Chikwawa

The location of Chikwawa in Malawi (at the red dot)

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

  1. Briggs, Philip; Bartlett, Mary-Anne (2006). Malawi: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-84162-170-8.
  2. Bulletin - Malawi Geological Survey Department. Malawi Geological Survey. 1963. p. 7.
  3. Carter, Judy (30 October 1987). Malaŵi: wildlife, parks and reserves. Macmillan Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-333-43987-6.
  4. Lamba, I. C. (1983). Primary History: Malaŵi, an Early History. Dzuka. p. 40.
  5. Hough, John L. (1989). Malaŵi's national parks and game reserves. Wildlife Society of Malaŵi. p. 209.
  6. 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 / -16.035; 34.801

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