 Malawi
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
13 30 S, 34 00 E |
| Area |
total: 118,480 sq km land: 94,080 sq km water: 24,400 sq km |
| Climate |
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) |
| Terrain |
narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains |
| Population |
13,603,181 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census) |
| Imports |
food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment |
| Exports |
tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel |
| Hazards |
NA |
| Resources |
limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite |
| Geography |
landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature |
| Nationality |
noun: Malawian(s) adjective: Malawian |
| Capital |
name: Lilongwe geographic coordinates: 13 59 S, 33 44 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.mw |
| Internet Users |
52,500 (2005) |
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