Malawi

Malawi (/məˈlɑːwi/; lit. 'flames' insyd Chichewa den Chitumbuka), officially de Republic of Malawi den formerly dem know am as Nyasaland, be landlocked country insyd Southeastern Africa. Ebe bordered by Zambia to de west, Tanzania to de north den northeast, den Mozambique to de east, south, den southwest. Malawi dey span over  wey eget an estimated population of 19,431,566 (as of January 2021). Malawi ein capital den largest city be Lilongwe. Ein second-largest be Blantyre, ein third-largest be Mzuzu, den ein fourth-largest be Zomba, de former capital.

Dey follow de introduction of a multiparty system insyd 1993, Banda lost de 1994 general election. Today, Malawi get a democratic, multi-party republic head by an elected presido. According to de 2024 V-Dem Democracy indices, dem rank Malawi 74th electoral democracy worldwide den 11th electoral democracy insyd Africa. De country dey maintain positive diplomatic relations plus chaw countries, wey e dey participate insyd several international organisations, wey dey include de United Nations, de Commonwealth of Nations, de Southern African Development Community (SADC), de Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), den de African Union (AU).

 Government den politics 

Administrative divisions
Dem divide Malawi into 28 districts within three regions:

Central Region

 1– Dedza
 2 – Dowa
 3 – Kasungu
 4 – Lilongwe
 5 – Mchinji
 6 – Nkhotakhota
 7 – Ntcheu
 8 – Ntchisi
 9 – SalimaNorthern Region

 10 – Chitipa
 11 – Karonga
 12 – Likoma
 13 – Mzimba
 14 – Nkhata Bay
 15 – RumphiSouthern Region

 16 – Balaka
 17 – Blantyre
 18 – Chikwawa
 19 – Chiradzulu
 20 – Machinga
 21 – Mangochi
 22 – Mulanje
 23 – Mwanza
 24 – Nsanje
 25 – Thyolo
 26 – Phalombe
 27 – Zomba
 28 – Neno

Demographics
Population
Malawi get population of over 19 million, plus growth rate of 3.32%, according to 2021 estimates."World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022."World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022. Dem forecast de population make e grow to over 47 million people by 2050, nearly tripling de estimated 16 million insyd 2010. Malawi ein estimated 2016 population dey, based for most recent estimates, 18,091,575.

Cities
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Malawi

According to de 2018 Census"Malawi". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 February 2022.RankNameRegionPop.Lilongwe
Blantyre1LilongweCentral989,3182BlantyreSouthern800,2643MzuzuNorthern221,2724ZombaSouthern105,0135KarongaNorthern61,6096KasunguCentral58,6537MangochiSouthern53,4988SalimaCentral36,7899LiwondeSouthern36,42110BalakaSouthern36,308

 Ethnic groups 
Malawi ein population dey make up of de Chewa, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, den Ngonde native ethnic groups, as well as populations of Chinese den Europeans.
Languages
De official language be English.
Major languages dey include Chichewa, a Bantu language wey over 41% of de population dey speak, Chitumbuka (28.2%), Chinyanja (12.8%), den Chiyao (16.1%)."Malawi". The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved 2 September 2019. Oda native languages be Malawian Lomwe, around 250,000 dey speak insyd de southeast of de country; Kokola, around 200,000 people sanso dey speak insyd de southeast; Lambya, around 45,000 dey speak insyd de northwestern tip; Ndali, around 70,000 dey speak; Nyakyusa-Ngonde, around 300,000 dey speak insyd northern Malawi; Malawian Sena, around 270,000 dey speak insyd southern Malawi; den Tonga, around 170,000 dey speak insyd de north.

 References 

 Citations 








 Willie Molesi, Black Africa versus Arab North Africa: The Great Divide, 
 Willie Molesi, Relations Between Africans and Arabs: Harsh Realities,
 Willie Molesi, Africans and Indians: The Gulf Between, 
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External links

 Government of the Republic of Malawi Official website
Wikimedia Atlas of Malawi