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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Malawi 
  n  :  a  landlocked  republic  in  S  Africa  [syn:  {Malawi},  {Nyasaland}] 
 
  From  The  CIA  World  Factbook  (1995)  [world95]: 
 
  Malawi 
 
  Malawi:Geography 
 
  Location:  Southern  Africa,  east  of  Zambia 
 
  Map  references:  Africa 
 
  Area: 
  total  area:  118,480  sq  km 
  land  area:  94,080  sq  km 
  comparative  area:  slightly  larger  than  Pennsylvania 
 
  Land  boundaries:  total  2,881  km  Mozambique  1,569  km  Tanzania  475  km 
  Zambia  837  km 
 
  Coastline:  0  km  (landlocked) 
 
  Maritime  claims:  none;  landlocked 
 
  International  disputes:  dispute  with  Tanzania  over  the  boundary  in 
  Lake  Nyasa  (Lake  Malawi) 
 
  Climate:  tropical;  rainy  season  (November  to  May);  dry  season  (May  to 
  November) 
 
  Terrain:  narrow  elongated  plateau  with  rolling  plains,  rounded  hills, 
  some  mountains 
 
  Natural  resources:  limestone,  unexploited  deposits  of  uranium,  coal, 
  and  bauxite 
 
  Land  use: 
  arable  land:  25% 
  permanent  crops:  0% 
  meadows  and  pastures:  20% 
  forest  and  woodland:  50% 
  other:  5% 
 
  Irrigated  land:  200  sq  km  (1989  est.) 
 
  Environment: 
  current  issues:  deforestation;  land  degradation;  water  pollution  from 
  agricultural  runoff,  sewage,  industrial  wastes;  siltation  of  spawning 
  grounds  endangers  fish  population 
  natural  hazards:  NA 
  international  agreements:  party  to  -  Biodiversity,  Climate  Change, 
  Endangered  Species,  Environmental  Modification,  Hazardous  Wastes, 
  Marine  Life  Conservation,  Nuclear  Test  Ban,  Ozone  Layer  Protection; 
  signed,  but  not  ratified  -  Law  of  the  Sea 
 
  Note:  landlocked 
 
  Malawi:People 
 
  Population:  9,808,384  (July  1995  est.) 
 
  Age  structure: 
  0-14  years:  48%  (female  2,361,309;  male  2,384,679) 
  15-64  years:  49%  (female  2,479,108;  male  2,335,729) 
  65  years  and  over:  3%  (female  139,632;  male  107,927)  (July  1995  est.) 
 
  Population  growth  rate:  2.63%  (1995  est.) 
 
  Birth  rate:  49.81  births/1,000  population  (1995  est.) 
 
  Death  rate:  23.53  deaths/1,000  population  (1995  est.) 
 
  Net  migration  rate:  NA  migrant(s)/1,000  population  (1995  est.) 
  note:  the  return  of  refugees  to  Mozambique  is  much  reduced  compared 
  with  1994 
 
  Infant  mortality  rate:  140.2  deaths/1,000  live  births  (1995  est.) 
 
  Life  expectancy  at  birth: 
  total  population:  39.01  years 
  male:  38.28  years 
  female:  39.76  years  (1995  est.) 
 
  Total  fertility  rate:  7.36  children  born/woman  (1995  est.) 
 
  Nationality: 
  noun:  Malawian(s) 
  adjective:  Malawian 
 
  Ethnic  divisions:  Chewa,  Nyanja  Tumbuko  Yao,  Lomwe,  Sena,  Tonga, 
  Ngoni,  Ngonde  Asian,  European 
 
  Religions:  Protestant  55%,  Roman  Catholic  20%,  Muslim  20%,  traditional 
  indigenous  beliefs 
 
  Languages:  English  (official),  Chichewa  (official),  other  languages 
  important  regionally 
 
  Literacy:  age  15  and  over  can  read  and  write  (1987) 
  total  population:  48% 
  male:  65% 
  female:  34% 
 
  Labor  force:  428,000  wage  earners 
  by  occupation:  agriculture  43%,  manufacturing  16%,  personal  services 
  15%,  commerce  9%,  construction  7%,  miscellaneous  services  4%,  other 
  permanently  employed  6%  (1986) 
 
  Malawi:Government 
 
  Names: 
  conventional  long  form:  Republic  of  Malawi 
  conventional  short  form:  Malawi 
  former:  Nyasaland 
 
  Digraph:  MI 
 
  Type:  multiparty  democracy  following  a  referendum  on  14  June  1993; 
  formerly  a  one-party  republic 
 
  Capital:  Lilongwe 
 
  Administrative  divisions:  24  districts;  Blantyre,  Chikwawa 
  Chiradzulu  Chitipa,  Dedza  Dowa,  Karonga  Kasungu  Lilongwe,  Machinga 
  (Kasupe),  Mangochi  Mchinji  Mulanje  Mwanza,  Mzimba  Ntcheu  Nkhata 
  Bay,  Nkhotakota  Nsanje  Ntchisi  Rumphi  Salima,  Thyolo  Zomba 
 
  Independence:  6  July  1964  (from  UK) 
 
  National  holiday:  Independence  Day  6  July  (1964) 
 
  Constitution:  6  July  1966;  republished  as  amended  January  1974 
 
  Legal  system:  based  on  English  common  law  and  customary  law;  judicial 
  review  of  legislative  acts  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Appeal;  has  not 
  accepted  compulsory  ICJ  jurisdiction 
 
  Suffrage:  21  years  of  age;  universal 
 
  Executive  branch: 
  chief  of  state  and  head  of  government:  President  Bakili  MULUZI  (since 
  21  May  1994),  leader  of  the  United  Democratic  Front 
  cabinet:  Cabinet;  named  by  the  president 
 
  Legislative  branch:  unicameral 
  National  Assembly:  elections  last  held  17  May  1994  (next  to  be  held 
  1999);  results  -  percent  of  vote  by  party  NA  seats  -  (177  total)  UDF 
  84,  AFORD  33,  MCP  55,  others  5 
 
  Judicial  branch:  High  Court,  Supreme  Court  of  Appeal 
 
  Political  parties  and  leaders: 
  ruling  party:  United  Democratic  Front  (UDF),  Bakili  MULUZI 
  opposition  groups:  Malawi  Congress  Party  (MCP),  Gwanda  CHAKUAMBA 
  Phiri  secretary  general  (top  party  position);  Alliance  for  Democracy 
  (AFORD),  Chakufwa  CHIHANA  Socialist  League  of  Malawi  (Lesoma),  Kapote 
  MWAKUSULA  secretary  general;  Malawi  Democratic  Union  (MDU),  Harry 
  BWANAUSI  Congress  for  the  Second  Republic  (CSR),  Kanyama  CHIUME; 
  Malawi  Socialist  Labor  Party  (MSLP),  Stanford  SAMBANEMANJA 
 
  Member  of:  ACP,  AfDB  C,  CCC,  ECA,  FAO,  G-77,  GATT,  IBRD,  ICAO,  ICFTU 
  ICRM,  IDA,  IFAD,  IFC,  IFRCS  ILO,  IMF,  IMO,  INTELSAT,  INTERPOL,  IOC, 
  ISO  (correspondent),  ITU,  NAM,  OAU,  SADC,  UN  UNAMIR  UNCTAD  UNESCO, 
  UNIDO  UPU,  WFTU  WHO  WIPO,  WMO,  WTO 
 
  Diplomatic  representation  in  US: 
  chief  of  mission:  (vacant);  Charge  d'Affaires  ad  interim  Patrick 
  NYASULU  (since  14  October  1994) 
  chancery:  2408  Massachusetts  Avenue  NW  Washington,  DC  20008 
  telephone:  [1]  (202)  797-1007 
 
  US  diplomatic  representation: 
  chief  of  mission:  Ambassador  Peter  R.  CHAVEAS 
  embassy:  address  NA  in  new  capital  city  development  area  in  Lilongwe 
  mailing  address:  P.  O.  Box  30016,  Lilongwe  3,  Malawi 
  telephone:  [265]  783  166 
  FAX:  [265]  780  471 
 
  Flag:  three  equal  horizontal  bands  of  black  (top),  red,  and  green  with 
  a  radiant,  rising,  red  sun  centered  in  the  black  band;  similar  to  the 
  flag  of  Afghanistan,  which  is  longer  and  has  the  national  coat  of  arms 
  superimposed  on  the  hoist  side  of  the  black  and  red  bands 
 
  Economy 
 
  Overview:  Landlocked  Malawi  ranks  among  the  world's  least  developed 
  countries.  The  economy  is  predominately  agricultural,  with  about  90% 
  of  the  population  living  in  rural  areas.  Agriculture  accounts  for  40% 
  of  GDP  and  90%  of  export  revenues.  After  two  years  of  weak 
  performance,  economic  growth  improved  significantly  in  1988-91  as  a 
  result  of  good  weather  and  a  broadly  based  economic  adjustment  effort 
  by  the  government.  Drought  cut  overall  output  sharply  in  1992,  but  the 
  lost  ground  was  recovered  in  1993.  The  economy  depends  on  substantial 
  inflows  of  economic  assistance  from  the  IMF,  the  World  Bank,  and 
  individual  donor  nations.  The  new  government  faces  strong  challenges, 
  e.g.,  to  spur  exports,  to  improve  educational  and  health  facilities, 
  and  to  deal  with  environmental  problems  of  deforestation  and  erosion. 
 
