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ID: 1091067
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091067
Record Type:
administrative
Lilongwe (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 58 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -13.9667
decimal degrees
Long: 033 49 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 33.8167
decimal degrees
Note:
Malawi's second largest city, situated on the inland plains; chosen by President Banda in 1965 as economic center for Northern & Central provinces; is a trade center for agriculture of the fecund Central Plateau.
Names:
Lilongwe
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Malawi
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lilongwe
(national district) (
P
)
................
Lilongwe
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
national capital (
C
)
............
since January 1, 1975
regional capital (
C
)
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Malawi
.......... (nation)
..................
(World, Africa) [7000726]
Sources and Contributors:
Lilongwe..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VII, 357
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1985)
plate 92
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
110
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
671
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VII, 357
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1985)
plate 92
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
110
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
671
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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