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Blantyre
Busy road in Blantyre City
Busy road in Blantyre City
Blantyre is located in Malawi
Blantyre
Blantyre
Location in Malawi
Blantyre is located in Africa
Blantyre
Blantyre
Blantyre (Africa)
Coordinates: 15°47′10″S 35°0′21″E / 15.78611°S 35.00583°E / -15.78611; 35.00583
CountryBlantyre Malawi
RegionSouthern Region
DistrictBlantyre District
Founded1876
Municipality1895
Government
 • MayorWild Ndipo
Area
 • Total240 km2 (90 sq mi)
Elevation
1,039 m (3,409 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total800,264[1]
Time zone+2
HDI (2017)0.541[2]
medium
ClimateAw
Websitewww.bccmw.com

Blantyre (UK: /ˈblænˌtə/) 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. It is the capital of the country's Southern Region as well as the Blantyre District.

  1. ^ National Statistical Office of Malawi. "2018 Population and Housing Census". Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

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