Malawi's climate is hot in the low-lying areas in the south of
the country and temperate in the northern highlands. The altitude
moderates what would be an otherwise equatorial climate.
Chichewa is a Bantu language widely spoken in Malawi, while a
very close dialect of Chichewa, called Chinyanja, is spoken in much of
Zambia and parts of Mozambique. The following materials are available
for downloading for the study of Chichewa.
the kwacha, denoted by the ISO code MWK, has been the monetary unit of
Malawi. The Malawian kwacha is further divided into 100 tambala.
population of Malawi in 2003 was estimated by the United Nations at 12,
105, 000, which placed it as number 69 in population among the 193
nations of the world. In that year approximately 3% of the population
was over 65 years of age, with another 46% of the population under 15
years of age.
estimated population 902, 388 as of 2009, is the capital and largest
city of Malawi.