List of cities in Malawi
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This is a list of towns in Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

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Northern Region

  • Chitipa
    Chitipa
    Chitipa is the capital of Chitipa District, Malawi and the birthplace of Malawian lawyer, politician, and philanthropist James Nyondo. It is also known as Fort Hill. It is very near Malawi's tri-point border with Zambia and Tanzania.-Demographics:...

  • Chilumba
    Chilumba
    Chilumba is a town in Malawi. It is located on the north-western coast of Lake Malawi, close to Karonga, in the Northern Region. Its population is between 2000 and 5000. The section of lake facing Chilumba is called Chilumba Bay....

  • Ekwendeni
    Ekwendeni
    Ekwendeni is a town in the Northern Region of Malawi. It lies about from Mzuzu, in the Mzimba district.Ekwendeni was started by Scottish missionaries. It has one of the oldest churches in Malawi belonging to the Malawi equivalent of the Church of Scotland. The hospital began in the 1890s as a...

  • Karonga
    Karonga
    Karonga is a township in the Karonga District in Northern Region of Malawi. Located on the western shore of Lake Nyasa, it was established as a slaving centre sometime before 1877. As of 2008 estimates, Karonga has a population of 42,555.-History:...

  • Likoma
    Likoma, Malawi
    Likoma is the main town on Likoma Island in Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Likoma District.Perhaps the most famous attraction of Likoma is the Anglican Cathedral of Likoma. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Peter, whose statue faces the lake...

  • Livingstonia
    Livingstonia
    Livingstonia or Kondowe is a town located in the Northern Region district of Rumphi in Malawi. It is 270 miles north of the capital, Lilongwe. The town of Mzuzu can be reached on tarred road in about 2-3 hours....

  • Mzimba
    Mzimba
    Mzimba is a town in the Mzimba District of Malawi. The district comprises descendants of Tumbuka and Ngoni peoples.The district of Mzimba comprises a number of Traditional Authorities from the Ngoni people. The head of these Traditional Authorities, or Paramount Chief , is M'Mbelwa IV.-Demographics:...

  • Mzuzu
    Mzuzu
    Mzuzu is the capital of Malawi's Northern Region and is the third largest city, by population, in Malawi. The City has 128,432 residents plus 20,000 commuters with about 1.7 million people living around the outskirts of the city...

  • Nkhata Bay
    Nkhata Bay
    Nkhata Bay or just Nkhata is the capital of the Nkhata Bay District in Malawi. It is on the shore of Lake Malawi , east of Mzuzu, and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. The population of Nkhata Bay is estimated to be 14,722 as of 2008. Nkhata Bay is from Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital city, and ...

  • Rumphi
    Rumphi
    Rumphi is the capital of the Rumphi District in the Northern Region of Malawi. It is a lively town with a market which serves the widespread tobacco farming community....

  • Chintheche
    Chintheche
    Chintheche is a settlement in the Nkhata Bay District of the Northern Region of Malawi. It is on the shore of Lake Malawi, and is approximately south of Nkhata Bay. The town is close to the main road between Nkhata Bay and Nkhotakota.-History:...

  • Champhira
  • Jenda
  • Embangweni
    Embangweni
    The town of Embangweni is located in the Mzimba district in the Northern Region of Malawi. Its population is approximately 5,000 people. Embangweni is some two hours away from Mzuzu....

  • Edingeni

Central Region

  • Bwanje
  • Chipoka
    Chipoka
    Chipoka is a town located in the Central Region district of Salima, in Malawi. It is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi.Nearby towns and villages include Chaseta , Ndembo , Kalombola , Lowe , Mazenjele , Chikanda , Milala , Mkangawi , Mzembela , Pemba and Kachindamoto....

  • Dedza
    Dedza
    Dedza is the main township of Dedza District in the Central Region of Malawi.Dedza is located about 85 km south of Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, off the M1 road to Blantyre at a point where a trans-African highway from Johannesburg enters the country....

  • Dowa
    Dowa
    Dowa is a town located in the Central Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Dowa District. William Kamkwamba, author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, was born and raised in Dowa....

  • Kasungu
    Kasungu
    Kasungu is a town in the Kasungu District of the Central Region of Malawi. The population of Kasungu is estimated to be 59,696 as of 2008.Kasungu is approximately north-west of the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, and is east of Kasungu National Park...

  • Lilongwe
    Lilongwe
    Lilongwe, estimated population 902,388 as of 2009, is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It lies in the country's central region, on the Lilongwe River, near the border of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, and on the main north-south highway of Malawi, the M1.-History:The city started life as a...

  • Linthipe
  • Lobi
  • Madisi
  • Malaomo
  • Mayani
  • Mchinji
    Mchinji
    Mchinji is a town in the Mchinji District of the Central Region of Malawi. As of 2008 estimates, Mchinji has a population of 25,184. The area's economy is sustained by rain-fed agriculture, although the town is currently in the midst of a food crisis. Mchinji is also a major railroad junction,...

