Chikwawa
Chikwawa is a town with a population of approximately 12,000 located in the Southern Region of Malawi on the west bank of the Shire River.[1] It is the administrative capital of the Chikwawa District. Chikwawa lies almost 30 miles south of Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi.[2]
Chikwawa was the first town in Malawi to be seen by European explorers when David Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition steamed up the Shire River in 1859.[3] The surrounding region was ravaged by Portuguese slave traders in the nineteenth century.[4]
Majete Game Reserve, the Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve and Lengwe National Park lie in the vicinity of Chikwawa.[5] Large numbers of hippopotamus and crocodiles inhabit the Shire River area.[6]
References
- ↑ Briggs, Philip; Bartlett, Mary-Anne (2006). Malawi: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-84162-170-8.
- ↑ Bulletin - Malawi Geological Survey Department. Malawi Geological Survey. 1963. p. 7.
- ↑ Carter, Judy (30 October 1987). Malaŵi: wildlife, parks and reserves. Macmillan Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-333-43987-6.
- ↑ Lamba, I. C. (1983). Primary History: Malaŵi, an Early History. Dzuka. p. 40.
- ↑ Hough, John L. (1989). Malaŵi's national parks and game reserves. Wildlife Society of Malaŵi. p. 209.
- ↑ Briggs, Philip (2010). Malawi. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-84162-313-9.
Coordinates: 16°02′06″S 34°48′04″E / 16.035°S 34.801°E