Zomba (Malawi)
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 35 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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| Country | Malawi | ||
| Southern region | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | MW-S | ||
| height | 911 m | ||
| surface | 42 km² | ||
| Metropolitan area | 2580 km² | ||
| Residents | 105,013 (2018) | ||
| Metropolitan area | 546,661 | ||
| density | 2,500.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| Metropolitan area | 211.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1880 | ||
Zomba is a city in the Southern Region of the state of Malawi in southeastern Africa . With a population of 105,013 in 2018, it is the fourth largest in the country.
geography
Zomba is located in the Shire Highlands at the foot of the Zomba Plateau, which is 2000 meters above sea level. Zomba is the capital of the district of the same name, which has an area of 2580 km² and a population of 546,661.
Up to 1800 mm of precipitation can fall on the plateau per year. The area is reliably and sufficiently irrigated year-round from the plateau, which makes it a densely populated and prosperous region. The extensive reforestation of the plateau above the city with a Mexican pine species allows wood processing to develop in the city.
history
The city was founded by European landowners in the mid-1880s and came under British protectorate in 1891, from which the British colony Nyassaland emerged in 1907, the administrative seat of which was Zomba. With Malawi's independence in 1964, Zomba became the capital of the independent presidential republic. In 1975 Zomba lost its capital status to Lilongwe , but remained a seat of parliament until 1994 and still has state institutions such as the National Statistical Office and a State House (presidential palace), as well as Lilongwe and Blantyre .
Institutions
The place is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Zomba . The Church of the Province of Central Africa of the Anglican Community also has the seat of its diocese of South Malawi - Upper Shire in Zomba.
Zomba is also the headquarters of the University of Malawi and Chancellor College , the largest of the University of Malawi's five colleges that are spread across the country. This does not include the Mzuzu University , which is independent.
Town twinning
Zomba is twinned with Urbana, Illinois in the United States, according to information from there.
Sons and daughters
(Selection)
- Daniel Chitsulo (* 1983), football player
- Russel Mwafulirwa (born 1983), football player
- George Desmond Tambala (* 1968), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Zomba
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census September 3, 2018 - citypopulation.de/Malawi-Cities
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/633532?seq=1
- ↑ Urbana's African Sister City - Zomba, Malawi , accessed May 26, 2019