Lilongwe
Sign in to saveLilongwe (, ,) is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020, that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi. It is named after the Lilongwe River.
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Lilongwe is the capital and largest city of Malawi, with a population that has grown from 674,448 in 2008 to over 1.1 million by 2020. Located in central Malawi near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, it serves as a crucial economic and transportation hub for the region.
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- Locality
- Lilongwe
- Region
- Lilongwe
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 1,115,815
- Timezone
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Lilongwe (, ,) is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020, that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi. It is named after the Lilongwe River.
==History== Lilongwe was first set up as a boma by the local leader Njewa around 1902, and later became an administrative centre in 1904. In the 1920s, its location at the junction of several major roadways increased its importance as an agricultural market centre for the fertile Central Region Plateau.