  National  product:  GDP  -  purchasing  power  parity  -  $7.3  billion  (1994 
  est.) 
 
  National  product  real  growth  rate:  9.3%  (1994  est.) 
 
  National  product  per  capita:  $750  (1994  est.) 
 
  Inflation  rate  (consumer  prices):  30%  (1994  est.) 
 
  Unemployment  rate:  NA% 
 
  Budget: 
  revenues:  $416  million 
  expenditures:  $498  million,  including  capital  expenditures  of  $NA 
  (1992  est.) 
 
  Exports:  $311  million  (f.o.b.,  1993  est.) 
  commodities:  tobacco,  tea,  sugar,  coffee,  peanuts,  wood  products 
  partners:  US  UK  Zambia,  South  Africa,  Germany 
 
  Imports:  $308  million  (c.i.f.,  1993  est.) 
  commodities:  food,  petroleum  products,  semimanufactures  consumer 
  goods,  transportation  equipment 
  partners:  South  Africa,  Japan,  US  UK  Zimbabwe 
 
  External  debt:  $1.8  billion  (December  1993  est.) 
 
  Industrial  production:  growth  rate  3.5%  accounts  for  about  15%  of  GDP 
  (1992  est.) 
 
  Electricity: 
  capacity:  190,000  kW 
  production:  820  million  kWh 
  consumption  per  capita:  77  kWh  (1993) 
 
  Industries:  agricultural  processing  (tea,  tobacco,  sugar),  sawmilling 
  cement,  consumer  goods 
 
  Agriculture:  accounts  for  40%  of  GDP;  cash  crops  -  tobacco,  sugarcane, 
  cotton,  tea,  and  corn;  subsistence  crops  -  potatoes,  cassava,  sorghum, 
  pulses;  livestock  -  cattle,  goats 
 
  Economic  aid: 
  recipient:  US  commitments,  including  Ex-Im  (FY70-89),  $215  million; 
  Western  (non-US)  countries,  ODA  and  OOF  bilateral  commitments 
  (1970-89),  $2.15  billion 
 
  Currency:  1  Malawian  kwacha  MK  =  100  tambala 
 
  Exchange  rates:  Malawian  kwacha  MK  per  US$1  -  7.8358  (August  1994), 
  4.4028  (1993),  3.6033  (1992),  2.8033  (1991),  2.7289  (1990),  2.7595 
  (1989) 
 
  Fiscal  year:  1  April  -  31  March 
 
  Malawi:Transportation 
 
  Railroads: 
  total:  789  km 
  narrow  gauge:  789  km  1.067-m  gauge 
 
  Highways: 
  total:  13,135  km 
  paved:  2,364  km 
  unpaved:  gravel,  crushed  stone,  stabilized  earth  251  km  earth, 
  improved  earth  10,520  km 
 
  Inland  waterways:  Lake  Nyasa  (Lake  Malawi);  Shire  River,  144  km 
 
  Ports:  Chipoka  Monkey  Bay,  Nkhata  Bay,  Nkotakota 
 
  Airports: 
  total:  47 
  with  paved  runways  over  3,047  m:  1 
  with  paved  runways  1,524  to  2,437  m:  1 
  with  paved  runways  914  to  1,523  m:  4 
  with  paved  runways  under  914  m:  25 
  with  unpaved  runways  1,524  to  2,438  m:  1 
  with  unpaved  runways  914  to  1,523  m:  15 
 
  Malawi:Communications 
 
  Telephone  system:  42,250  telephones 
  local:  NA 
  intercity:  fair  system  of  open-wire  lines,  radio  relay  links,  and 
  radio  communications  stations 
  international:  2  INTELSAT  (1  Indian  Ocean  and  1  Atlantic  Ocean  )  earth 
  stations 
 
  Radio: 
  broadcast  stations:  AM  10,  FM  17,  shortwave  0 
  radios:  NA 
 
  Television: 
  broadcast  stations:  0 
  televisions:  NA 
 
  Malawi:Defense  Forces 
 
  Branches:  Army  (includes  Air  Wing  and  Naval  Detachment),  Police 
  (includes  paramilitary  Mobile  Force  Unit),  paramilitary  Malawi  Young 
  Pioneers 
 
  Manpower  availability:  males  age  15-49  2,069,302;  males  fit  for 
  military  service  1,056,372  (1995  est.) 
 
  Defense  expenditures:  exchange  rate  conversion  -  $13  million,  0.7%  of 
  GDP  (FY93/94) 
 
 
 




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