Kasungu
Sign in to saveKasungu is a town in the Kasungu District of the Central Region of Malawi. The population of Kasungu was 58,653 according to the 2018 census. Kasungu is approximately north-west of the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, and is east of Kasungu National Park. The main industry in Kasungu is tobacco-growing.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Central Region, Malawi.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kasungu
- Region
- Kasungu
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 66,152
- Timezone
- Africa/Blantyre
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kasungu
- 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
- Central Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kasungu District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 58,653
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- +2
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1342
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography and climate
- Demographics
- Language
- Facilities
- Transport
- Amenities
- Emergency services
- Land and economy
- Politics
- Foreign links
- Notable events
- Famine and disease
- June 2003 riots
- Chess championships
- See also
- References
Kasungu is a town in the Kasungu District of the Central Region of Malawi. The population of Kasungu was 58,653 according to the 2018 census. Kasungu is approximately north-west of the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, and is east of Kasungu National Park. The main industry in Kasungu is tobacco-growing.
==History== A farm close to Kasungu was the birthplace of the first President of Malawi, Hastings Banda and William Kamkwamba.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kasungu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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5 mapped locations