Malawi
Malawi (officially Republic of Malawi) is a country in Eastern Africa, with its capital at Lilongwe, and is home to roughly 21.7M people.
Its official languages are English, Chewa; the currency in circulation is Malawian kwacha (MK); people from here are called Malawian.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Lake Malawi holds more species of fish than any other lake in the world.
> BORDERS_
Malawi touches three neighbours: Mozambique to the south, Tanzania to the north and Zambia to the west. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Lilongwe replaced Zomba as capital in 1975 as part of a push to develop the centre of the country.
> SCALE_
119,176 km² (46,014 sq mi), 99th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Benin.
Population 21,655,286, 62nd of 198 on file. That averages 182 per km² (471 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The rising sun on the black band marks the dawn of independence and hope for Africa. Red is the blood of freedom fighters, green the land.