| | Geographic Coordinates: | 13 30 S, 34 00 E | | Location: | Southern Africa, east of Zambia | | Area: | total: 118,480 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km
water: 24,400 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than Pennsylvania | | Land boundaries: | total: 2,881 km
border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km | | Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) | | Terrain: | narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m | | Capital: | 27 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba |
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