Where is Africa's Switzerland?
Malawi is a small country in East Africa, hidden between Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique.
This landlocked nation has no ports, but there is plenty of water in Malawi, as the country has a 580 kilometre long shore with Lake Malawi, or Nyasa.
About the size of Pennsylvania, Malawi is 836 kilometers long, but only 80 kilometers wide at some points. Because of the scenic beauty of Lake Nyasa and the mountains in the southern part of the nation, one of them almost 3,000 meters high, Malawi is also known as the "Switzerland of Africa".
Britain gained control of this region at the end of the 19th century. The British called it Nyasaland. In 1953, Nyasaland joined with its neighboring Northern and Southern Rhodesia to form the Federation of Central Africa, but that union was broken about ten years later.
Previously the capital of Malawi was Zomba.
The young city of Lilongwe, built at a cost of $60 million, became the nation's capital in 1975.
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Malawi is a small country in East Africa, hidden between Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique.
This landlocked nation has no ports, but there is plenty of water in Malawi, as the country has a 580 kilometre long shore with Lake Malawi, or Nyasa.
About the size of Pennsylvania, Malawi is 836 kilometers long, but only 80 kilometers wide at some points. Because of the scenic beauty of Lake Nyasa and the mountains in the southern part of the nation, one of them almost 3,000 meters high, Malawi is also known as the "Switzerland of Africa".
Britain gained control of this region at the end of the 19th century. The British called it Nyasaland. In 1953, Nyasaland joined with its neighboring Northern and Southern Rhodesia to form the Federation of Central Africa, but that union was broken about ten years later.
Previously the capital of Malawi was Zomba.
The young city of Lilongwe, built at a cost of $60 million, became the nation's capital in 1975.
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