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Location of Blantyre District in Malawi
Location of Blantyre District in Malawi

Blantyre is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Blantyre, a commercial city where most Malawian industrial and business offices are. The district covers an area of 2,012 km² and has a population of 809,397. It was named after Blantyre, the birth village of David Livingstone in Scotland, one of the first missionary explorers who came to Nyasaland, as Malawi was called before independence in 1964. It is also a main trading point besides the other large cities in Malawi. The other large cities are Lilongwe, which is located in the central region, and Mzuzu, which is in the northern part of Malawi.

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Blantyre District

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in Blantyre: Blantyre - Bangwe Blantyre - City East Blantyre - City South Blantyre - City South East Blantyre - City West Blantyre - Kabula Blantyre -...

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Blantyre

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well as the Blantyre District. Blantyre was founded in 1876 through the missionary work of the Church of Scotland. It was named after Blantyre, South Lanarkshire...

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Mpatamanga Hydroelectric Power Station

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in Blantyre District, in the Southern Region of Malawi. This is approximately 53 kilometres (33 mi), by road, north-west of the city of Blantyre, the...

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Blantyre mining disaster

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The Blantyre mining disaster, which happened on the morning of 22 October 1877, in Blantyre, Scotland, was Scotland's worst ever mining accident. Pits...

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Kholombidzo Hydroelectric Power Station

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be located across the Shire River, in the village of Kholombidzo, Blantyre District, in the Southern Region of Malawi. Kholombidzo, is the location of...

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Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi

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ESCOM House, along Haile Selassie Avenue, in the central business district of Blantyre, the commercial and financial capital of Malawi. The ESCOM House...

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Nyasaland

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who produced all its crops. Blantyre and East Africa Ltd had once owned 157,000 acres in Blantyre and Zomba districts, but sales to small planters reduced...

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Zomba District

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Zomba District is one of twelve districts in the Southern Region of Malawi, surrounded by the districts of Chiradzulu, Blantyre, Mulanje, Phalombe, Machinga...

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Regions of Malawi

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Capital: Lilongwe   Southern Population: 7,750,629 (2018 census) Area: 31,753 km2 (12,260 sq mi) Capital: Blantyre. Districts of Malawi ISO 3166-2:MW...

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Ngeyi Kanyongolo

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"Ngeyi Kanyongolo: Unima's first female Associate Professor of Law". Blantyre: The Malawi Nation. Retrieved 3 July 2020. Nyasa Times (29 June 2020)....

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Nyasaland famine of 1949

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In January, the District Commissioner in Blantyre District became concerned about a growing black market in maize flour in the Blantyre town market, and...

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Shire Highlands

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Kawinga (Chikala), Mpama (Chiradzulu), and Kapeni and Somba (in Blantyre District). The Yao chiefs were involved in the trade of ivory and slaves, centered...

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Blantyre and East Africa Ltd

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Blantyre and East Africa Ltd is a company that was incorporated in Scotland in 1898 and is still in existence. Its main activity was the ownership of estates...

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Mpingwe

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15°49′0″S 35°4′0″E / 15.81667°S 35.06667°E / -15.81667; 35.06667 Country  Malawi Region Southern Region District Blantyre District Time zone +2 Climate Cwa...

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Kay Chiromo

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artist and art educator. He was born in Makoka Village, T.A. Chigaru, Blantyre District. He is considered as one of the most talented and respected artists...

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James Frederick Sangala

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the Provincial Commissioner in Blantyre. He then worked for the Blantyre District Commissioner and the Blantyre District Medical Office until July 1942...

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Ntcheu District

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town or city in Ntcheu District. Nsipe lies 20 km on the route to Blantyre. Kasinje lies on the lake-shore road near Salima district. Lizulu is the headquarters...

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Nali Sauce

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founded in 1974 in Limbe, Malawi by Alford Nalilo Khoromana in Thyolo District. It was set up as a proprietorship. It was incorporated as a company on...

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List of hospitals in Malawi

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Hospitals for the District Hospitals. Blantyre Central Hospital Kamuzu Central Hospital Mzuzu Central Hospital Zomba Central Hospital The district hospitals serve...

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Nkhula B Hydroelectric Power Station

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Shire River, in Blantyre District, in the Southern Region of Malawi, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), by road, north-west of Blantyre, the financial...

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