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    Republic of Malawi

    Malawi is located in East Africa. Below you can see where Malawi sits on the map, its national outline, and an interactive map you can pan and zoom, centered on the capital, Lilongwe.

    Where Malawi is located
    Outline of Malawi
    Political map of Malawi and neighboring countries
    Political map: Malawi and its neighbors
    Reference map of Malawi (CIA World Factbook)
    Reference map of Malawi (CIA World Factbook)By CIA · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Relief map of Malawi — physical geography
    Relief map of Malawi — physical geographyBy Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Location map of Malawi
    Location map of MalawiBy NordNordWest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Malawi on the globe
    Malawi on the globeBy Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Map of the administrative divisions of Malawi
    First-level administrative divisions of Malawi

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    Administrative divisions of Malawi

    Malawi is divided into 28 districts.

    Show all 28 districts
    • Balaka
    • Blantyre
    • Chikwawa
    • Chiradzulu
    • Chitipa
    • Dedza
    • Dowa
    • Kasungu
    • Likoma
    • Lilongwe
    • Machinga
    • Mangochi
    • Mchinji
    • Mulanje
    • Mwanza
    • Mzimba
    • Neno
    • Nkhata Bay
    • Nkhotakota
    • Nsanje
    • Ntcheu
    • Ntchisi
    • Phalombe
    • Rumphi
    • Salima
    • Thyolo
    • Zomba

    Administrative boundaries and names from Natural Earth (public domain); they may lag recent reorganizations.

    Where is Malawi?

    Malawi lies in East Africa. Its geographic centre is at about 13.25° S, 34.30° E, and the capital, Lilongwe, is at 13.99° S, 33.77° E.

    With 118,484 km², it is the 36th-largest of the 54 countries in Africa — about 49% of the size of the United Kingdom.

    Malawi lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.

    Malawi is landlocked, with no coastline. See all landlocked countries.

    Neighbouring countries: Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia.

    Geography of Malawi

    Continent
    Africa
    Region
    East Africa
    Area
    118,484 km²
    Geographic centre
    13.25° S, 34.30° E
    Capital (Lilongwe)
    13.99° S, 33.77° E
    Size rank in Africa
    36 of 54
    Highest point
    Mount Mulanje (3,002 m)
    Land borders
    3

    Bordering countries: Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia.