Northern Malawi
Northern Malawi lies to the west of the northern half of Lake Malawi. It is the least populated region of Malawi. In addition to the lakeshore, it features extensive highlands.Tap on the map to travel |
Popular Destinations
Mzuzu
Photo: Malawiana, Public domain.
Mzuzu is the largest town in the North of Malawi. For most it's just a stop for cash and internet en route to or from Nkhata Bay or further south, and the Tanzanian border.
Likoma Island
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Likoma Island, along with its sister Chisumulu Island, is in the Mozambican territorial waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa.
Karonga
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Karonga is a township in the Karonga District in Northern Region of Malawi.
Destinations
Chisumulu Island
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Chisumulu Island is the smaller sister island to Likoma Island in the Mozambican territorial waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa.
Nkhata Bay
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Nkhata Bay is a small, bustling fishing village of about 15,000 inhabitants, located about 50 kilometers from Mzuzu.
Livingstonia
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Livingstonia or Kondowe is a town located in the Northern Region district of Rumphi in Malawi.
Nyika National Park
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Nyika National Park is a national park in Malawi, right next to the Nyika Plateau National Park in Zambia.
Chintheche
Chintheche is a settlement in the Nkhata Bay District of the Northern Region of Malawi.Northern Malawi
- Type: region of Malawi with 2,290,000 residents
- Description: region of Malawi
- Neighbors: Central Malawi
- Location: Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
-11° or 11° southLongitude of centre
34° eastPopulation
2,290,000Elevation
1,297 metres (4,255 feet)GeoNames ID
924591Wikidata ID
Q868827Northern Malawi Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Azerbaijani: Şimal bölgəsi
- Belarusian: Паўночны рэгіён (Малаві)
- Belarusian: Паўночны рэгіён
- Bulgarian: Северен регион
- Catalan: Regió del Nort
- Cebuano: Northern Region
- Chinese: Pak-pō͘ Chiu
- Chinese: 北部区
- Chinese: 北部區
- Chinese: 北马拉维
- Dutch: Northern
- English: Northern Region, Malawi
- English: Northern Region
- Esperanto: Norda Regiono
- Finnish: Pohjoinen alue
- French: Malawi Nord
- French: Région Nord
- Galician: Rexión Norte, Malaui
- Galician: Rexión Norte
- Georgian: მალავის ჩრდილოეთი რეგიონი
- German: Nordregion
- German: Northern
- German: Northern Region
- Greek: Βόρεια Περιφέρεια
- Hebrew: אזור הצפון
- Hebrew: מחוז הצפון
- Italian: regione Settentrionale
- Japanese: 北部州 (マラウイ)
- Japanese: 北部州
- Korean: 북부주
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės regionas
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak-pō͘ Chiu (Malawi)
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak-pō͘ Chiu
- Northern Frisian: Northern
- Norwegian: Northern
- Norwegian Bokmål: Northern
- Norwegian Bokmål: Northern Region
- Persian: منطقه شمالی مالاوی
- Portuguese: Região Norte
- Romanian: Regiunea Northern, Malawi
- Romanian: Regiunea Northern
- Russian: Северная провинция
- Russian: Северный регион
- Serbian: Северни регион
- Sinhala: උතුරු කලාපය, මලාවි
- Spanish: Region del Norte
- Spanish: Región del Norte
- Swahili: Kanda ya Kaskazini, Malawi
- Swahili: Kanda ya Kaskazini
- Swedish: Norra regionen
- Swedish: Northern Region
- Tumbuka: Chigaŵa cha Kumpoto
- Turkish: Kuzey Bölgesi
- Ukrainian: Північний регіон
- Urdu: شمالی علاقہ، ملاوی
- Zulu: Northern Region, Malawi
- Zulu: Northern Region
- Malawi settentrionale
- Northern Province
- Regione Settentrionale
- 북부지구
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Northern Malawi. Photo: Rockwurm, CC BY-SA 3.0.