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Mangochi
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Mangochi is a township in the Southern Region of Malawi. Located near the southern end of Lake Malawi, in colonial times it used to be called Fort Johnston. As of 2018, it has a population of 53,498.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mangochi
- Region
- Mangochi
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 60,338
- Timezone
- Africa/Blantyre
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Key facts
- Settlement.timezone
- +2
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 1541
- Settlement.official_name
- Mangochi
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lake_malawi_mangochi.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Lake Malawi, on eastern edge of Mangochi
- 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
- Southern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mangochi District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 53,498
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Population development
- Languages and ethnicities
- Economy
- Facilities
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- Museums
- Religion
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- Transport
- Tourism
- References
Mangochi is a township in the Southern Region of Malawi. Located near the southern end of Lake Malawi, in colonial times it used to be called Fort Johnston. As of 2018, it has a population of 53,498.
==History== Mangochi was founded by colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston in the 1890s as a British colonial defence post on the littoral plain of the Shire River's western shore.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mangochi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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