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Chiwembe is a township in southern
Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...
. It is situated approximately south of the town of Limbe and from
Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...
, Malawi's biggest city. Chiwembe is mentioned in the song ''Police Hunt Matafale'' by the popular Malawian reggae band
Black Missionaries Black Missionaries are a popular reggae band from the Malawi. The band is primarily active in the city of Blantyre, and members reside in Chileka. The band originally had five members, namely Evison Matafale, Peter Amidu, and three of the seven s ...
. Chiwembe is also where the football association of Malawi has its headquarters. It has well planned housing with the Malawi Housing Cooperation as the landlords of most of the housing.


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Chilembwe uprising The Chilembwe uprising was a rebellion against British colonial rule in Nyasaland (modern-day Malawi) which took place in January 1915. It was led by John Chilembwe, an American-educated Baptist minister. Based around his Church in the villag ...
Populated places in Southern Region, Malawi {{Malawi-geo-stub