmurt
ЛілонгвеUkrainian
ЛілонґвеUkrainian
LilongweUpper Sorbian
لیلونگوےUrdu
LilongveUzbek
LilongweVenetian
LilongveVeps
LilongweVietnamese
LilongweVolapük
LilongweWaray (Philippines)
LilongweWelsh
LilongweWestern Frisian
ЛилонгвеWestern Mari
لیلیونگوےWestern Panjabi
LilongweWolof
利隆圭Wu Chinese
לילאנגוועYiddish
LilongweYoruba
里朗威Yue Chinese
i-LilongweZulu
LilongweZulu
Lilonhue
ma tomo Lilonwe

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