Malawi

Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Malawi is over 118,000 sq km with an estimated population of 16,777,547. Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city; the second largest is Blantyre, the third is Mzuzu and the fourth largest is its old capital Zomba. The name Malawi comes from the Maravi, an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The country is also nicknamed "The Warm Heart of Africa". Malawi is among the smallest countries in Africa. Lake Malawi takes about a third of Malawi's area.

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Geographical values

• absolute in degrees, minutes and seconds:
  13° 57′ 24″ S • of southern latitude
  33° 44′ 59″ E • of eastern longitude
• in degrees with decimal fractions:
  −13.956719°; 33.749822°

Length of Malawi from south to north is 861.959 kilometers, from west ot east – from 346.291 km on south to 357.522 km on north.