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Mainja Destination Guide

Touring Mainja in Malawi

Mainja in the region of Northern Region is located in Malawi - some 147 mi or ( 237 km ) North-East of Lilongwe , the country's capital city .

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Time in Mainja is now 07:11 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Blantyre " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Mbeya, Songea, Chipata, Same, and Nkhotakota. Being here already, consider visiting Mbeya . Check out our recommendations for Mainja ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Likoma Island

Likoma Island is the larger of two inhabited islands in Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa), in East Africa, the smaller being the nearby Chizumulu. Likoma and Chizumulu both belong to Malawi, and together they make up the Likoma District. Although both islands lie just a few kilometres from Mozambique, and are entirely surrounded by Mozambican territorial waters, they are both exclaves of Malawi.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -12.07 34.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Enclaves, Exclaves, Islands of Africa, Islands of Malawi, Lake Malawi, Lake islands of Africa

Likoma District

Likoma District is an exclave of Malawi situated within Mozambique waters consisting of two main islands, Likoma and Chizumulu in Lake Malawi (as known in Malawi but known in Tanzania as Lake Nyasa). It is a district in the Northern Region of Malawi. The capital is Likoma. The district covers an area of 18 km² and has a population of 13,000. There is a single National Assembly constituency representing the district. Since the 2009 election it has been held by O. A.

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Located at -12.08 34.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Districts of Malawi, Enclaves, Exclaves, Northern Region, Malawi

Chizumulu Island

Chizumulu Island is the smaller of two inhabited islands in Lake Malawi/Lake Nyasa, the larger being the nearby Likoma island which together make up the Likoma District. Both these islands lie just a few kilometres from Mozambique, and are entirely surrounded by Mozambican territorial waters, but belong to Malawi. They are therefore exclaves of Malawi.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -12.02 34.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Enclaves, Exclaves, Islands of Africa, Islands of Malawi, Lake Malawi, Lake islands of Africa