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Key facts
- Country
- Malawi
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Total
- 35,592 km (13,742 sq mi)
- Density
- 211.38/km (547.46/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Malawi
- Country
- Malawi
- Located in
- Malawi
- Contains
- Ntchisi District
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Area
- 35592
- Elevation
- 1180
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Lake Malawi
- Shares border with
- Tete Province
- Image
- Lilongwe Banner.png
Show 3 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Central Region, Malawi
- native label
- Central Region
- language used
- Chewa
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Central Region of Malawi, population 7,523,340 (2018), covers an area of 35,592 km. Its capital city is Lilongwe, which is also the national capital. The region has an outlet on Lake Malawi and borders neighbouring countries Zambia and Mozambique. The Chewa people make up the majority of the population today.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Central Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.