Malawi

Republic o Malawi [Chalo cha Malawi, Dziko la Malaŵi]
Banner Coat o airms
Motto:"Unity an Freedom"
Anthem:Mulungu dalitsa Malaŵi(Chichewa) O God Bless Our Land of Malawi
Caipital and largest city	Lilongwe 13°57′S33°42′E
Offeecial leids	Chichewa Inglis
Ethnic groups (2008)	32.6%Chewa 17.6% Lomwe 13.5%Yao 11.5%Ngoni 8.8%Tumbuka 5.8%Nyanja 3.6%Sena 2.1%Tonga 1.0%Ngonde 3.5% ithers
Demonym(s)	Malawian
Govrenment	Unitarypresidentialrepublic
•Preses	Lazarus Chakwera
•Vice-Preses	Saulos Chilima
Legislatur	Naitional Assembly
Unthirldom
• frae theUnitit Kinrick	6 Julie 1964
• republic	6 Julie 1966
• Current constitution	18 Mey 1994
Aurie
• Total	118,484 km2(45,747 sq mi) (99th)
• Water (%)	20.6%
Population
• 2013 estimate	16,407,000(64t)
• 1998 census	9,933,868
• Density	128.8/km2(333.6/sq mi) (86t)
GDP(PPP)	2012 estimate
• Total	$14.265 billion
• Per capita	$857
GDP(nominal)	2012 estimate
• Tot	$4.212 billion
• Per capita	$253
Gini(2010)	43.9 medium
HDI(2008)	0.493 law·171st
Currency	Kwacha(D) (MWK)
Time zone	UTC+2(CAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2(nae observed)
Drivin side	left
Cawin code	+265
ISO 3166 code	MW
Internet TLD	.mw
• Population estimates for this kintra explicitly tak intae accoont the effects o excess mortality due taeAIDS;this can result in lawer life expectancy, heicher infant mortality an daith rates, lawer population an growth rates, an chynges in the distribution o population bi age an sex than would itherwise be expected. • Information is drawn frae the CIA Factbook unless itherwise notit.

Territorial Organization

Malawi,kent offeecially as theRepublic o Malawi(/[unsupported input]məˈlɑːwi/;Chichewa[malaβi]) is alandlocked kintrain sootheastAfricaethat wis umwhile kent asNyasaland.It is bordered biZambietae the northwast,Tanzanietae the northeast, anMozambiqueon the east, sooth an wast. The kintra is separatit frae Tanzanie an Mozambique biLake Malawi.Its size is ower 118,000 km2 (45,560 sq mi) wi an estimatit population o mair nor 13,900,000. Its caipital isLilongwe,the seicont lairgest ceety isBlantyrean the third lairgest isMzuzu.The name Malawi comes frae theMaravi,an auld name o theNyanja fowkthat inhabit the area.

Malawi wis firstsettleddurin the 10t century an remained unner native rule till 1891 whan it wiscolonisedbi theBreetish,wha ruled the kintra till 1964. Upon gaininunthrildomit became asingle-pairty stateunner PresesHastings Banda,wha remained preses till 1994, whan he wis oostit frae pouer. Malawi haes ademocratic,multi-pairtygovrenment.Malawi haes a smamilitaryforce that includes anairmy,anavyan anair wing.Malawi'sforeign policyispro-Wastrenan includes positivediplomaticrelations wi maist kintras an participation in severalinternaitional organisations.

Malawi is amang the warld's least developed an maistdensely populatit kintras.The economy is hivily based in agricultur, wi a lairgelyruralpopulation. The Malawian govrenment depends hivily on ootside aid tae meetdevelopmentneeds, awtho this need (an the aid affered) haes decreased syne 2000. The Malawian govrenment faces challenges in growin the economy, improvin eddication, heal care an theenvironmental protectionan becomin financially independent. Malawi haes several programmes developed syne 2005 that focus on thir issues, an the kintra's ootleuk appears tae be impruivin, wi impruivements in economic growthe, eddication an heal care seen in 2007 an 2008.