Mchinji
Sign in to saveMchinji is a town and the capital of the Mchinji District in the Central Region of Malawi. Mchinji Boma, located from the Zambian border and from the national capital, Lilongwe, is the major hub of government and general business. The area's economy is sustained by rain-fed agriculture.
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- Locality
- Mchinji
- Region
- Mchinji
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 31,592
- Timezone
- Africa/Blantyre
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Mchinji
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Malawi
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Malawi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mchinji District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 28,011
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Languages
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- +2
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1181
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Malawi
- Located in
- Mchinji District
- Elevation
- 1181
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Mchinji District
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Population development
- Languages
- Economy
- Politics And Traditional Authority Areas
- Orphanage
- Education
- Religion
- Medical
- Transport
- References
Mchinji is a town and the capital of the Mchinji District in the Central Region of Malawi. Mchinji Boma, located from the Zambian border and from the national capital, Lilongwe, is the major hub of government and general business. The area's economy is sustained by rain-fed agriculture.
==History== Mchinji Boma was formerly known as Fort Manning, after governor William Manning. Fort Manning was called a "fort" because the local government offices (the "boma") were once fortified.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mchinji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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