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Chipoka
Chipoka is a town located in the Central Region district of Salima, in Malawi. It is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi and is the closest port to the capital city of Lilongwe. Chipoka is located on the western shore of Kasangha Bay across from Cape Maclear. Nearby towns and villages include Chaseta (), Ndembo (), Kalombola (), Lowe (), Mazenjele (), Chikanda (), Milala (), Mkangawi (), Mzembela (), Pemba () and Kachindamoto(). The city has a railway station on the Sena railway, under concession of Central East African Railways Central East African Railways is a consortium formed in 1999, led by the Railroad Development Corporation, which won the right to operate the Malawi Railways network. The company was sold in September 2008 to INSITEC, an investment group based in .... Demographics References Populated places in Central Region, Malawi {{Malawi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sena Railway
Sena railway, also called Shire Highlands railway, Dondo-Malawi railway and North-South Malawi railway, is a railway that connects Dondo, Mozambique, to Chipata, in Zambia. It is 1000 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.Mozambique Logistics Infrastructure: Mozambique Railway Assessment Atlassian Confluence. 10 de dezembro de 2018. On the Mozambican stretch, between Dondo and Vila Nova de Fronteira, the managing company is (CFM); on the Malawia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central East African Railways
Central East African Railways is a consortium formed in 1999, led by the Railroad Development Corporation, which won the right to operate the Malawi Railways network. The company was sold in September 2008 to INSITEC, an investment group based in Mozambique. Operations It mainly manages the Sena railway line, which currently links the railway stations of Blantyre/ Limbe, Nkaya, Chipoka, Salima, Lilongwe and Mchinji. Its concession also includes the sections between Marka, Nsanje, Bangula, Luchenza and Blantyre/Limbe stations, which are currently inoperative. In 2010, a multinational mining company Vale (with CEAR and Mozambique Ports and Railways) managed to sew the formation of the joint venture " Integrated Northern Logistical Corridor Society", for the administration of the Nacala railway, having permission to build the railway extension to the coal belt of Benga-Moatize, where the mining company has mineral exploration concessions. The extension departed from the Nkaya in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mzembela
Mzembela is a village in central Malawi 4.9 miles north-west of Chipoka. It is located in Salima District in the Central Region. Nearby towns and villages include Kalombola (1.0 nm), Lowe (1.0 nm), Mazenjele (1.0 nm), Katumba Katumba is an administrative ward in the Rungwe District of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African G ... (1.4 nm), Luwagala (1.9 nm) and Ndindi (3.5 nm). Populated places in Central Region, Malawi {{Malawi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mkangawi
Mkangawi is a village in central Malawi 4.9 miles north-west of Chipoka. It is located in Salima District in the Central Region. Nearby towns and villages include Kalombola (1.0 nm), Lowe (1.0 nm), Mazenjele (1.0 nm), Katumba Katumba is an administrative ward in the Rungwe District of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African G ... (1.4 nm), Kalombola (1.4 nm), Luwagala (1.9 nm) and Ndindi (3.5 nm). Populated places in Central Region, Malawi {{Malawi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaseta
Chaseta is a small town in central Malawi near Lake Malawi lying west of Chipoka. It is located in Salima District Salima is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Salima. The district covers an area of 2,196 km.² and has a population of 478,346. The beach at Senga Bay is the weekend retreat of many from the capital, Lilongwe, and h ... in the Central Region, along the T365 road, to the west of Lifisi. Google Maps, Google. Retrieved 2 July 2020 References Populated places in Central Region, Malawi {{Malawi-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikanda
''Chikanda'' is a Zambian dish made from the boiled root tubers of terrestrial orchids also called ''chikanda''. The dish is often called "African polony" because it has a texture that resembles bologna. Chikanda can be eaten as a snack, dessert, or an accompaniment to ''nshima'', a maize flour porridge. Background Chikanda has been eaten for hundreds of years by people in parts of Zambia, northern Malawi, and southwestern Tanzania. The dish is traditionally associated with the Bemba tribe in northeast Zambia, although it is eaten throughout Zambia today. For the Bemba, it is an integral part of the culture and is served at special occasions such as weddings. Originally a food in the setting of rural scarcity, it has now shifted to an urban trend. Now, chikanda can be found being sold by street vendors, supermarkets, and large restaurants as the urban population has an increased demand for this rural tradition. In Malawi, it is thought that eating the dish will protect against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |