Malawi

Overview I Had fun learning about this country, and i hope to do this again. It is interesting about the takeover from britian and how they broke free. ~Ray'

- Zach U.   **
 * Making this project was a time for me to learn a lot more about Malawi, I used to think i knew a lot about this country because my sister had a pen pal from there, but researching this country made me relize i still need a lot to know about Malawi. Finding all the facts about Malawi was the best part of working on this project for me.

Statistics graph: http://web.worldbank.org
 * ** Population, total (millions) ** || ** 13.6 ** ||
 * ** Population growth (annual %) ** || ** 2.6 ** ||
 * ** Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) ** || ** 118.5 ** ||
 * ** Life expectancy at birth, total (years) ** || ** 47.6 ** ||
 * ** Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) ** || ** 76.1 ** ||
 * ** GNI (current US$) (billions) ** || ** 3.1 ** ||
 * ** GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) ** || ** 230.0 ** ||
 * ** Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) ** || ** 13.3 ** ||

Geography //Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, boarderd by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzinia to the northeast, and Mozambique to the south, southwest, and southeast. The Great Riff Valley runs through the country from north to south, and east of the valley lies Lake Malawi (also called Lake Nyasa), taking up over three quarters of Malawi's eastern boundry. South of Lake Malawi lie the Shire Highlands, gently rolling at approximently 3,000 feet (910 m) above sea level. In this area, the Zomba and Mlanje mountain peaks rise to respective heights of 7,000 feet (2,100 m) adn 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Malawi's climate is hot in the low lying areas in the south of the country and tempetures in the northern highlands. The alititude moderates what would be an otherwise equatorial climate. Between November and April the tempiture is warm with equatorial rains and thunder storms, with the storms reaching there peak severity in late March. // media type="custom" key="3507284" width="223" height="145"

History Bantus began emigrating from the north around the tenth century. By 1500 AD, the tribes had established a kingdom that reached from north of what is now Nkhotakota to Zambezi River and Lake Malawi to the Laungwa River in what is now Zambia. Soon after the 1600, with the area mostly united under one native ruler, native tribesmen began to encountering, trading with, and making alliances with Portugese traders and mebers of the military. David Livingstone reached Lake Malawi (then Lake Nyasa) in 1859, and Malawi was originally known as Nyasaland under the British rule. ** David Livingstone
 * The of Africa now known as Malawi had a very small population of hunter gatherers befor waves of

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Economy Malawi is among the world's least developed and most densely populated countries. The economy is heavily agriculture-based, with around 85% of the population living in rural areas. More than one-third of GPD and 90% of export revenues come from agriculture. The economy of Malawi has in the past been dependent on substantial economic aid from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and individual nations. As of 2008, it was estimated that Malawi had a GDP of $4.082 billion, with a per capita GDP of $299 and inflation estimated at around 7.9%. Agriculture accounts for 35% of GDP, industry for 19% and services for the remaining 46%. Malawi has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world, with economic growth a sluggish 3% in 2008.

Government Capital: //****// Lilongwe; 587,000 Area //****// 118,484 square kilometers (45,747 square miles) //** || **// Language: English, Chichewa Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Muslim Currency: Malawian kwacha Life Expectancy 39 GDP per Capita U.S. $600 Literacy Percent //** **// 63 //**
 * [[image:http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/flags/flag_malawi.gif width="131" height="88" caption="Flag of Malawi"]] || **// Population: 12,341,000

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Religion The Chewa people, who form the largest part of the population predominantly Christian/Protestant and the Yao people are mainly Muslim. The religious groups in Malawi can be broken down aproximately as follow: Protestant 55% Muslim 20% Roman Catholic 20% for traditional indigenous beliefs and other minor religions 5%

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Culture The name "Malawi" comes from the Maravi, a Bantu people who immigrated from the southern Congo around 1400 AD. Upon reaching northern Lake Malawi, the group divided, with one group moving south down the west bank of the lake to become the tribe known as the Chewa, while the other group, the ancestors of today's Nyanja tribe, moved along the east side of the lake to the southern section of Malawi. The Malawian flag is made up of three equal horizontal stripes of black, red and green with a red rising sun superimposed in the center of the black stripe. The black stripe represents the African people, the red represents the blood of martyrs for African freedom, green represents Malawi's ever-green nature and the rising sun represents the dawn of freedom and hope for Africa. A Chewa Artifact.

Social Problems

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