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Mangochi
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Also known as Fort Johnston

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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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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