Mwanza, Malawi

Mwanza[1] is a town in Malawi on the border with Mozambique. It is the administrative headquarters for Mwanza District. It has about 10,000 inhabitants and lies on the important road from Blantyre to Tete in Mozambique. The road has a one-lane bridge over the Shire River at Mpatamanga Gorge.

Economy

The town is a market town for local produce, including honey, as well as a distribution market for commercial products and processed foods, such as flour. Mwanza also acts as a transshipment point for goods going down the Zambeze River via Tete. It is also a centre for smuggling.[2][3]

Infrastructure

Mwanza has an airstrip with a 1000 meter long runway. It has both primary and secondary schools as well as a hospital. The hospital serves not only the local district, but also the neighbouring districts of Chikwawa and Neno in Malawi and Zobue, Moatize District in Mozambique,[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Mwanza (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Nkhoma-Somba, Wezzie (19 August 2012). "ARVS smuggled to South Africa". Malawi Times.
  3. ↑ In 2007, scores of Ethiopian fortune seekers were discovered hidden in an oil tanker at one of Malawi’s main borders, Mwanza, on their way to South Africa through Mozambique. Mzumara, Felie (12 July 2012). "Police nab 4th suspect, charged with manslaughter". Nyasa Times. Malawi.
  4. ↑ Staff (26 July 2012). "VP Kachali makes surprise visit to Mwanza Hospital". Nyasa Times. Malawi.
  • Southern Africa Trade Hub (23 June 2011). "Photo: Border Operations Assessment Mwanza-Zobue Border Posts". Flickr. Photo
  • Van Stokkom, Henk (20 October 2009). "Photo 8: Mwanza District Hospital".

Coordinates: 15°36′35″S 034°31′21″E / 15.60972°S 34.52250°E / -15.60972; 34.52250

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