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.
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Southern Malawi
- Type: region of Malawi with 7,750,000 residents
- Description: region of Malawi
- Also known as: “Južna regija”, “Region del Sur”, “Region Sud”, “Southern Province”, “Southern Region”, “Southern Region, Malawi”, “Südregion”, “Паўднёвы рэгіён (Малаві)”, and “南部州 (マラウイ)”
- Neighbors: Central Malawi
- Location: Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-15.5° or 15° 30′ south
Longitude of center
35° east
Population
7,750,000
Elevation
556 metres (1,824 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Southern Malawi” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ደቡብ Region”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənub bölgəsi”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы рэгіён”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ Region”
- Bulgarian: “Южен регион”
- Catalan: “Regió del Sud”
- Catalan: “Regió Sud”
- Cebuano: “Southern Region”
- Chinese: “南部区”
- Chinese: “南部區”
- Chinese: “南马拉维”
- Czech: “Jižní kraj”
- Danish: “Sydregionen (Malawi)”
- Danish: “Sydregionen”
- Dutch: “Southern”
- Esperanto: “Suda Regiono”
- Finnish: “Eteläinen alue”
- French: “Malawi Sud”
- French: “Région Sud”
- French: “Sud”
- Fulah: “Fedde Fuuta, Malawi”
- Galician: “Rexión Sur, Malawi”
- Galician: “Rexión Sur”
- Georgian: “მალავის სამხრეთი რეგიონი”
- German: “Southern Region”
- Greek: “Νότια Περιφέρεια”
- Hausa: “Yankin Kudanci”
- Hausa: “Yankunan Region”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום (מלאווי)”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום”
- Italian: “Malawi meridionale”
- Italian: “regione Meridionale”
- Italian: “Regione Meridionale”
- Japanese: “南部州”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Kidul”
- Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Region”
- Kirghiz: “Түштүк Region”
- Korean: “남부주”
- Korean: “남부지구”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų regionas”
- Malay: “Rantau Selatan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Chiu (Malawi)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Southern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern”
- Norwegian: “Southern”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Kibbaa”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар регион”
- Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ Region”
- Persian: “منطقه جنوبی مالاوی”
- Polish: “Region Południowy”
- Portuguese: “Região Sul”
- Pushto: “سوېلي Region”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Southern, Malawi”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Southern”
- Russian: “Южная провинция”
- Russian: “Южный регион”
- Serbian: “Јужни регион”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු කලාපය, මලාවි”
- Slovenian: “Southern Region”
- Somali: “Gobolka Koonfureed”
- Spanish: “Región del Sur”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Kusini, Malawi”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Kusini”
- Swedish: “Southern Region, Malawi”
- Swedish: “Southern Region”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Ҷануб”
- Tatar: “Көньяк Region”
- Tatar: “Көньяк төбәге”
- Tumbuka: “Chigaŵa cha Kummwela”
- Turkish: “Güney Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Південний регіон”
- Urdu: “جنوبی علاقہ، ملاوی”
- Uzbek: “Janub Region”
- Zulu: “Southern Region, Malawi”
- Zulu: “Southern Region”
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