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Mponela is a town in Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi.

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Place details

Locality
Mponela
Region
Dowa
Country
Malawi
Population
27,681
Timezone
Africa/Blantyre

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Key facts

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Mponela
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300px
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Malawi
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240
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bottom
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Location in Malawi
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Country
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Region
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Central Region
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District
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Dowa District
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Imperial
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2018 Census
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24,543
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+2
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Malawi
Located in
Dowa District
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Roadside stores in Mponela I (?) (15058240061).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Demographics
  • References

Mponela is a town in Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi.

Mponela lies at 1,200 m in the Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi, 60 km north of Lilongwe, with a population of 24,543 (2018 Census). It is on the tarred road between Lilongwe–Mzuzu, is connected with power and phone lines and has an airstrip.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mponela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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