Nkhotakota

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Nkhotakota
Nkhotakota (Malawi)
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Coordinates 12 ° 56 ′  S , 34 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 12 ° 56 ′  S , 34 ° 18 ′  E
location
Basic data
Country Malawi

region

Central region
District Nkhotakota
ISO 3166-2 MW-NK
height 513 m
surface -
Metropolitan area 4259 km²
Residents 28,350 (2018)
Metropolitan area 230,000 (2003)
density -Template: Infobox location / maintenance / density
Metropolitan area 54  Ew. / km²

Nkhotakota is a city in the central region of Malawi with 28,350 inhabitants (as of 2018, census). It is the capital of the district of the same name , which has an area of ​​4259 km² and 230,000 inhabitants. The city has two hospitals, a branch of the National Bank of Malawi , an airfield, is connected to the national power grid and its port is regularly called by the MS Ilala. A road leads towards Nkhata Bay .

In Nkhotakota there is a large longhouse mission church, which is a testimony to the missionary work that started here on Likoma Island in Lake Malawi. The mission holder was the Universities Mission to Central Africa (UMCA).

On the hillside above the city is the 1,800 square kilometer Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve , which stretches north on the west bank of the lake to Dwangwa .

Nkhotakota is also known as one of the oldest market towns in sub-Saharan Africa and as the last Arab raid station (raid (Arabic) = slave hunt). Slaves and merchandise came across the lake on dhows . The place was formerly known as a trading center for slavery and for ivory . The Arab slave traders did not come further south. Her head was hanged by the British.

With the support of the Geothermal Development Company from Kenya together with Geothermal Projects Malawi , investigations have been carried out in the vicinity of the city since 2010 for the purpose of generating energy with geothermal systems. Thermal springs occur here, the outlet temperatures of which are up to 78 degrees Celsius.

Nkhotakota was also known for a wild fig tree under which David Livingstone met the chief Juma ben Saidi ("Jumbe") on September 10, 1863, who greeted him with 50 followers in a friendly manner.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cay Lienau : Malawi. Geography of an underdeveloped country . Wissenschaftliche Länderkunden, Vol. 20, Darmstadt 1981, pp. 151–152
  2. ↑ Malawi TMC: Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve . on www.malawitourism.com (English)
  3. ↑ Cay Lienau: Malawi. 1981, p. 150
  4. ↑ UNEP : Nkhotakota Geothermal Power Project (PIN) . on www.malawi.acp-cd4cdm.org (English)
  5. ↑ Kondwani Thapasila Gondwe: Geothermal Energy Utilization Model for Nkhotakota Geothermal Springs in Malawi . UNU -GTP, Geothermal Training Program, Report 2015, No. 12, Reykjavík , online at www.os.is (English) PDF document p. 3, 4–5, map on p. 6, also p. 8
  6. ↑ Malawi National Commission for UNESCO: Malawi Slave Routes and Dr. David Livingstone Trail . at www.whc.unesco.org (English)
  7. ↑ Lonely Planet : Livingstone Tree. Historic site in Nkhotakota . on www.lonelyplanet.com (English)