Southern Malawi
Southern Malawi is the southern most region of Malawi, extending south from Lake Malawi and including Lakes Malombe and Chilwa. It is the most populated region, with the most European influence and the commercial capital of Blantyre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Blantyre and Zomba.
Blantyre
Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 as of 2018. It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe.Zomba
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Zomba is a small town in Malawi about 1 hr from Blantyre. It was the capital of Malawi until Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the first president, moved the capital to Lilongwe.
Lake Malawi National Park
Lake Malawi National Park is a national park at the southern end of Lake Malawi in Malawi, Southeast Africa. It is the only national park in Malawi that was created with the purpose of protecting fish and aquatic habitats.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mount Mulanje and Mangochi.
Mount Mulanje
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Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve is a park in Southern Malawi. It is named for Mount Mulanje, which, at 3002 m, is the highest mountain in southern central Africa.
Mangochi
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Mangochi is a township in the Southern Region of Malawi. Located near the southern end of Lake Malawi, in colonial times it used to be called Fort Johnston. As of 2018, it has a population of 53,498.
Monkey Bay
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Monkey Bay is at the southern end of Lake Malawi, in the Southern Region of Malawi. It is a small port town, home to large monkey population and gateway to Cape Maclear and the world heritage listed Lake Malawi National Park.
Liwonde National Park
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Liwonde National Park, also known as Liwonde Wildlife Reserve, is a national park in southern Malawi, near the Mozambique border. The park was established in 1973, and has been managed by the nonprofit conservation organization African Parks since August 2015.
Chikwawa
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Chikwawa is a town with a population of 6,114 according to the 2018 census located in the Southern Region of Malawi on the west bank of the Shire River.
Cape Maclear
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Cape Maclear is a small fishing village on Lake Nyasa in Malawi. It has one dirt road leading into town. Along this road, there are a few hostels, some dive shops, a handful of vendors selling curios and fruit and a few bars.
Majete Wildlife Reserve
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Majete Wildlife Reserve is a nature reserve in southwestern Malawi, established as a protected area in 1955. The reserve's animal populations were decimated during the late 1970s and 1980s due to poaching and other human activities.
Southern Malawi
- Type: region of Malawi with 7,750,000 residents
- Description: region of Malawi
- Also known as: “Southern Province”, “Southern Region”, and “Southern Region, Malawi”
- Neighbors: Central Malawi
- Location: Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Zulu—“Southern Malawi” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Cənub bölgəsi”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы рэгіён (Малаві)”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы рэгіён”
- Bulgarian: “Южен регион”
- Catalan: “Regió del Sud”
- Catalan: “Regió Sud”
- Cebuano: “Southern Region”
- Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Chiu”
- Chinese: “南部区”
- Chinese: “南部區”
- Chinese: “南马拉维”
- Dutch: “Southern”
- Esperanto: “Suda Regiono”
- Finnish: “Eteläinen alue”
- French: “Malawi Sud”
- French: “Region Sud”
- French: “Région Sud”
- French: “Sud”
- Fulah: “Fedde Fuuta, Malawi”
- Galician: “Rexión Sur, Malawi”
- Galician: “Rexión Sur”
- Georgian: “მალავის სამხრეთი რეგიონი”
- German: “Southern Region”
- German: “Southern”
- German: “Südregion”
- Greek: “Νότια Περιφέρεια”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום (מלאווי)”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום”
- Italian: “Malawi meridionale”
- Italian: “regione Meridionale”
- Italian: “Regione Meridionale”
- Japanese: “南部州 (マラウイ)”
- Japanese: “南部州”
- Korean: “남부주”
- Korean: “남부지구”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų regionas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Chiu (Malawi)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Southern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern Region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern”
- Norwegian: “Southern”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар регион”
- Persian: “منطقه جنوبی مالاوی”
- Polish: “Region Południowy”
- Portuguese: “Região Sul”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Southern, Malawi”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Southern”
- Russian: “Южная провинция”
- Russian: “Южный регион”
- Serbian: “Јужни регион”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු කලාපය, මලාවි”
- Slovenian: “Južna regija”
- Slovenian: “Southern Region”
- Spanish: “Region del Sur”
- Spanish: “Región del Sur”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Kusini, Malawi”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Kusini”
- Swedish: “Southern Region, Malawi”
- Swedish: “Southern Region”
- Tatar: “Көньяк төбәге”
- Tumbuka: “Chigaŵa cha Kummwela”
- Turkish: “Güney Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Південний регіон”
- Urdu: “جنوبی علاقہ، ملاوی”
- Zulu: “Southern Region, Malawi”
- Zulu: “Southern Region”
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