Malawi

About Malawi

Malawi is a country in East Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Malawi. In Arabic, the name is written مالاوي, and the capital ليلونغوي. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Malawi is Lilongwe. Lilongwe lies at about 14° south and 34° east. Malawi has 2 official languages: English and Chewa. Its currency is the Malawian Kwacha, with the symbol ⁨K⁩ and the international code MWK.

Malawi covers about 118,484 square kilometres, which puts it 98th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 3 neighbours: Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zambia. The largest of these neighbours by area is Tanzania. Other countries in East Africa include Ethiopia, Somalia, and Madagascar. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Malawi with the other countries of the same region.