| Official
Name : |
REPUBLIC OF MALAWI. (formerly Nyasaland) |
| Total
Area: |
118,484
square kilometres. |
| Population: |
15.9 million
( 2011 estimate). |
| Languages: |
English (official), Chichewa (national), Chilomwe, Chiyao. |
| Religions: |
Christian 70%, Muslim 20%, Traditional 10%. |
| Capital: |
Lilongwe, Population 821,000 (2009 census) |
| Currency: |
Kwacha, divided into 100 tambala. |
| Independant: |
6 July 1964, from United Kingdom. |
| Geography: |
Traversing the country north-south, the Great Rift Valley contains Lake Malawi and the Shire River Valley that drains southeast from the lake. The largely infertile central plateau rises in the north to 2600 metres in the Viphya Mountains. To the south, the widely cultivated Shire Highlands reach the highest elevation in the Mulange Massif. |
| Flag: |
The flag of Malawi has three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band. -the sun is now a complete circle and is white, the colours altered [now red on top, black centre and green below. (adopted on 29 July 2010) UM will change this. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Malawi |
