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Malawi
Malawi is a country in Eastern Africa with its capital in Lilongwe.
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Population
- 20.7 million
- Languages
- English, Chewa
- Currency
- Malawian kwacha (MK)
- Area
- 118,484 km²
- Borders
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇿🇲 Zambia
💡 Lake Malawi alone holds more fish species than any other lake on Earth.
About the flag
In 2010 the rising red sun was swapped for a full white sun, but the change was unpopular and the original rising sun returned in 2012.
How to spot it: Black-red-green horizontal stripes with a red rising sun peeking up from the top black stripe.
Often confused with: 🇰🇪 Kenya