Balaka Township, Malawi

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Location of Balaka in Malawi
Location of Balaka in Malawi

Balaka, population 14,298 (1998), is a township in the Southern Region of Malawi, the headquarters of the Balaka District.

A growing commercial center on the road from Zomba to Lilongwe, as well as on a Blantyre-Salima rail route, it was formerly a boma of Machinga District, before the Balaka District was created in 1998.