Chitipa
Sign in to saveChitipa is the capital of Chitipa District, Malawi. It is also known as Fort Hill. It is very near Malawi's tri-point border with Zambia and Tanzania. The town is known for the number of languages spoken there.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in MW, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 32 inbound references to Chitipa, and connects out to Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.
Vinony files it under Malawi–Zambia border crossings and Populated places in the Northern Region, Malawi.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Chitipa
- Region
- Chitipa
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 20,011
- Timezone
- Africa/Blantyre
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chitipa
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Malawi
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Malawi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chitipa District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 17,743
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- +2
- Settlement.blank1_name_sec2
- Climate
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Malawi
- Located in
- Chitipa district
- Elevation
- 1286
- Capital of
- Chitipa district
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Notable people
- Climate
- Demographics
- References
Chitipa is the capital of Chitipa District, Malawi. It is also known as Fort Hill. It is very near Malawi's tri-point border with Zambia and Tanzania. The town is known for the number of languages spoken there.
It has 5 major regions headed by a traditional authority(TA), these regions are: Kameme, Wenya,z Nthalire, Misuku and finally Bulambia The headquarters of the district is in Bulambia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chitipa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations