Mzuzu

Mzuzu is the capital and largest city in the Northern Region of . The city has advanced hotels, inns, areas of interest, and many other things. The common language in the city is Chitumbuka, however, basic English is also understood.
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  • Type: City with 150,000 residents
  • Description: city in Malawi
  • Historically known as: “Kaningina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mzuzu Airport.

Aerodrome
is an serving Mzuzu, the capital city of the of the .

Mzuzu

Latitude
-11.4608° or 11° 27′ 39″ south
Longitude
34.0226° or 34° 1′ 22″ east
Population
150,000
Elevation
1,275 metres (4,183 feet)
IATA airport code
ZZU
United Nations Location Code
MW ZZU
Open location code
5GWPG2QF+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262183934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
925475
Wiki­data ID
Q502216
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Mzuzu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مدينة مزوزو”
  • Arabic: “مزوزو”
  • Asturian: “Mzuzu”
  • Bengali: “মুজু”
  • Breton: “Mzuzu”
  • Bulgarian: “Мзузу”
  • Catalan: “Mzuzu”
  • Chinese: “姆祖祖”
  • Czech: “Mzuzu”
  • Danish: “Mzuzu”
  • Dutch: “Mzuzu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مزوزو”
  • Esperanto: “Mzuzo”
  • Finnish: “Mzuzu”
  • French: “Mzuzu”
  • Galician: “Mzuzu”
  • Georgian: “მზუზუ”
  • German: “Mzuzu”
  • Greek: “Μζούζου”
  • Gujarati: “મઝુઝુ”
  • Hebrew: “מזוזו”
  • Hindi: “ज़ू ज़ू”
  • Icelandic: “Mzuzu”
  • Indonesian: “Mzuzu”
  • Irish: “Mzuzu”
  • Italian: “Mzuzu”
  • Japanese: “ムズズ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಜುಜು”
  • Korean: “음주주”
  • Latvian: “Mzuzu”
  • Lithuanian: “Mzuzu”
  • Malay: “Mzuzu”
  • Marathi: “मझूझू”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mzuzu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mzuzu”
  • Norwegian: “Mzuzu”
  • Nyanja: “Mzuzu”
  • Persian: “مزوزو”
  • Polish: “Mzuzu”
  • Portuguese: “Mzuzu”
  • Romanian: “Mzuzu”
  • Russian: “Мзузу”
  • Serbian: “Mzuzu”
  • Serbian: “Мзузу”
  • Sinhala: “ම්සුසු”
  • Slovenian: “Mzuzu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مزوزو”
  • Spanish: “Kaningina”
  • Spanish: “Mzuzu”
  • Swahili: “Mzuzu”
  • Swedish: “Mzuzu”
  • Tamil: “ம்ஸுஸு”
  • Telugu: “ముజుజు”
  • Thai: “มซูซุ”
  • Tumbuka: “Mzuzu”
  • Turkish: “Mzuzu”
  • Ukrainian: “Мзузу”
  • Urdu: “مزوزو”
  • Venetian: “Mzuzu”
  • Vietnamese: “Mzuzu”
  • Zulu: “Mzuzu”

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