I've not heard Lake Malawi called the "calendar lake," but if it has been, it's probably because it is approximately 365 miles long (same as days in the year) and 52 miles wide (same as weeks in the year).
Malawi has a wide range of landscapes. It is quite a green country. It has lots of trees. It has many mountains. One of the largest lakes in Africa is Lake Malawi, which forms part of the country.
Lake Chad was a giant lake that had thousands and thousands of square miles of the surface area of the lake. but over the years there was a series of droughts and people were using it for fish, water, and crops. because of all that the lake now is only about 495 square miles.
so, lake chad was a very important and very good resource for the people around it that were desperate. :)
Richest people of zanzibar :
1: Muzammil company
2: Bakhressa company
3: Bhopar industry
4: bombay bazaar company
5: tropical flight company
6: hui waan kempisky hotel
7: santeri kilupy kendwa
8: samil hamid
9: bhaa style
10: hashir patel reef resorts
The infant mortality rate in Zambia is 70 death per 1000 live births.
Maize is the staple and is mainly grown in the Southern and central part of Malawi.
Cassava is mainly grown in the northern region.
Other starch based foods grown are millet and Sorghum
Otherwise main vegetables grown are tomatoes cabbage and onions.
The largest portion of the area of Lake Malawi or Nyaza is in Malawi. However, about a quarter of the area belongs to Mozambique. This area includes the waters surrounding the Malawian islets of Likoma and Chizumulu, which are this lake's only two inhabited islets. Tanzania is also bordering lake Malawi, though this is disputed by Malawi.
Zambia has eight bordering nations. The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders Zambia to the north. Tanzania borders to the northeast. Malawi borders to the east. Mozambique borders to the southeast. Zimbabwe borders to the south. Angola borders to the west. Namibia and Botswana both have very short borders with Zambia to the southwest.
Bingu wa Mutharika, the president is all of a sudden the richest man!
Lilongwe is the capital.
Zomba was the capital.
Blantyre is another important city.
It's deepest point is about 706 metres, with an average depth of about 292 metres.
Mwalandiridwa lit. means You are welcome. However, often times Zikomo is repeated by the second party. For instance if you go to the tailor with your broken t-shirt and he fixes it, you pay him and you say Zikomo. The tailor will say Zikomo as well since you came to him with work and you paid him. While mwalandiridwa would be correct if we were talking english, in Chichewa it's often better just to reply with Zikomo since for us it's not always clear when we can use Mwalandiridwa.
currency in Malawi is known as the Kwacha and is divided into 100 Tambala. The exchange rate is $1.OOUS is equal to 140.79 Kwacha. Banknotes are 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500. Coins are 1, 5 and 10 Kwacha. Tambala coins are rarely used.
The current exchange rate at a ForEx is about 170 MW Kwatcha to the US dollar.
Malawi is an independent country, so it has its own government, judicial system and police to enforce the laws.
The most common language spoken in Malawi is Chichewa, but there are many other languages spoken there. In the northern region, Tumbuka is much more common than Chichewa. Both are Bantu-based languages and as such they have many commonalities.
The official language of Malawi is English, and everyone with a moderate level of education speaks at least some English. Many people in the villages do not.
The main language is Chichewa, spoken by the Chewa.
Chewa is the most widely spoken language (by 57% of the population) but it is not the official language.
According to the CIA Factbook, the estimated population in July of 2008 was 13,931,831.
We will not know the 2009 population for some time yet, probably until 2009.
The staple food in Malawi is nsima, a thick porridge made from maize (usually field corn) flour and water. The flour is called ufa. In the northern region, many people eat more cassava root than nsima. Rice is also eaten. Rice porridge is a popular breakfast food.
The accompaniments to the starches are beans, often cooked in a tomato based sauce, greens, and an onion and tomato based "soup." Chips (potato wedges) are often fried for gatherings. Peas and carrots are very popular. Sweet potatoes are a common dish and are especially delicious when ground nut (peanut) flour is mixed in.
Beans are the most common protein as they are inexpensive, but Malawians regularly eat chicken, goat, beef, and lamb or mutton.
A very popular street food is mbewa, boiled field mice that are dried in the sun. Vendors sell them on the side of the highway by holding them out on sticks. They're commonly called "mice on a stick" or "malawi sausage."