Photos of Blantyre to Lilongwe, Malawi

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Blantyre to Lilongwe

Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial capital, was established by the British in 1876 as a small trading settlement and mission station of the Church of Scotland, named after the birthplace of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone. It is now Malawi’s second-largest city and the capital of the country’s Southern Region. Eleven kilometres east of Blantyre’s city centre is Limbe, founded in 1909 and, since 1956, basically a neighbourhood of Blantyre.

Victoria Avenue, Blantyre
 
Shopping street, Blantyre
 
Working on sewing machines
 
Sewing and repair
 
Indian shops, Limbe
 
Zomba Mosque
 
View from road to Zomba Plateau
 
Emperors View, Zomba Plateau
 
Zomba Plateau towards Mount Chiradzulu
 
View over Zomba
 
In Domasi village
 
Selling wooden artefacts
 
Ebony wooden artefacts
 
Kikalanga village
 
View, Lake Malombe
 
Village in Mozambique
 
View into Mozambique
 
Village along Mozambique border
 
View near Dedza
 
Homestead near Dedza
 
View of Lilongwe
 
Government buildings, Capital Hill
 
Government buildings, Capital Hill
 
Capital Hill, Lilongwe
 

Zomba, in the Shire Highlands 70 kilometres northeast of Blantyre, was the capital of the first British Central Africa, then Nyasaland Protectorate, and the first capital of independent Malawi from 1964 until 1974. It has historical buildings from British colonial days, but its main attraction is the Zomba Plateau, which offers hiking and rock climbing; its highest point is 2,087 metres.

The road from Zomba to Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital city in the country’s Central Region, skirts the border with Mozambique between Ncheu and Dedza. Lilongwe was a trading post and was only recognised as a town in 1947; it is now Malawi’s largest city, with a population of over a million. It is near the borders of Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi.