Geography



Malawi is a country in south-eastern Africa and is known as the “warm heart of Africa”. It’s a very poor country and has a population of about 13,931,831 people. The country borders to Mosamik, Tanzania and Zambia. Malawi has many rivers and one well known is the Lake Malawi which is the third largest lake in Africa. The Great Rift Valley runs through the country from north to south. The Valley has also a large group with lakes called the Rift Valley lakes. These lakes are one of the deepest, largest and oldest lakes in the whole world. Malawi consists of several plateaux that rise from 3000 meters to 10000 feet. Mount Mulanje is the highest mountain in Africa and is 3048 meters high, and is known as a large monadnock. Monadnock is often an isolated small mountains or rock hills. Malawi’s capital is Lilongwe and has a population of about 400 000 people. It’s been the capital since 1971. Major towns are Blantyre, Limbe and Salima, but Blantyre is the biggest city, and have a population of 500 000 people. The city is often used as a stopover when you arrive or leave Malawi, and if you are interested to see beautiful beaches of Lake Malawi, this is the perfect place for you to go.



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