Kasungu

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Kasungu
Kasungu (Malawi)
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Coordinates 13 ° 2 ′  S , 33 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 2 ′  S , 33 ° 29 ′  E
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Basic data
Country Malawi
ISO 3166-2 MW
height 1050 m
surface -
Metropolitan area 7878 km²
Residents 58,653 (2018)
Metropolitan area 480,659 (2003)
density -Template: Infobox location / maintenance / density
Metropolitan area 61  Ew. / km²

Kasungu is a city at an altitude of 1200 meters in the central region of Malawi and has a population of 58,653 (2018 census). It is the capital of the district of the same name , which has an area of ​​7878 km² and a population of 480,659 (2003). Kasungu is connected to the national power grid. A separate reservoir is used to supply drinking water. The Kasungu National Park begins 20 kilometers west of the city and has a high density of animals. There is a lodge there with catering and overnight accommodation for upscale tourism.

The district of Kasungu is located in the eroded highlands above the Dwangwa Valley , also known as the sand field, which extends south to Dowa . It is an area of subsistence and hunger. With Chiradzulu and Mulanje , he shares the lowest ranks of food security in the country.

Kasungu has an asphalted 1200 meter long and 17 meter wide runway for aircraft, a weekly market, a supermarket, a hotel, a gas station, elementary and secondary schools, Malawi's only school for the blind - run by the Christoffel Mission for the Blind - and a hospital.

sons and daughters of the town