  • Mponela
    Mponela
    Mponela is a town in Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi.-References:...

  • Mua
    MUA
    Mua may refer to:* Mua, MalawiMUA may refer to:* Mail user agent, another term for an email client* Make-up artist* Manipulation under anesthesia* Maritime Union of Australia* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance* Medical University of the Americas – Nevis...

  • Namitete
    Namitete
    Namitete is a town located in the Central Region district of Lilongwe in Malawi....

  • Mitundu
  • Nathenje
    Nathenje
    Nathenje is a town located in the Central Region district of Lilongwe in Malawi....

  • Nkhotakota
    Nkhotakota
    Nkhotakota is a town and one of the districts in the Central Region of Malawi. It is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. As of 2008, Nkhotakota had a population estimated at 33,150...

  • Nkhoma
    Nkhoma
    Nkhoma is a hill in the Lilongwe District of Malawi. South African missionaries established a mission in 1889 and named mission after the hill....

  • Nponela
  • Ntcheu
    Ntcheu
    Ntcheu is a town located in the Central Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Ntcheu District.Ntcheu is known for its produce like Irish potatoes.-Demographics:...

  • Ntchisi
    Ntchisi
    Ntchisi is a town located in the Central Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Ntchisi District.-Demographics:-References:...

  • Salima
    Salima
    -Demographics:...

  • Thete
  • Tsangano

Southern Region

  • Balaka
    Balaka (Malawi)
    Balaka is a township in Southern Region, Malawi and headquarters for the Balaka District. The township was formerly a boma of Machinga District, before the Balaka District was created in 1998....

  • Bangula
    Bangula
    Bangula is a town of about 5000 population in southern Malawi. There is also a commune of the same name. Its elevation is 100m.- Transport :...

  • Blantyre
    Blantyre, Malawi
    Blantyre or Mandala is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, the largest city with an estimated 732,518 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe...

  • Chikwawa
    Chikwawa
    Chikwawa is a town located in the Southern Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Chikwawa District....

  • Chiradzulu
    Chiradzulu
    Chiradzulu is a town in Malawi, and the administrative capital of the Chiradzulu District....

  • Chileka
  • Chiponde
  • Domasi
    Domasi
    Domasi is a community in Malawi to the northeast of Zomba.It is the location of the Domasi College of Education.The Shallow Well Project funded by the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana in Urbana, Illinois, United States is providing safe drinking water for the villages around Domasi. As of 2004,...

  • Lilangwe
  • Limbe
    Limbe, Malawi
    Limbe is a town in Malawi. It is located in Blantyre District. It is the operational headquarters and workshops for Malawi Railways.- Overview :Limbe is 7 miles east of Blantyre and was founded in 1909. Blantyre Briefly merged with Limbe in 1956....

  • Liwonde
    Liwonde
    -Geography:Located in Machinga District on the Shire River along the main road connecting Zomba to Lilongwe, Liwonde is an important crossroad linking the four districts in the area . Liwonde, in an African sense, is a transportation hub...

  • Luchenza
    Luchenza
    Luchenza is a town located in the Southern Region district of Thyolo in Malawi.-Demographics:-References:...

  • Lunzu
  • Machinga
    Machinga
    The Machinga are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Lindi Region on the southern Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania. In 1987 the Machinga population was estimated to number 36,000 ....

  • Malosa
  • Mangochi
    Mangochi
    Mangochi is a township in the Southern Region of Malawi. Located near the southern end of Lake Malawi, in colonial times it used to be called Fort Johnston. As of 2008 it has a population of 51,429.-History:...

  • Monkey Bay
    Monkey Bay
    Monkey Bay or Lusumbwe is a town in Mangochi whichi is in the Mangochi District in the Southern Region of Malawi. The town is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. The population of Monkey Bay is estimated to be 14,591 as of 2008. Monkey Bay is from Lilongwe,...

  • Mulanje
    Mulanje
    Mulanje is a town in the Southern Region of Malawi close to the border of Mozambique. It is near the Mulanje Massif.Mulanje is the headquarters of the conservation group, the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust....

  • Mwanza
  • Namadzi
  • Namwera
  • Ngabu
  • Nchalo
  • Njata
  • Nsanje
    Nsanje
    Nsanje is the main town in Nsanje District within the Southern Region of Malawi.- Transport :The town is the headquarters of Malawi Railways. The railway at Nsanje is however closed needing major investment...

  • Phalombe
    Phalombe
    Phalombe is a town approx. 40 km northeast of Mulanje in southern Malawi.It is situated below the Fort Lister Gap between the two larger parts of the Mulanje Massif. Due to this location it is vulnerable for flash floods, which can easily occur during the rainy season...

  • Thyolo
    Thyolo
    Thyolo is a town located in the Southern Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Thyolo District. The current President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, was born in Thyolo.Economy...

  • Zalewa
  • Zomba
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